There are 9 ways to get from Kos to Basel by plane, train, ferry, bus, car ferry, 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 Kos to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane KGS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 19mCHF 144–341Fly Kos to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane KGS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain
11h 39mCHF 90–370Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Luzern, Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBtrain Ec / ...
45h 29mFerry, bus
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Syrosferry Bsf
- Take the ferry from Syros to Thessalonikiferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Basel, Bahnhofbus
2d 11hCHF 164–350Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Bodrumcarferry
- Drive from Port of Bodrum to Baselcar
30h 18mCHF 442–673Car ferry to Rhodes International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Rhodescarferry
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RHO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 58mCHF 132–327Fly Kos to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane KGS - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
9h 18mCHF 94–365Fly Kos to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane KGS - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
12h 17mCHF 165–373Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the train from Piraeus to Korinthostrain Re
- Take the bus from Korinthos to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Basel, Bahnhofbus
47h 36m
Kos (KGS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kos to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 90 - SFr 370 and takes 9h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Kos to Basel is to fly and train which takes 7h 19m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 350.
The distance between Kos and Basel is 2050 km.
The best way to get from Kos to Basel without a car is to ferry and bus and train which takes 45h 29m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 19m to get from Kos to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 1h behind Kos. It is currently 9:03 AM in Kos and 8:03 AM in Basel.
There are 1268+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Kos, Greece and Basel, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Kos to Basel. However, you can take the bus to Kos Airport, walk to Kos (KGS) airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, take the train to Zürich HB, then take the train to Basel SBB. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Port of Kos to Basel SBB via Port Of Piraeus, Στ.Πειραια, Στ.Ομονοιασ, Athens, Beograd, Autobuska stanica, Lucerne, Train Station, and Luzern in around 45h 29m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–400
Flights from Kos to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–440
Flights from Kos to Stuttgart Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–230
Flights from Kos to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–460
Flights from Kos to Milano Malpensa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Kos to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–500
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–450
Flights from Kos to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–1,200
Flights from Kos to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–370
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Kos to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–1,100
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–950
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Kos to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–1,100
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–950
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Kos to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–360
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–330
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Kos to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–500
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–450
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kos to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Kos to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Kos to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–440
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Kos to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kos to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Kos to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–650
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
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
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 45–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 25–35
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–75
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–24
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Piraeus to Korinthos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–7
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- + (381) 20 316 581
- office@gameks.biz
- Website
- gameks.biz
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Luzern, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- gameks.biz
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–35
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- durmotours@yahoo.com
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–90
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Korinthos to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 38
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- 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
Ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–75
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Kos to Syros
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–85
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- CHF 30–45
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- CHF 60–75
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- CHF 50–65
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- CHF 70–85
Ferry from Syros to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- CHF 60–85
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- CHF 90–110
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- CHF 95–120
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- CHF 110–140
- Website
- bodrumferryboat.com
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–24
- Schedules at
- bodrumferibot.com
- Phone
- +30 22410 70590
- info@12ne.gr
- Website
- 12ne.gr
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–40
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 21 0620 6427
- info@saos.gr
- Website
- saos.gr
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19
- Website
- https://saos.gr/en/
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