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

Avignon to Barcelona

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Avignon to Barcelona. From €27.29, fastest 14h 3m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Avignon to Barcelona runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €27.29, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 14h 3m over 386 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 24, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €27.29, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026

€27.29

  • 120%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Avignon

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Avignon and Barcelona.

See departures on 12Go

Partner link. The seller pays us a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €55.89Fri25
  2. about €61.94Sat26
  3. about €56.44Sun27
  4. about €45.44Mon28
  5. about €47.09Tue29
  6. about €43.24Wed30
  7. about €40.49Thu1
  8. about €42.14Fri2
  9. about €41.04Sat3
  10. about €32.79Sun4
  11. about €31.68Mon5
  12. about €32.24Tue6
  13. about €33.33Wed7
  14. about €33.89Thu8
  15. about €30.04Fri9
  16. about €33.34Sat10
  17. about €33.34Sun11
  18. about €27.29Mon12
  19. about €30.03Tue13
  20. about €31.13Wed14
  21. about €33.89Thu15

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The ferry gets you into Barcelona. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Barcelona for the night the ferry gets in

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

Partner links. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.

Booking window

When to book Avignon to Barcelona

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

  1. €33.3490 days
  2. €25.6360 days
  3. €28.9345 days
  4. €32.2330 days
  5. €33.8921 days
  6. €33.8914 days
  7. €40.497 days
  8. €56.443 days
  9. €55.891 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €25.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 120 percent. The most expensive point is €56.44, 3 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.
€56.44€25.63137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Avignon 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

386 km

358 km as the crow flies, 8% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

89,7691,686,208

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

The route

SpainFranceItalyMediterranean SeaBay of BiscayMadridMadridRomeRomeMilanMilanMarseilleMarseilleTurinTurinZaragozaZaragozaGenoaGenoaToulouseToulouseFlorenceFlorenceBilbaoBilbaoNiceNiceValladolidValladolidGijónGijónBordeauxBordeauxVeronaVeronaVitoria-GasteizVitoria-GasteizAvignonAvignonBarcelonaBarcelonaMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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
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 386 km against 358 km in a straight line, a detour of 8 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Sète, Agde. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

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 stand 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 cab stand says.

Partner links. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Barcelona Sants

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

Partner links. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Avignon 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 it take to get from Avignon to Barcelona?

The fastest journey from Avignon to Barcelona takes 14h 3m door to door, of which 12h 57m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 14h 59m, 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 Avignon to Barcelona?

The cheapest fare from Avignon to Barcelona is €27.29, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €33.89. 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 Avignon to Barcelona?

The cheapest way from Avignon to Barcelona is by ferry, at €27.29 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 15h 21m 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 Avignon to Barcelona?

Fares from Avignon to Barcelona bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €25.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 120 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Avignon to Barcelona, at €31.68. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 24, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Avignon to Barcelona?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Avignon to Barcelona, at €24.53 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 service from Avignon to Barcelona?

1 operators sell services from Avignon to Barcelona across 1 mode: Grimaldi. 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 Avignon to Barcelona?

0 percent of the services we sell from Avignon to Barcelona are direct. The rest connect at Sète, Agde, with about 54 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 Avignon to Barcelona use?

Services from Avignon to Barcelona by ferry leave from Bac du Rocher des Doms and arrive at BARCELONA. Allow about 1h 30m 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 Avignon to Barcelona?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Avignon 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 labeled 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 Avignon to Barcelona on September 24, 2026: 386 km of route against 358 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €27.29, and 14h 3m 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.

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.

Partner links. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Avignon reaches 36 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 38 to 918 km. Barcelona reaches 371 places in 73 countries, from 48 to 11,182 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Avignon

  • 36Places you can leave for
  • 5Countries
  • 4Operators

Arriving in Barcelona

Leaving Barcelona

  • 371Places you can leave for
  • 73Countries
  • 122Operators

Find tickets

Plan with Ori

Ori, the trip planner

Ask it something like this