Trains, buses, flights and ferries across Southern Europe

We sell NaN routes across Southern Europe, reaching 552 places in 8 countries through 393 operators 27,672 of them stay inside one country, 2,024 cross a border inside the region and 20,742 leave it. On the 16 busiest corridors, priced on October 8, 2026, the cheapest fare is €13.38 and the fastest trip is 2h 14m door to door. The median route runs 496 km.

Checked October 8, 2026Priced for October 8, 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network
Modes compared
Routes
Countries
When to book
Operators
Questions

The network

All modes in Southern Europe, in numbers

What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.

50,438Routes we sell
11,287Corridors
552Places served
8Countries
393Operators
27,672Domestic routes
2,024Cross border routes
20,742Routes out of the region
496 kmMedian route
11,157 kmLongest route

Door to door

How the modes compare across Southern Europe

Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in Southern Europe, priced on October 8, 2026 for one passenger.

Median fare, median door-to-door time and median carbon per passenger, over the corridors of Southern Europe where each mode runs.
Mode	Corridors priced	From	Door to door	CO2
Ferry	2	€27.29	12h 25m	42.7 kg
Coach	8	€47.48	12h 16m	23.8 kg
Train	5	€92.19	5h 37m	23.0 kg
Flight	16	€126.70	5h 10m	310.1 kg

Routes

The corridors that matter in Southern Europe

Ranked by how much service runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.

The busiest routes we sell in Southern Europe, priced on October 8, 2026 for one passenger with every fee included.
Route	From	Fastest	Distance
Palma to Barcelona	€13.38	2h 14m	207 km
Catania to Rome	€29.88	4h 17m	536 km
Düsseldorf to Milan	€35.93	4h 27m	665 km
Brussels to Milan	€37.58	4h 29m	698 km
Paris to Rome	€57.38	5h 1m	1,107 km
Valencia to Paris	€57.38	4h 58m	1,065 km
Rome to Berlin	€65.63	5h 7m	1,184 km
Munich to Madrid	€78.83	5h 31m	1,484 km
Bucharest to Rome	€118.73	5h 3m	1,137 km
Madrid to London	€130.53	5h 13m	1,264 km
Milan to Bucharest	€137.61	5h 19m	1,334 km
Málaga to London	€171.24	5h 45m	1,679 km
Copenhagen to Barcelona	€178.32	5h 51m	1,759 km
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to Madrid	€181.86	5h 50m	1,738 km
Heraklion to London	€284.52	7h 4m	2,696 km
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to London	€294.55	7h 20m	2,899 km

Countries

Countries in Southern Europe

Every country in Southern Europe we sell in, most routes first.

Routes, places and carriers in each country of Southern Europe.
Country	Routes	Places	Operators
Italy	21,708	283	229
Spain	20,282	228	204
Greece	6,522	127	179
Portugal	2,832	99	96
Cyprus	684	19	91
Malta	402	32	40
Gibraltar	24	1	3
Andorra	8	3	1

Booking window

When to book in Southern Europe

The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in Southern Europe.

€49.683 days
€45.287 days
€35.9321 days
€27.6845 days
€37.5884 days

Cheapest lead time: Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 45 days ahead, at €27.68.
How much it moves: The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 44 percent. At the most expensive point the typical fare is €49.68, 3 days out.

Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
Distance	Routes	Share	Nearest of them
Under 200 km	10,648	21%	Maiori, 1 km
200 to 600 km	18,036	36%	Alcobendas, 200 km
600 to 1,500 km	11,540	23%	Calp, 600 km
Over 1,500 km	10,214	20%	Barcelona, 1500 km

Carriers

Who runs it in Southern Europe

The carriers with the largest networks inside Southern Europe.

United Airlines easyJet easyJet Europe China Eastern Airlines China Southern Airlines Wizz Air Malta ÖBB-Personenverkehr Ryanair UK SNCF Voyageurs Hainan Airlines Shenzhen Airlines Smartwings

Where people travel in Southern Europe

Every way to travel in Southern Europe

Flights Trains Ferries Buses

Other regions in Europe

Britain and IrelandNaN routes across 5 countries Western EuropeNaN routes across 4 countries Central EuropeNaN routes across 7 countries The NordicsNaN routes across 5 countries The BalticsNaN routes across 3 countries The BalkansNaN routes across 9 countries Eastern EuropeNaN routes across 5 countries

Common questions about Trains, buses, flights and ferries across Southern Europe

How many routes does Orlero sell across Southern Europe?

NaN routes across 8 countries reaching 552 places through 393 operators 27,672 stay inside one country, 2,024 cross a border inside Southern Europe and 20,742 leave the region altogether.

What is the cheapest way to travel across Southern Europe?

On the 16 busiest corridors in Southern Europe, priced on October 8, 2026, the lowest fare we sell is €13.38. By median fare the cheapest mode is ferry, at €27.29 on a typical corridor.

Which way to travel is fastest across Southern Europe?

flight, at a median of 5h 10m door to door on the corridors we priced. Door to door includes reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end, which is why it is the only figure worth comparing across modes.

Which way to travel across Southern Europe produces least carbon?

train, at 23.0 kg per passenger on a typical corridor in Southern Europe, against 310.1 kg by Flight.

When should I book travel across Southern Europe?

Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 45 days before departure. Booking then rather than 3 days ahead was 44 percent cheaper on this sample.

How far apart are the places we sell in Southern Europe?

The median route runs 496 km in a straight line and the shortest is 1 km. The longest we sell is 11,157 km, from Barcelona to Santiago.

Which countries are in Southern Europe?

Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Malta, Gibraltar, Andorra.

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.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Fares, Carbon, Distances

Regions: A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
The sample: Fares, travel times and carbon are measured on the 16 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.