There are 13 ways to get from Tartu to Basel by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Tartu Ülenurme Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Tartu Ülenurme Airport (TAY) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane TAY - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 57mCHF 184–311Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Tartu bussijaam to Pärnu bussijaambus 145
- Take the bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riiabus
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Basel SBBbus
40h 44mCHF 68–183Train, bus
- Take the train from Tartu to Riia raudteejaamtrain 0
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BERbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurttrain 82 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
30h 34mCHF 139–422Drive 2,242.8 km
- Drive from Tartu to Baselcar 2,242.8 km
22hCHF 351–507Train to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Aardla to Ülemistetrain
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Basel (BSL)plane TLL - BSL
9h 32mCHF 83–230Train to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Aardla to Ülemistetrain
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane TLL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 6mCHF 112–284Train to Riga International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Tartu to Riia raudteejaamtrain
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RIX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
10h 32mCHF 119–289Fly Tartu Ülenurme Airport to Basel
- Fly from Tartu Ülenurme Airport (TAY) to Basel (BSL)plane TAY - BSL
10h 27mCHF 95–337Train to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Aardla to Ülemistetrain
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane TLL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
10h 42mCHF 114–406Train, bus via Kaišiadorys
- Take the train from Tartu to Kaisiadorystrain 12
- Take the bus from Kaunas to Magdeburgbus
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 12
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
34h 3mCHF 145–258Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Tartu to Riia raudteejaamtrain 0
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
37h 3mCHF 81–236Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tartu bussijaam to Pärnu bussijaambus 145
- Take the bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Prahabus
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
43h 5mCHF 145–218Drive, car train
- Drive from Tartu to Hamburg Altonacar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
30h 16mCHF 312–1,072
Tartu to Basel by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tartu to Basel is to train and fly which costs SFr 80 - SFr 230 and takes 9h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Tartu to Basel is to fly and train which takes 8h 57m and costs SFr 180 - SFr 320.
No, there is no direct bus from Tartu to Basel. However, there are services departing from Tartu bussijaam and arriving at Basel SBB via Pärnu bussijaam, Rīga and Karlsruhe central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 44m.
The distance between Tartu and Basel is 1816 km. The road distance is 2242.8 km.
The best way to get from Tartu to Basel without a car is to train and bus which takes 30h 34m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 430.
It takes approximately 8h 57m to get from Tartu to Basel, including transfers.
Tartu to Basel bus services, operated by Lux Express, depart from Tartu bussijaam station.
The best way to get from Tartu to Basel is to fly which takes 10h 27m and costs SFr 95 - SFr 340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 65 - SFr 190 and takes 40h 44m.
Tartu to Basel bus services, operated by Lux Express, arrive at Pärnu bussijaam station.
Basel is 1h behind Tartu. It is currently 3:59 PM in Tartu and 2:59 PM in Basel.
What companies run services between Tartu, Estonia and Basel, Switzerland?
Finnair, Lufthansa, and easyJet fly from Tartu Ülenurme Airport (TAY) to Basel (BSL) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Tartu bussijaam to Basel SBB via Pärnu bussijaam, Rīga, Karlsruhe, and Karlsruhe central train station in around 40h 44m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–180
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
Flights from Tartu Ülenurme Airport to Basel via Helsinki, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–500
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–220
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–200
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–180
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport via Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Frankfurt via Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Tartu Ülenurme Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–260
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Frankfurt via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–210
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
Flights from Tartu Ülenurme Airport to Basel via Helsinki, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–490
Flights from Tartu Ülenurme Airport to Basel via Helsinki, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
Flights from Tartu Ülenurme Airport to Basel via Helsinki, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–500
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–250
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +372 616 0245
- klienditugi@elron.ee
- Website
- elron.ee
Train from Tartu to Riia raudteejaam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–21
- Website
- https://elron.ee/en
- Express Train Ticket
- CHF 14–21
Train from Aardla to Ülemiste
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–16
- Website
- https://elron.ee/en
- Express Train Ticket
- CHF 11–16
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Tartu to Riia raudteejaam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–15
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Tartu to Kaisiadorys
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–30
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–200
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–750
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- CHF 340–400
- Car Compartment
- CHF 550–750
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BER
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kaunas to Magdeburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–80
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–11
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tartu bussijaam to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–12
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–15
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +372 640 4000
- klienditugi@gobus.ee
- Website
- gobus.ee
Bus from Tartu bussijaam to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–7
- Website
- https://gobus.ee/en/
- Phone
- +372 606 4969
- info@sebe.ee
- Website
- sebe.ee
Bus from Tartu bussijaam to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Schedules at
- sebe.ee
- peatus@agri.ee
- Website
- web.peatus.ee
Bus from Tartu bussijaam to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://web.peatus.ee/?locale=en
- Phone
- +372 5886 0000
- info@bussikeskus.ee
- Website
- bussikeskus.ee
Bus from Tartu bussijaam to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–14
- Website
- http://www.bussikeskus.ee/
- Schedules at
- https://www.bussikeskus.ee/et/regular-services
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- Website
- flixbus.pl
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- flixbus.pl
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Praha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–2
- Schedules at
- flixbus.pl
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–27
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
- Website
- highwayriders.eu
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- highwayriders.eu
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