Switzerland Guide
Basel
Getting around
Stay overnight in Basel and you're automatically entitled to a Mobility Ticket, giving free tram and bus travel throughout the city for the duration of your stay. Pick up the card when you check in to your hotel.
Basel's public transport – run by BVB ( 
www.bvb-basel.ch ), part of the TNW Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz ( www.tnw.ch ) – focuses on trams, virtually all of which pass through Barfüsserplatz; buses serve outlying neighbourhoods only. The whole of the city centre is in Zone 10; the airport is in neighbouring Zone 13. Swiss Pass holders travel free. Tickets for a four-stop journey (press button "K") cost Fr.1.90, for a longer journey within one zone Fr.3, across two zones (valid for the Vitra museum in Germany) Fr.3.80. A day pass, valid for Zones 10, 11 and 13, costs Fr.8. All these are valid for unlimited changes between trams, buses and local trains within the zonal boundaries. Ticket machines take Swiss coins and euros, but rarely notes. BVB kiosks in the station (daily 5.30am–10pm) and on Barfüsserplatz (Mon– Fri 8am–6pm, Thurs until 7pm, Sat 9am–5pm) provide information and sell tickets.
Taxis, such as those from 33er ( 
061 333 33 33, www.33ertaxi.ch ), are a great way to get around if you think a Fr.5.60 flagfall plus Fr.3.20/km is a fair and reasonable price.