There are 11 ways to get from Piran to Basel by train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, train, car, car ferry, ferry, shuttle, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Arth-Goldautrain Ec
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBBtrain Ec
11h 2mCHF 108–327Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Piran to Ljubljana APbus Pr A22 8425 9 / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to Basel SBBbus FlixBus N887
16h 24mCHF 60–101Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Koper to Ljubljana APbus
- Take the night train from Ljubljana to Zuerich Hbnighttrain En
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
16h 20mCHF 170–300Drive 752.2 km
- Drive from Piran to Baselcar 752.2 km
8h 6mCHF 121–174Car 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 208–313Shuttle 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 42mCHF 87–696Shuttle 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 50mCHF 137–797Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Basel (BSL)plane TRS - BSL
8h 31mCHF 107–347Shuttle 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 29mCHF 218–467Bus, shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the bus from Piran to Ljubljana APbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Basel (BSL)plane ZAG - BSL
7h 38mCHF 73–615Bus to Pula Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the bus from Portorož to Pula Airportbus
- Fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Basel (BSL)plane PUY - BSL
5h 25mCHF 158–536
Piran to Basel by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Piran to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 60 - SFr 110 and takes 16h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Piran to Basel is to bus and fly which takes 5h 25m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 550.
No, there is no direct bus from Piran to Basel. However, there are services departing from Piran and arriving at Basel SBB via Ljubljana bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 24m.
The distance between Piran and Basel is 761 km. The road distance is 752.2 km.
The best way to get from Piran to Basel without a car is to bus which takes 16h 24m and costs SFr 60 - SFr 110.
It takes approximately 11h 2m 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 11h 2m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 60 - SFr 110 and takes 16h 24m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 100 - SFr 350 and takes 8h 31m.
Piran to Basel bus services, operated by Arriva Slovenia, arrive at Ljubljana AP station.
Yes, the driving distance between Piran to Basel is 752 km. It takes approximately 8h 6m 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 11h 2m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Piran to Basel SBB via Ljubljana AP and Ljubljana bus station in around 16h 24m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–350
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–650
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–250
Flights from Pula Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–480
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–370
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- 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 16–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–35
- 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
- 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 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 100–130
- 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 40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- 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
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Night train from Ljubljana to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–200
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +386 090 74 11
- info@arriva.si
- Website
- arriva.si
Bus from Piran to Ljubljana AP
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–12
- Website
- https://arriva.si/en/
Bus from Koper to Ljubljana AP
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–10
- Website
- https://arriva.si/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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 25–460
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 25
- Private
- CHF 143
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–370
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 25–70
- Private
- CHF 130–170
Bus from Portorož to Pula Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–230
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- 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 110–203
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- CHF 157
- 4-8 persons
- CHF 203
- 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 70
- Website
- https://adriatic-lines.com/
- Adullt
- CHF 70
- 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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