There are 7 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 from Kos, train
best- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane KGS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 18mCHF 143–338Car ferry, bus
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Bodrumcarferry
- Take the bus from Bodrum to İstanbul Esenlerbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Lindaubus
- Take the bus from Lindau to Basel SBBbus
2d 1hCHF 132–196Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf / ...
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
45h 18mCar ferry, ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Fournicarferry
- Take the ferry from Fourni to Thessalonikiferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
2d 3hCar 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, 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 47mCHF 140–431Car ferry, ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Fournicarferry
- Take the ferry from Fourni to Thessalonikiferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Basel, Bahnhofbus
2d 3hCHF 224–473
Kos to Basel by car ferry, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kos to Basel is to car ferry and bus which costs SFr 130 - SFr 200 and takes 2 days 1h.
The fastest way to get from Kos to Basel is to fly and train which takes 7h 18m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 340.
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 18m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 18m to get from Kos to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 1h behind Kos. It is currently 8:56 AM in Kos and 7:56 AM in Basel.
There are 542+ 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, Piraeus, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Tirana, Strasbourg Bahnhof, and Strasbourg in around 45h 18m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Kos to Zurich Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–360
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Kos to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–230
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Kos to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–230
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Kos to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–460
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–450
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Kos to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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 18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 37
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 37
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- 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 18–35
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- 0 850 333 35 35
- info@pamukkale.com.tr
- Website
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from Bodrum to İstanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–30
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Lindau
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–120
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lindau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
Ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Fourni to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–250
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 22410 70590
- info@12ne.gr
- Website
- 12ne.gr
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Fourni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–100
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
- Website
- bodrumferryboat.com
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–24
- Schedules at
- bodrumferibot.com
- Phone
- +30 21 0620 6427
- info@saos.gr
- Website
- saos.gr
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 18
- Website
- https://saos.gr/en/
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