Barcelona to Hortaleza runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €25.48 and €60.84, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 37m over 572 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€25.48 to €60.84
- 194%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Barcelona
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:08First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Ouigo España runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Barcelona to Hortaleza on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Samar runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Barcelona to Hortaleza on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €73.33Wed16
- about €67.28Thu17
- about €63.98Fri18
- about €56.28Sat19
- about €59.03Sun20
- about €37.58Mon21
- about €49.68Tue22
- about €41.43Wed23
- about €54.08Thu24
- about €41.43Fri25
- about €50.78Sat26
- about €38.13Sun27
- about €34.28Mon28
- about €32.08Tue29
- about €34.83Wed30
- about €37.58Thu1
- about €31.53Fri2
- about €38.13Sat3
- about €30.43Sun4
- about €25.48Mon5
- about €32.63Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Hortaleza. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A room in Hortaleza for the night the train gets in
The search opens on Hortaleza with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Barcelona to Hortaleza
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.8890 days
- €24.9360 days
- €36.4845 days
- €35.3830 days
- €32.6321 days
- €32.0814 days
- €49.687 days
- €63.983 days
- €73.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 194 percent. The dearest point is €73.33, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Barcelona to Hortaleza and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
572 km
498 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
1,686,208 → 161,661
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 572 km against 498 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Valencia, Logroño, Castelló de la Plana, Albacete. 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.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Where to leave your bags in Hortaleza
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Barcelona to Hortaleza
The questions people actually ask about this journey, 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 Barcelona to Hortaleza?
The fastest journey from Barcelona to Hortaleza takes 4h 37m door to door, of which 4h 24m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 56m, 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 Barcelona to Hortaleza?
The cheapest fare from Barcelona to Hortaleza is €25.48, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €69.84. 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 Barcelona to Hortaleza?
The cheapest way from Barcelona to Hortaleza is by coach, at €32.08 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 8h 58m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Barcelona to Hortaleza?
The fastest way from Barcelona to Hortaleza is by train, at 5h 8m door to door. Only 4h 24m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €60.84.
When should I book Barcelona to Hortaleza?
Fares from Barcelona to Hortaleza bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €24.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 194 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Barcelona to Hortaleza?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Barcelona to Hortaleza, at €32.63. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Barcelona to Hortaleza?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Barcelona to Hortaleza, at €21.63 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 services from Barcelona to Hortaleza?
2 operators sell services from Barcelona to Hortaleza across 2 modes: Ouigo España, Samar. 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 Barcelona to Hortaleza?
33 percent of the services we sell from Barcelona to Hortaleza are direct. The rest connect at Valencia, Logroño, Castelló de la Plana, Albacete, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Barcelona to Hortaleza produce?
Travelling from Barcelona to Hortaleza by coach produces about 15.4 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 18.9 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Barcelona to Hortaleza use?
Services from Barcelona to Hortaleza by train leave from Barcelona Sants and arrive at Hortaleza station. Allow about 44m 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 Barcelona to Hortaleza?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Barcelona to Hortaleza 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
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Barcelona to Hortaleza on 15 September 2026: 572 km of route against 498 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €25.48, and 4h 37m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Hortaleza is somebody else's catalogue.

Day trips out of Hortaleza and across Spain
Day trips that leave Hortaleza in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Barcelona reaches 296 places in 61 countries on services we hold, over distances from 82 to 11,157 km. Hortaleza reaches 28 places in 2 countries, from 160 to 508 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Barcelona
- 296Places you can leave for
- 61Countries
- 117Operators
Arriving in Hortaleza
Leaving Hortaleza
- 28Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 4Operators