There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Santorini Island by train, plane, bus, car ferry, car, busferry, or ferry
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Santorini (JTR)plane ZRH - JTR
6h 11m€149–347Fly from Basel
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Santorini (JTR)plane BSL - JTR
7h 3m€78–314Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
38h 26mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the carferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
30h 46m€527–846Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Santorini (JTR)plane GVA - JTR
8h 19m€180–1,001Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Santorini (JTR)plane MXP - JTR
9h 46m€96–376Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Santorini (JTR)plane FRA - JTR
7h 53m€184–390Bus, bus and ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Pejabus
- Take the bus from Peje to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
- Take the carferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
44h 7m€255–369Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Portferry Bsf
2d 1h€226–416Bus, ferry via Sofia
- Take the bus from Basel to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Portferry Bsf
2d 7h€257–383
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Santorini (JTR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Santorini Island is to fly which costs €75 - €320 and takes 7h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Santorini Island is to train and fly which takes 6h 11m and costs €140 - €350.
The distance between Basel and Santorini Island is 1952 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Santorini Island without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 38h 26m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 11m to get from Basel to Santorini Island, including transfers.
Santorini Island is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 07:34 in Basel and 08:34 in Santorini Island.
There are 2458+ hotels available in Santorini Island.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Santorini Island, Greece?
Lufthansa, easyJet, and Aegean Airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Santorini (JTR) 3 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Basel to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Santorini via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Santorini via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–1,100
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santorini via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–180
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santorini via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €70–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–75
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Peja
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- Fertours
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Basel SBB to Peja
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Sharr Travel
- Phone
- +383 44113710
- travelagencybeli@hotmail.com
- Website
- belitravel.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Peja
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Peje to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Barileva Turist
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Basel to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- Tourist Service Holding AD
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80
- Website
- Tourist Service Holding AD
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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