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Basel to Marseille

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Basel to Marseille. From €51.49, fastest 4h 14m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Basel to Marseille costs €51.49 at the cheapest and takes 4h 14m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 519 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
519 km
Fastest
4h 14m
Average
4h 18m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€51.49
CO2 per passenger
127.7 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 28, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 17m1h 7m3h 10m€70.35127.7 kg2
  • 4h 17mFastest, by Flight
  • €70.35Cheapest, by Flight
  • 127.7 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 519 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€51.49
  1. SBB SB782607:301h 32m09:02Basel SBBGeneve Cornavin
  2. Swiss International Air Lines SI727710:1351m11:04Geneva GVAMarseille MRS

Changes at Geneva, with 71 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 5h 31mCO2 89.5 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€56.19
  1. EasyJet (DS) EJ200906:191h 7m07:26Basel BSLMarseille MRS

Door to door 4h 17mCO2 127.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€72.94
  1. Lyria L749607:3043m08:13Basel SBBZurich Hauptbahnhof
  2. SNCF SN469408:584h 4m13:02Zurich HauptbahnhofMarseille Saint Charles

Changes at Zürich, with 45 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 16mCO2 19.9 kgChanges 1Refundable

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Today's real departures
OperatorServiceDepartsArrivesTakes
SNCF VOYAGEURS4 changesTER 9611208:3815:577h 30m
SNCF VOYAGEURS4 changesTER 9611208:3815:577h 29m
SNCF VOYAGEURS3 changesTER 9622209:2116:297h 19m
SNCF VOYAGEURS3 changesTER 9622209:2116:297h 17m
SNCF VOYAGEURS2 changesTER 9628211:2416:465h 33m
Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB2 changesTER11:2416:465h 32m

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Basel to Marseille
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Basel to MarseilleFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Train€126.29€125.19€80.09€67.99€66.34€96.04€89.44€87.24€81.19€81.74€69.09€74.04€66.89€69.64
Flight€137.61€145.28€95.13€87.46€82.74€92.18€93.95€89.82€90.41€71.53€74.48€76.25€70.35€72.12

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €51.49

Marseille sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Marseille Saint Charles

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Basel to Marseille

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €53.1490 days
  2. €40.8560 days
  3. €50.9445 days
  4. €59.1930 days
  5. €72.3921 days
  6. €69.6414 days
  7. €89.447 days
  8. €80.093 days
  9. €126.291 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €40.85.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 209 percent. The most expensive point is €126.29, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€126.29€40.851371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €71.53Sun
  2. €67.99Mon
  3. €66.34Tue
  4. €66.89Wed
  5. €72.39Thu
  6. €87.24Fri
  7. €81.19Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €66.34Sep
  2. €55.60Oct
  3. €52.59Nov
  4. €48.74Dec
  5. €51.49Jan
  6. €43.24Feb

The route

BaselBaselMarseilleMarseille
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 519 km against 504 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Zürich, Turin, Geneva, Nice. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Basel at 06:19 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Basel

Rail
  • Basel SBB
  • Liestal
  • Laufen
Bus
  • Basel Meret Oppenheim
  • Dornach Bahnhof
Air
  • BSL
Ferry
  • Basel Schifflände
  • Basel St. Alban-Tal

Marseille

Rail
  • Marseille Saint Charles
  • Marseille St-Charles
  • Marseille-Blancarde
Bus
  • Marseille Saint Charles
  • Gare Routière Marseille-Saint-Charles
Air
  • MRS
Ferry
  • Marseille Gare Maritime
  • L'Estaque

MRS is not in Marseille, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from MRS into Marseille?

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
EasyJet (DS)€56.194h 14m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • EasyJet (DS)
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Train fare we sell on 2026-09-28, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€45.0087%
Taxes€4.509%
Our service fee€1.994%
Total you pay€51.49100%

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Marseille?

Most of the points near Marseille Saint Charles open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Basel to Marseille

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Basel to Marseille?

The fastest journey from Basel to Marseille takes 4h 14m door to door, of which 1h 7m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 18m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Basel to Marseille?

The cheapest fare from Basel to Marseille is €51.49, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €76.84. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Basel to Marseille?

The cheapest way from Basel to Marseille is by Flight, at €70.35 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 4h 17m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Basel to Marseille?

Fares from Basel to Marseille bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €40.85. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 209 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Basel to Marseille?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Basel to Marseille, at €66.34. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Basel to Marseille?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Basel to Marseille, at €43.24 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Basel to Marseille?

1 operators sell services from Basel to Marseille across 1 modes: EasyJet (DS). Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Basel to Marseille?

20 percent of the services we sell from Basel to Marseille are direct. The rest connect at Zürich, Turin, Geneva, Nice, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Basel to Marseille use?

Services from Basel to Marseille by Flight leave from Basel BSL and arrive at Marseille MRS. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Basel to Marseille?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Basel to Marseille allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Basel to Marseille on September 10, 2026: 519 km of route against 504 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €51.49, and 4h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Marseille is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

What to book in Marseille before you go

Day trips that leave Marseille in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.

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