Cheapest€25.48
- BlaBlaCar BB872717:007h 15m00:15Madrid Estacion SurPalma Intermodal
Door to door 7h 59mCO2 14.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Madrid to Palma bus
Buses from Madrid to Palma start at €29.88 and take 7h 57m at their fastest.
The Buses from Madrid to Palma starts at €29.88 and takes 7h 57m door to door, run by 1 operator over 549 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 7h 57mDoor to door
- 7h 13mMoving
- €29.88From
- 14.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €25.48 | 7h 54m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Palma. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Palma
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When to book Madrid to Palma
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.3890 days
- €23.8360 days
- €25.4845 days
- €24.9330 days
- €26.5821 days
- €33.1814 days
- €40.337 days
- €55.733 days
- €67.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 182 percent. The most expensive point is €67.28, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €35.38Sun
- €29.88Mon
- €32.63Tue
- €33.18Wed
- €38.13Thu
- €35.38Fri
- €38.68Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Madrid
Bus
- Madrid Estacion Sur
- Madrid South
Palma
Bus
- Palma Intermodal
- Estació Intermodal (Palma)
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 549 km against 549 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 Madrid at 06:14 and the last at 20:44, across 12 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 18m | 1h 8m | 3h 10m | €59.73 | 139.2 kg | 40 |
| Train | 4h 28m | 3h 44m | 44m | €69.09 | 18.1 kg | 12 |
| Coach | 7h 57m | 7h 13m | 44m | €29.88 | 14.8 kg | 12 |
Questions about Madrid to Palma
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 Madrid to Palma take?
The Coach from Madrid to Palma takes 7h 57m door to door, of which 7h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 549 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 Madrid to Palma cost?
The Coach from Madrid to Palma starts at €29.88 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €29.88. 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 Madrid to Palma?
1 operators run the Coach from Madrid to Palma: 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 Madrid to Palma use?
The Coach from Madrid to Palma leaves from Madrid Estacion Sur and arrives at Palma Intermodal. 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 Madrid to Palma?
Traveling from Madrid to Palma by Flight costs €59.73 and takes 4h 18m door to door, against 7h 57m 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 Madrid to Palma?
Fares for the Coach from Madrid to Palma bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.83. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 182 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Madrid to Palma produce?
The Coach from Madrid to Palma produces about 14.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 549 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 Madrid to Palma?
Operators on the Coach from Madrid to Palma publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 57m 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 Madrid to Palma on September 9, 2026: 549 km of route against 549 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €29.88, and 7h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in Palma
Day trips that leave Palma in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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