Travel to Barcelona

Every way to reach Barcelona: 4 modes compared, with fares.

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

Barcelona is reachable from 295 places across 61 countries by 4 modes, on services run by 115 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €12.83 and the fastest takes 1h 27m door to door. The nearest origin is 82 km away.

Checked October 2, 2026Priced for October 2, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Barcelona

Every mode that actually calls at Barcelona, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train124€13.541h 27m1,196 km8
Coach112€12.833h 30m1,473 km5
Flight446€31.413h 51m11,157 km99
Ferry86€15.196h 30m892 km3
  • 295Places you can arrive from
  • 295Places you can leave for
  • 61Countries
  • 115Operators

Barcelona is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.

A hotel room

A room in Barcelona for the night the train gets in

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.

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.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km162%Tarragona, 82 km
200 to 600 km21528%Calvià, 205 km
600 to 1,500 km34645%Turin, 607 km
Over 1,500 km19125%Berlin, 1500 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Barcelona that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Spain28443%
Italy7612%
Germany6610%
France406%
United Kingdom325%
Morocco183%
United States183%
Poland152%
Belgium142%
Netherlands142%
Portugal132%
Romania102%
Switzerland81%
Greece81%
Croatia81%
Ireland81%
Finland71%
Norway71%
Canada61%
China61%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Barcelona

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

Barcelona

Rail
  • Barcelona Sants
  • Barcelona-Sagrera
  • Barcelona-El Port station
Bus
  • Barcelona Nord
  • Estació d'Autobusos Barcelona Nord
Air
  • BCN
  • GRO
  • REU
Ferry
  • Barcelona Moll de Barcelona
  • Barcelona

BCN is not in Barcelona, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from BCN into Barcelona?

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Barcelona

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Barcelona, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Palma to Barcelona bus€12.833h 30m207 km
Tarragona to Barcelona train€13.541h 27m82 km
Palma to Barcelona ferry€15.197h 40m207 km
Zaragoza to Barcelona bus€15.584h 20m255 km
Valencia to Barcelona bus€17.234h 46m302 km
Maó to Barcelona ferry€17.398h 30m244 km
Ciutadella to Barcelona ferry€17.948h 1m210 km
Lleida to Barcelona train€19.591h 50m130 km
Zaragoza to Barcelona ferry€21.249h 39m255 km
Alicante to Barcelona bus€21.636h 5m407 km
Ibiza Town to Barcelona ferry€22.899h 47m283 km
Vitoria-Gasteiz to Barcelona bus€23.836h 24m430 km
Valencia to Barcelona ferry€23.9910h 30m302 km
Murcia to Barcelona bus€24.387h 7m471 km
Bilbao to Barcelona bus€25.486h 58m467 km
Madrid to Barcelona bus€26.587h 19m504 km

We cannot promise Barcelona Sants still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Barcelona?

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

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Popular trips to Barcelona

Common questions about Travel to Barcelona

How can I get to Barcelona?

Barcelona is reachable by 4 modes on our network, from 295 places, across 61 countries, on services run by 115 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Barcelona?

The cheapest way into Barcelona is by Coach, from €12.83 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 295 origins we sell into Barcelona over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Barcelona?

The fastest journey into Barcelona is by Train, at 1h 27m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 82 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Barcelona have?

Barcelona has 10 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 3 airports. Among them are Barcelona Sants, Barcelona-Sagrera, Barcelona-El Port station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Barcelona from within 200 km?

16 of the routes we sell into Barcelona start within 200 km. The nearest is Tarragona, 82 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Barcelona in Spain?

Barcelona connects to 295 places on our network across 61 countries, the furthest of them 11,157 km away in a straight line. Spain routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Spain

The wider region

Being on the water gives Barcelona a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Barcelona and across Spain

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Barcelona, with free cancellation on most of it.

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