There are 10 ways to get from Rab to Basel by ferry, bus, train, night train, plane, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Ferry, bus
best- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijeka9309
- Take the bus from Rijeka to Basel SBB
13h 17mCHF 97–98Ferry, bus, bus to Mahovljani Airport, fly to Mulhouse
cheapest- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijeka
- Take the bus from Rijeka bus station to Zagreb
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Laktaši
- Fly from Mahovljani Airport (BNX) to Mulhouse (MLH)BNX - MLH
12h 16mCHF 49–469Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijeka
- Take the bus from Rijeka bus station to Trieste406 / ...
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia MestreFr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Arth-GoldauEc
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBBEc
15h 8mCHF 120–255Ferry, night train, train
- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijeka
- Take the night train from Rijeka to LjubljanaEn
- Take the night train from Ljubljana to Zuerich HbEn
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBTgv / ...
20h 23mCHF 77–251Ferry, bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijeka
- Take the bus from Ban J. Jelačić Square to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Basel (BSL)ZAG - BSL
8h 58mCHF 76–250Ferry, bus via Venice
- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijeka
- Take the bus from Rijeka bus station to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)406 / ...
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Basel SBB
17h 44mCHF 62–101Ferry to Rijeka Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijeka
- Fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Basel (BSL)RJK - BSL
9h 55mCHF 167–480Ferry, bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijeka
- Take the bus from Ban J. Jelačić Square to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)ZAG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
10h 7mCHF 126–284Ferry, shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijeka
- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka 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
11h 25mCHF 122–554Ferry, train, shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijeka
- Take the train from Rijeka to Postojna
- Take a shuttle bus from Postojna 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
11h 10mCHF 166–371
Rab to Basel by ferry, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rab to Basel is to ferry and bus via Venice which costs SFr 60 - SFr 110 and takes 17h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Rab to Basel is to ferry and bus and fly which takes 8h 58m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 250.
The distance between Rab and Basel is 867 km.
The best way to get from Rab to Basel without a car is to ferry and bus which takes 13h 17m and costs SFr 96 - SFr 98.
It takes approximately 13h 17m to get from Rab to Basel, including transfers.
There are 1260+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Rab, Croatia and Basel, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Rab to Basel. However, you can take the ferry to Rijeka, walk to Rijeka, then take the bus to Basel SBB. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Rab to Basel SBB via Rijeka, Rijeka bus station, Trieste, Trieste Centrale, Venezia Mestre, and Arth-Goldau in around 15h 8m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
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
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–410
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–230
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, 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
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–230
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
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–1,500
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–230
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Mahovljani Airport to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–370
- 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
- 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
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 100–140
- 2nd Class
- CHF 90–120
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
- 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
Night train from Rijeka to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Night train from Ljubljana to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–170
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Rijeka to Postojna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–17
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- 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 30–50
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Rijeka to Postojna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- info@zelicreisen.ch
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Rijeka to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 92
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–26
- 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
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 01/6331-933
- plesoprijevoz@plesoprijevoz.hr
- Website
- plesoprijevoz.hr
Bus from Ban J. Jelačić Square to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–30
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–30
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Rijeka to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–300
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 30–90
- Private
- CHF 160–300
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Postojna to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–60
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- CHF 50–60
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–13
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–16
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- polet@polet.hr
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 44
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- cazmatrans.hr
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- https://cazmatrans.hr/en/
- Phone
- +385 (0)98 39 89 59
- info@pepeks.hr
- Website
- pepeks.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Laktaši
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 22
- Schedules at
- pepeks.hr
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Laktaši
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +387 33 770 889
- info@centrotrans.com
- Website
- centrotrans.com
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Laktaši
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–19
- Website
- https://centrotrans.com/en
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Rab to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- CHF 4–6
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