Trieste to Barcelona runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €69.48 and €92.74, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 40m over 1,067 km, on services run by 6 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026
€69.48 to €92.74
- 138%Moves across the booking window
138%When it runs, leaving Trieste
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
2
0%Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €142.08Fri25
- about €170.68Sat26
- about €111.28Sun27
- about €98.63Mon28
- about €116.78Tue29
- about €127.78Wed30
- about €116.78Thu1
- about €98.08Fri2
- about €115.13Sat3
- about €108.53Sun4
- about €78.28Mon5
- about €93.13Tue6
- about €95.33Wed7
- about €99.18Thu8
- about €84.33Fri9
- about €78.83Sat10
- about €78.83Sun11
- about €75.53Mon12
- about €69.48Tue13
- about €70.58Wed14
- about €90.93Thu15
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Barcelona. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Barcelona for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Trieste to Barcelona
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €70.5890 days
- €59.5860 days
- €68.9345 days
- €74.4330 days
- €90.9321 days
- €99.1814 days
- €116.787 days
- €111.283 days
- €142.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €59.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 138 percent. The dearest point is €142.08, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Trieste to Barcelona 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
1,067 km
1,048 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
204,338 → 1,686,208
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,067 km against 1,048 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Nice, Bologna, Mestre, Genoa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 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 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.
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Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Barcelona Sants
Most of the points near Barcelona Sants open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Trieste 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 Trieste to Barcelona?
The fastest journey from Trieste to Barcelona takes 5h 40m door to door, of which 2h 55m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 10h 1m, 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 Trieste to Barcelona?
The cheapest fare from Trieste to Barcelona is €69.48, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €135.37. 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 Trieste to Barcelona?
The cheapest way from Trieste to Barcelona is by coach, at €69.48 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 11h 16m 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 Trieste to Barcelona?
The fastest way from Trieste to Barcelona is by train, at 5h 55m door to door. Only 2h 55m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €92.74.
When should I book Trieste to Barcelona?
Fares from Trieste to Barcelona bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €59.58. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 138 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Trieste to Barcelona?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Trieste to Barcelona, at €78.28. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 24 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Trieste to Barcelona?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Trieste to Barcelona, at €54.63 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 Trieste to Barcelona?
6 operators sell services from Trieste to Barcelona across 2 modes: BlaBlaCar, DB Fernverkehr, easyJet Europe, FlixBus, Ryanair, SNCF. 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 Trieste to Barcelona?
0 percent of the services we sell from Trieste to Barcelona are direct. The rest connect at Nice, Bologna, Mestre, Genoa, with about 52 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 Trieste to Barcelona produce?
Travelling from Trieste to Barcelona by coach produces about 79.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 120.0 kg, roughly 2 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Trieste to Barcelona use?
Services from Trieste to Barcelona by train leave from Trieste Centrale and arrive at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport BCN. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Trieste to Barcelona?
4 of the 6 operators we sell from Trieste 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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Trieste to Barcelona on 24 September 2026: 1067 km of route against 1048 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €69.48, and 5h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Trieste reaches 130 places in 15 countries on services we hold, over distances from 21 to 1,328 km. Barcelona reaches 371 places in 73 countries, from 48 to 11,182 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Trieste
- 130Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 7Operators
15
7Arriving in Barcelona
Leaving Barcelona
- 371Places you can leave for
- 73Countries
- 122Operators