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 115–127Line 9309 ferry, bus, bus to Split Airport, fly to Basel
cheapest- Take the ferry from Rab to Novaljaferry
- Take the bus from Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor to Šibenik, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Šibenik to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Basel (BSL)plane SPU - BSL
11h 39mCHF 74–287Ferry, 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 Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Arth-Goldautrain Ec
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBBtrain Ec
15h 7mCHF 140–334Ferry, train, night train
- 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 Ic3 / ...
19h 26mCHF 197–346Ferry, 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 56mCHF 91–299Ferry, 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 Venice Mestre to Basel SBBbus
17h 44mCHF 79–132Ferry, 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 23mCHF 216–811Ferry, 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 15mCHF 155–380Ferry, 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 26mCHF 301–781
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 75 - SFr 140 and takes 17h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Rab to Basel is to ferry and bus and fly which takes 8h 56m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 300.
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 110 - SFr 130.
It takes approximately 13h 17m to get from Rab to Basel, including transfers.
There are 1312+ 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 7m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–410
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–220
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–440
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Split Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–320
- 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 19–40
- 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 13–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice 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 Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 95–140
- 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 45–70
- 2nd Class
- CHF 29–40
- 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 35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–85
- 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
Train from Rijeka to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Night train from Ljubljana to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–180
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Rijeka to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- 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 91
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–8
- 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 15–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Venice Mestre to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Šibenik to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–7
- 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 24–29
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
- 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 88–440
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 88
- Private
- CHF 204
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
- 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 95–240
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- CHF 187
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor to Šibenik, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–2
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Bus from Šibenik to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–7
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- 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 24–40
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
Ferry from Rab to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–12
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
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