Amsterdam to Barcelona bus

Buses from Amsterdam to Barcelona start at €65.63 and take 16h 59m at their fastest.

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View over the rooftops from NH Calderon hotel on Rambla de Catalunya in Barcelona

The Buses from Amsterdam to Barcelona starts at €65.63 and takes 16h 59m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,239 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 16h 59mDoor to door
  • 16h 15mMoving
  • €65.63From
  • 33.5 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€52.98
  1. BlaBlaCar BB458815:3818h 47m10:25Amsterdam SloterdijkBarcelona Nord

Door to door 19h 31mCO2 33.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
BlaBlaCar€52.9816h 46m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • BlaBlaCar

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A hotel room

A room in Barcelona for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Amsterdam to Barcelona

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

  1. €67.2890 days
  2. €39.7860 days
  3. €43.0845 days
  4. €50.2330 days
  5. €59.5821 days
  6. €76.0814 days
  7. €94.787 days
  8. €101.383 days
  9. €140.981 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €39.78.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 254 percent. The most expensive point is €140.98, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €74.43Sun
  2. €67.28Mon
  3. €65.63Tue
  4. €70.03Wed
  5. €81.58Thu
  6. €76.08Fri
  7. €83.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Amsterdam

Bus
  • Amsterdam Sloterdijk
  • P40

Barcelona

Bus
  • Barcelona Nord
  • Estació d'Autobusos Barcelona Nord
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

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

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,239 km against 1,239 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Amsterdam at 06:02 and the last at 21:28, across 12 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight5h 11m2h 1m3h 10m€123.45313.9 kg40
Coach16h 59m16h 15m44m€65.6333.5 kg12

Questions about Amsterdam to Barcelona

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Coach from Amsterdam to Barcelona take?

The Coach from Amsterdam to Barcelona takes 16h 59m door to door, of which 16h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 1,239 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Amsterdam to Barcelona cost?

The Coach from Amsterdam to Barcelona starts at €65.63 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €63.16. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Amsterdam to Barcelona?

1 operators run the Coach from Amsterdam to Barcelona: BlaBlaCar. Between them they file around 12 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Amsterdam to Barcelona use?

The Coach from Amsterdam to Barcelona leaves from Amsterdam Sloterdijk and arrives at Barcelona Nord. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Amsterdam to Barcelona?

Traveling from Amsterdam to Barcelona by Flight costs €123.45 and takes 5h 11m door to door, against 16h 59m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Amsterdam to Barcelona?

Fares for the Coach from Amsterdam to Barcelona bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €39.78. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 254 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Amsterdam to Barcelona produce?

The Coach from Amsterdam to Barcelona produces about 33.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1239 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Amsterdam to Barcelona?

Operators on the Coach from Amsterdam to Barcelona publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 16h 59m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Amsterdam to Barcelona on September 11, 2026: 1239 km of route against 1239 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €65.63, and 16h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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