There are 9 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 Rijekaferry 9309
- Take the bus from Rijeka to Basel SBBbus
13h 17mCHF 98–99Ferry, train, night train
cheapest- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijekaferry
- Take the train from Rijeka to Ljubljanatrain 480
- Take the night train from Ljubljana to Zuerich Hbnighttrain En
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Tgv / ...
19h 17mCHF 61–120Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijekaferry
- Take the bus from Rijeka bus station to Triestebus 406 / ...
- 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
15h 28mCHF 102–259Ferry, bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijekaferry
- Take the bus from Ban J. Jelačić Square to Zagreb Airportbus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Basel (BSL)plane ZAG - BSL
8h 58mCHF 66–260Ferry, bus via Venice
- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijekaferry
- Take the bus from Rijeka bus station to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)bus 406 / ...
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Basel SBBbus
17h 44mCHF 62–101Ferry to Rijeka Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijekaferry
- Fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Basel (BSL)plane RJK - BSL
8h 50mCHF 117–480Ferry, shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijekaferry
- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka 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
11h 25mCHF 127–574Ferry, bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijekaferry
- Take the bus from Ban J. Jelačić Square to Zagreb Airportbus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ZAG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
10h 17mCHF 131–304Ferry, bus, shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Rab to Rijekaferry
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale 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
10h 28mCHF 170–574
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 fly which takes 8h 50m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 480.
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 97 - SFr 99.
It takes approximately 13h 17m to get from Rab to Basel, including transfers.
There are 1268+ 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, Milano Centrale, and Arth-Goldau in around 15h 28m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–310
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–550
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–550
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–230
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–230
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–190
- 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 30–180
- 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 35–80
- 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 30–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 50–70
- 2nd Class
- CHF 30–40
- 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 30–55
- 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
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Rijeka to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
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 Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/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 93
- 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
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–13
- 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 12–25
- 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
- +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 35–300
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 35–90
- Private
- CHF 160–300
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–160
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 28–32
- Private
- CHF 85–160
- 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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