There are 11 ways to get from Turkey to Basel by plane, bus, train, night train, or car
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Fly İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Basel
best- Fly from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB) to Basel (BSL)plane ADB - BSL
5h 50mCHF 89–335Fly Antalya Airport to Basel
cheapest- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Basel (BSL)plane AYT - BSL
6h 26mCHF 78–657Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 60 / ...
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain 12 / ...
30h 16mCHF 140–421Night train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Videlenighttrain
- Take the train from Videle to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Feldkirchtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Sargans to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
41h 38mCHF 187–470Drive 2,179.6 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Baselcar 2,179.6 km
22h 21mCHF 356–514Fly Istanbul to Basel
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Basel (BSL)plane IST - BSL
6h 21mCHF 95–286Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Basel (BSL)plane SAW - BSL
6h 41mCHF 85–316Fly Istanbul to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane IST - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 29mCHF 135–342Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SAW - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 55mCHF 95–562Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the bus from München, ZOB to Basel, Bahnhofbus Ivano-Frankivsk
31h 4mBus via Sofia
- Take the bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Baselbus
41h 43mCHF 122–176
İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Turkey to Basel is to bus via Sofia which costs SFr 120 - SFr 180 and takes 41h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Turkey to Basel is to fly which takes 5h 50m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 340.
No, there is no direct bus from Turkey to Basel. However, there are services departing from İskenderpaşa and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof via Istanbul and München, ZOB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 4m.
No, there is no direct train from Turkey to Basel. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Basel SBB via Halkali, Videle, Budapest-Keleti, Feldkirch and Sargans. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 38m.
The distance between Turkey and Basel is 1917 km. The road distance is 2179.6 km.
The best way to get from Turkey to Basel without a car is to bus and train which takes 30h 16m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 430.
It takes approximately 5h 50m to get from Turkey to Basel, including transfers.
Turkey to Basel bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
Turkey to Basel train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
The best way to get from Turkey to Basel is to fly which takes 5h 50m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 31h 4m.
What companies run services between Turkey and Basel, Switzerland?
SunExpress, Austrian Airlines, and Lufthansa fly from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB) to Basel (BSL) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from İskenderpaşa to Basel, Bahnhof via Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi, Istanbul, and München, ZOB in around 31h 4m.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–390
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–330
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–280
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–270
Flights from Istanbul to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–240
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–300
Flights from Antalya Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
Flights from Antalya Airport to Basel via İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–550
Flights from Antalya Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
Flights from Istanbul to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–250
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–430
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Zurich Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–490
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–25
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 8–12
- 1st Class
- CHF 9–12
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Videle to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 54–59
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Feldkirch
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–170
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- CHF 110–170
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Sargans to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Sargans to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–17
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from München, ZOB to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–40
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +90 212 658 00 61
- info@huntur.com.tr
- Website
- huntur.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–35
- Website
- https://www.huntur.com.tr/?l=EN
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–140
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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More Questions & Answers
Turkey to Basel bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Munich station.
Basel is 1h behind Turkey. It is currently 2:12 PM in Turkey and 1:12 PM in Basel.
Turkey to Basel train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Videle station.
Yes, the driving distance between Turkey to Basel is 2180 km. It takes approximately 22h 21m to drive from Turkey to Basel.
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