As in any major European city, it is not so difficult to get to Basel. There are no direct air travel from Kiev, but there is from Moscow. On Wednesdays and Saturdays from Moscow, there is a direct flight to Basel without transfers, carrying the airline "Vim-Avia". If you choose a flight with transfers, then most often they are carried out in Amsterdam, London or Zurich. There is also a transplant option in Bern or Munich. Accordingly, the flights are carried out by Swiss, British and German airlines. From Kiev, the cheapest will be the cheapest flight to Basel with a change in Zurich Avreis Swiss Airlines and a ticket for one adult there and turns around only $ 317. Flight with Lufthansa company through Germany will cost approximately two times more expensive.
Also, the Basel can be reached by train, trailers are sent to Moscow without transplanting passengers, the wagons simply cling to different trains, but such a journey only will suit those who can withstand almost two days in the train carriage.
If you are traveling to Basel as a tourist, and your goal is to inspect attractions, you can fly by direct flight to Zurich, and from there will already go to Basel by train, Switzerland Railway is considered one of the best in Europe, and the very first station in Switzerland appeared in Basel. Moreover, the railway canvas between Zurich and Basel runs along so chic and scenic places that it is simply impossible to miss it. A train from Zurich to Basel will take less than one and a half hours and a commuter train goes along the route almost every hour. The train ticket can be bought in advance on the site http://www.sbb.ch. By the way, train tickets are not nominable and without the time of sending the train, so if you are late, you can sit down without any problems. Places on the train are the first and second class, but even the second class is so much convenient that it makes no sense to overpay for the first class. Trains are comfortable and move very quickly.
The International Airport is located 10 kilometers from Zurich in the city of Cloten, from where it is possible to get to the station to the train station, something like the subway, walks every 5 minutes, on this train just you can get to the main railway station Hauptbahnhof, and there you can already Take the train to Basel. The train ticket from the airport to the station is 6.6 francs for adults, and for children by 50% cheaper.
Lovers of independent travel on their wheels can rent a car, only it will be expensive, because all the autobahn paid. If you drive on your car, then you will have to buy vignette to pay for the passage (sold in the post office and at refueling), and it costs 40 francs - about 27 euros. With parking, too, there may be problems, in Switzerland, a complex parking area system, free parking is almost no and even in many parking lots paid.