There are 10 ways to get from Piran to Basel by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, shuttle, plane, ferry, or train
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Train
best- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia MestreFr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano CentraleFr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Arth-GoldauEc
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBBEc
10h 55mCHF 87–254Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Piran to Avtobusna postaja LjubljanaLucija Tpc - Piran - Postojna - Ljubljana Ap / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana Central Bus Station to Basel Meret-Oppenheim-StrasseUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3635
15h 14mCHF 38–57Drive 750.5 km
- Drive from Piran to Basel750.5 km
8hCHF 120–173Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Basel
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Basel (BSL)VCE - BSL
6h 38mCHF 78–445Ferry, line 2 ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Piran to Port of Venice
- Take the ferry from Tronchetto "B" to Ferrovia "B"2 / ...
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Zuerich HbEc
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBTgv / ...
11h 57mCHF 128–269Bus via Venice
- Take the bus from Portorož to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)419 / ...
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Basel SBBN401
15h 37mCHF 61–116Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)VCE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
7h 52mCHF 113–509Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Basel (BSL)TRS - BSL
8h 11mCHF 82–286Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)LJU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
7h 31mCHF 203–409Shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Basel
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Port to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Basel (BSL)ZAG - BSL
9hCHF 99–637
Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Piran to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 35 - SFr 60 and takes 15h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Piran to Basel is to shuttle and fly which takes 6h 38m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 450.
No, there is no direct bus from Piran to Basel. However, there are services departing from Piran and arriving at Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse via Ljubljana Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 14m.
The distance between Piran and Basel is 761 km. The road distance is 750.5 km.
The best way to get from Piran to Basel without a car is to bus which takes 15h 14m and costs SFr 35 - SFr 60.
It takes approximately 10h 55m to get from Piran to Basel, including transfers.
Piran to Basel bus services, operated by Arriva Slovenia, depart from Piran station.
The best way to get from Piran to Basel is to train which takes 10h 55m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 35 - SFr 60 and takes 15h 14m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 80 - SFr 290 and takes 8h 11m.
Piran to Basel bus services, operated by Arriva Slovenia, arrive at Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana station.
Yes, the driving distance between Piran to Basel is 751 km. It takes approximately 8h to drive from Piran to Basel.
What companies run services between Piran, Slovenia and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a vehicle from Piran to Basel SBB via Trieste Centrale, Venezia Mestre, Milano Centrale, and Arth-Goldau in around 10h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Piran to Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse via Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana and Ljubljana Central Bus Station in around 15h 14m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–360
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–370
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–220
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–170
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–170
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–24
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 35–55
- 2nd Class
- CHF 45–60
Train from Milano Centrale to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- 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 50–70
- 2nd Class
- CHF 29–40
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 100–150
- 2nd Class
- CHF 100–140
- 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 30–50
- 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 10–13
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +386 090 74 11
- info@arriva.si
- Website
- arriva.si
Bus from Piran to Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–12
- Website
- https://arriva.si/en/
- Phone
- +386 2 530 16 00
- vozni.redi@apms.si
- Website
- apms.si
Bus from Piran to Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–11
- Schedules at
- apms.si
- Phone
- +386 3 425 34 00
- marko.caks@izletnik.si
- Website
- nomago.si
Bus from Piran to Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- nomago.si
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Ljubljana Central Bus Station to Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–250
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 25–35
- Private
- CHF 130–250
Shuttle from Trieste Port to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–320
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 35–41
- Private
- CHF 150–320
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Portorož to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Portorož to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–110
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- CHF 95–110
- Phone
- +385 91 422 0110
- db.ferry@kompas-travel.com
- Website
- adriatic-lines.com
Ferry from Piran to Port of Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://adriatic-lines.com/
- Adullt
- CHF 70
- Child 3-11
- CHF 35
- Child 0-2.99
- CHF 0
- Phone
- (+39) 041 041
- direzione@actv.it
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Ferry from Tronchetto "B" to Ferrovia "B"
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- 75 min. Ticket
- CHF 9
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