Mestre to Basel

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Mestre to Basel. From €42.03, fastest 4h 8m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Mestre to Basel costs €42.03 at the cheapest and takes 4h 8m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 4 operators. The route covers 438 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
438 km
Fastest
4h 8m
Average
4h 11m
Services per day
24
Cheapest
€42.03
CO2 per passenger
107.7 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 29, 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 8m58m3h 10m€49.11107.7 kg24
  • 4h 8mFastest, by Flight
  • €49.11Cheapest, by Flight
  • 107.7 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 438 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€42.03
  1. easyJet J545314:511h15:51Mestre VCEBasel BSL

Door to door 4h 10mCO2 107.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€42.62
  1. EasyJet (DS) EJ267709:0958m10:07Mestre VCEBasel BSL

Door to door 4h 8mCO2 107.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

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
TRENITALIA3 changesFR 972409:0015:557h 7m
TRENITALIA3 changesFR 972409:0015:557h 5m
TRENITALIA4 changesFR 972409:0015:597h 4m
TRENITALIA2 changesFR 972609:3016:267h 8m
TRENITALIA2 changesFR 972609:3016:267h 5m
TRENITALIA1 changesFR 972810:0017:297h 41m
TRENITALIA2 changesFR 972810:0016:557h 7m
TRENITALIA2 changesFR 972810:0016:557h 5m

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 Mestre to Basel
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Mestre to BaselThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23
Flight€106.93€84.51€86.87€67.99€60.32€57.96€62.68€65.63€59.73€60.32€57.37€50.29€49.11€50.88

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €42.03

Basel 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

A room in Basel for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Basel SBB and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Mestre to Basel

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

  1. €40.8590 days
  2. €37.9060 days
  3. €42.6245 days
  4. €41.4430 days
  5. €45.5721 days
  6. €50.8814 days
  7. €62.687 days
  8. €86.873 days
  9. €106.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.90.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 182 percent. The most expensive point is €106.93, 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.
€106.93€37.901371421304560

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. €57.37Sun
  2. €50.29Mon
  3. €49.11Tue
  4. €50.88Wed
  5. €65.63Thu
  6. €59.73Fri
  7. €60.32Sat
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. €57.96Sep
  2. €44.39Oct
  3. €41.44Nov
  4. €40.26Dec
  5. €39.08Jan
  6. €34.95Feb

The route

MestreMestreBaselBasel
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 438 km against 425 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Mestre at 06:09 and the last at 20:12, across 24 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.

Mestre

Rail
  • Venezia Mestre railway station
  • Venezia Mestre Porta Ovest railway station
  • Gaggio train station
Bus
  • Venice Bus Check Point
Air
  • VCE
Ferry
  • Fusina (per Zattere)
  • Aeroporto Marco Polo, pontile Alilaguna

Basel

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

BSL is not in Basel, 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 BSL into Basel

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.
OperatorFrom
easyJet€42.03
EasyJet (DS)€42.62
easyJet Europe€45.57
Swiss International Air Lines€42.62
The price

What the fare is made of

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

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€28.0067%
Taxes€5.0412%
Supplier fees€7.0017%
Our service fee€1.995%
Total you pay€42.03100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Basel well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Basel

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Mestre to Basel

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 Mestre to Basel?

The fastest journey from Mestre to Basel takes 4h 8m door to door, of which 58m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 11m, 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 Mestre to Basel?

The cheapest fare from Mestre to Basel is €42.03, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €66.81. 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 Mestre to Basel?

The cheapest way from Mestre to Basel is by Flight, at €49.11 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 8m 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 Mestre to Basel?

Fares from Mestre to Basel bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €37.90. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 182 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Mestre to Basel, at €49.11. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Mestre to Basel?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Mestre to Basel, at €34.95 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 Mestre to Basel?

4 operators sell services from Mestre to Basel across 1 modes: easyJet, EasyJet (DS), easyJet Europe, Swiss International Air Lines. 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 Mestre to Basel?

Every service we sell from Mestre to Basel is direct, with around 24 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 8m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

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

Services from Mestre to Basel by Flight leave from Mestre VCE and arrive at Basel BSL. 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 Mestre to Basel?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Mestre to Basel 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 Mestre to Basel on September 9, 2026: 438 km of route against 425 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €42.03, and 4h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Basel and elsewhere in Switzerland. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Basel and across Switzerland

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Basel, with free cancellation on most of it.

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