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Craiova to Barcelona

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Craiova to Barcelona. From €138.20, fastest 5h 54m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Craiova to Barcelona runs about 8 times a day, with the first departure around 06:06 and the last around 17:30. One passenger pays between €138.20 and €159.44, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 54m over 1,842 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026

€138.20 to €159.44

  • 129%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Craiova

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.

  • 06:06First departure
  • 17:30Last departure
  • 8Services per day
  • 75%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €290.03Fri18
  2. about €350.01Sat19
  3. about €246.03Sun20
  4. about €220.80Mon21
  5. about €222.57Tue22
  6. about €246.76Wed23
  7. about €236.73Thu24
  8. about €216.67Fri25
  9. about €227.88Sat26
  10. about €188.28Sun27
  11. about €184.22Mon28
  12. about €161.33Tue29
  13. about €188.94Wed30
  14. about €193.23Thu1
  15. about €169.47Fri2
  16. about €158.03Sat3
  17. about €153.08Sun4
  18. about €141.53Mon5
  19. about €138.20Tue6
  20. about €149.41Wed7
  21. about €190.48Thu8

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 flight gets you into Barcelona. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Barcelona for the night the flight gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Craiova to Barcelona

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

  1. €145.3890 days
  2. €126.4060 days
  3. €131.7145 days
  4. €151.1830 days
  5. €190.4821 days
  6. €193.2314 days
  7. €236.737 days
  8. €246.033 days
  9. €290.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €126.40.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 129 percent. The dearest point is €290.03, 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.
€290.03€126.40137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Craiova to Barcelona and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

1,842 km

1,788 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

234,1401,686,208

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

CraiovaCraiovaBarcelonaBarcelona
The journey

What the journey looks like

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

Direct or connecting
60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,842 km against 1,788 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 Rome, Timişoara, Belgrade, Bologna. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.

Barcelona is large, and the road in from BCN can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Barcelona

Settled in advance, so the ride into Barcelona costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Barcelona Sants

Most of the points near Barcelona Sants open before the first train and shut after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Craiova to Barcelona

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 Craiova to Barcelona?

The fastest journey from Craiova to Barcelona takes 5h 54m door to door, of which 2h 46m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 5m, 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 Craiova to Barcelona?

The cheapest fare from Craiova to Barcelona is €138.20, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €237.03. 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 Craiova to Barcelona?

The cheapest way from Craiova to Barcelona is by flight, at €138.20 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 56m 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 Craiova to Barcelona?

Fares from Craiova to Barcelona bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €126.40. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 129 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Craiova to Barcelona?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Craiova to Barcelona, at €161.33. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Craiova to Barcelona?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Craiova to Barcelona, at €105.78 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 Craiova to Barcelona?

No operator record names Craiova to Barcelona directly. Wizz Air, Wizz Air Malta publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Craiova to Barcelona?

60 percent of the services we sell from Craiova to Barcelona are direct. The rest connect at Rome, Timişoara, Belgrade, Bologna, with about 51 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 Craiova to Barcelona use?

Services from Craiova to Barcelona by flight leave from Craiova CRA and arrive at Barcelona BCN. 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 Craiova to Barcelona?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Craiova to Barcelona 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 Craiova to Barcelona on 17 September 2026: 1842 km of route against 1788 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €138.20, and 5h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Barcelona a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Barcelona and across Spain

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

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The two ends, compared

Craiova reaches 60 places in 19 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 2,289 km. Barcelona reaches 303 places in 61 countries, from 82 to 11,157 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Craiova

  • 60Places you can leave for
  • 19Countries
  • 10Operators

Arriving in Barcelona

Leaving Barcelona

  • 303Places you can leave for
  • 61Countries
  • 117Operators

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