There are 11 ways to get from Piran to Basel by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, shuttle, plane, car ferry, ferry, or train
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Train
best- Take the train from Trieste 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
10h 34mCHF 109–277Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Piran to Avtobusna postaja Ljubljanabus Lucija Tpc - Piran - Postojna - Ljubljana Ap / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana Central Bus Station to Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strassebus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3635
15h 14mCHF 36–56Drive 750.5 km
- Drive from Piran to Baselcar 750.5 km
8h 8mCHF 117–169Shuttle 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)plane VCE - BSL
6h 41mCHF 78–445Car ferry, line 2 ferry, train via Milan
- Take the car ferry from Piran to Venice Troncetto ferrycarferry
- Take the ferry from Tronchetto "B" to Ferrovia "B"ferry 2 / ...
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Arth-Goldautrain Ec
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBBtrain Ec
12h 10mCHF 163–351Car ferry, line 2 ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Piran to Port of Venicecarferry
- Take the ferry from Tronchetto "B" to Ferrovia "B"ferry 2 / ...
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
12h 26mCHF 202–287Bus via Venice
- Take the bus from Portorož to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)bus N419 / ...
- Take the bus from Venice Mestre to Basel SBBbus FlixBus N401
15h 27mCHF 47–95Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Basel (BSL)plane TRS - BSL
8h 16mCHF 76–337Shuttle 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)plane VCE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 51mCHF 123–529Shuttle 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)plane LJU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 30mCHF 204–409Shuttle, shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Basel
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Port to Ljubljana
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Basel (BSL)plane ZAG - BSL
8h 27mCHF 105–655
Piran to Basel by car ferry, ferry, and train
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 41m 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 34m 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 34m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 35 - SFr 60 and takes 15h 14m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 75 - SFr 340 and takes 8h 16m.
Piran to Basel bus services, operated by Arriva Slovenia, arrive at Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana station.
Yes, the driving distance between Piran to Basel is 750 km. It takes approximately 8h 8m 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, Milano Centrale, and Arth-Goldau in around 10h 34m. 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 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–440
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–370
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–200
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–240
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–440
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–180
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–110
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- 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
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 55–75
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 100–150
- 2nd Class
- CHF 95–130
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- 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 40m
- 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
- +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 28–45
- 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 24–240
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 24–35
- Private
- CHF 130–240
Shuttle from Trieste Port to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–130
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 27–30
- Private
- CHF 65–130
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–200
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 29–33
- Private
- CHF 100–200
- 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 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Venice Mestre to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- 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 90–110
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- CHF 90–110
- Phone
- +386 40 121 900
- mamut.slovenija@gmail.com
- Website
- slovenija.eu.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 156–201
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- CHF 156
- 4-8 persons
- CHF 201
- Phone
- +385 52 422 896
- sales@venezialines.com
- Website
- venezialines.com
Car ferry from Piran to Venice Troncetto ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–85
- Website
- https://venezialines.com/
- 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
- Phone
- +385 52 451 200
- db.ferry@kompas-travel.com
- Website
- adriatic-lines.com
Car ferry from Piran to Port of Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 69
- Website
- https://adriatic-lines.com/
- Adullt
- CHF 69
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