There are 6 ways to get from Kefalonia to Basel by plane, car ferry, train, busferry, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Kefalonia Airport (EFL) to Basel (BSL)plane EFL - BSL
5h 25mCHF 131–332Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Sami to Port of Baricarferry
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Arth-Goldautrain Ec
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBBtrain Ec
32h 37mCHF 190–421Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Argostoli to Patrabusferry
- Take the bus from Patra to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Basel, Bahnhofbus
37h 13mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Kefalonia to Fiskardocar
- Take the car ferry from Fiskardo to Vasilikícarferry
- Drive from Vasilikí to Baselcar
28h 21mCHF 333–528Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Kefalonia Airport (EFL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EFL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 14mCHF 133–321Bus and ferry, bus via Sofia
- Take the busferry from Argostoli to Kyllínibusferry
- Take the bus from Kyllíni to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Baselbus
2d 1hCHF 136–195
Kefalonia Airport (EFL) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kefalonia to Basel is to bus and ferry and bus via Sofia which costs SFr 130 - SFr 200 and takes 2 days 1h.
The fastest way to get from Kefalonia to Basel is to fly which takes 5h 25m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 340.
No, there is no direct bus from Kefalonia to Basel. However, there are services departing from Kefalonia Airport and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof via Argostoli, Patra and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 13m.
The distance between Kefalonia and Basel is 1495 km.
The best way to get from Kefalonia to Basel without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 32h 37m and costs SFr 190 - SFr 430.
It takes approximately 5h 25m to get from Kefalonia to Basel, including transfers.
Kefalonia to Basel bus services, operated by KTEL Kefalonia, depart from Argostoli station.
Kefalonia to Basel bus services, operated by KTEL Kefalonia, arrive at Patra station.
Basel is 1h behind Kefalonia. It is currently 8:01 AM in Kefalonia and 7:01 AM in Basel.
There are 1279+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Kefalonia, Greece and Basel, Switzerland?
Airbus France, Air Dolomiti, and four other airlines fly from Kefalonia Airport (EFL) to Basel (BSL) 5 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kefalonia Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–360
Flights from Kefalonia Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–350
Flights from Kefalonia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Kefalonia Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–480
Flights from Kefalonia Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–420
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Kefalonia Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 60–90
- 2nd Class
- CHF 45–60
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 45–70
- 2nd Class
- CHF 29–40
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–13
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +30 26710 22281
- info@ktelkefalonias.gr
- Website
- ktelkefalonias.gr
Busferry from Argostoli to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–13
- Website
- https://ktelkefalonias.gr/en
Busferry from Argostoli to Kyllíni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://ktelkefalonias.gr/en
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Patra to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 37
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Kyllíni to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–140
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- ventourisferries.com
Car ferry from Sami to Port of Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 77
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
- Phone
- +30 26450 93278
- westferrybooking@gmail.com
- Website
- westferry.gr
Car ferry from Fiskardo to Vasilikí
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–45
- Website
- https://westferry.gr/
- Passenger
- CHF 9–11
- Vehicle
- CHF 35–45
- Phone
- +30 26740-22111
- ionionplines@gmail.com
- Website
- ionionpelagos.com
Car ferry from Fiskardo to Vasilikí
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–7
- Website
- http://ionionpelagos.com/
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