Cartagena to Barcelona bus

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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Cartagena to Barcelona on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.

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• 8h 50mDoor to door
• 8h 6mMoving
• €27.13 to €62.33From
• 06:05 to 06:05First and last departure
• 1Per day
• 15.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€27.13 to €62.33 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.

Operator	From	Fastest	Typical speed	Flexibility	On board
Samar	€27.13	8h 24m	72 km/h	Changeable	Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

When to book Cartagena to Barcelona

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

1. €38.6890 days
2. €32.6360 days
3. €27.6845 days
4. €30.4330 days
5. €31.5321 days
6. €27.1314 days
7. €30.987 days
8. €50.233 days
9. €54.081 days

Cheapest lead time

Fares bottom out around 14 days ahead, at €27.13.

How much it moves

The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 99 percent. The most expensive point is €54.08, 1 days out.

What that means

Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 14 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.

Which departure day costs least

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

1. €38.13Sun
2. €30.98Mon
3. €38.13Tue
4. €32.63Wed
5. €50.23Thu
6. €50.78Fri
7. €48.58Sat

Where you leave from and where you arrive

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting

20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.

How far it really runs

The route covers 575 km against 500 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 Elche, Alicante, Murcia, Valencia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.

If the connection is missed

The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.

First and last departure

The first service of the day leaves Cartagena at 06:05 and the last at 06:05, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Cartagena 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.

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