There are 5 ways to get from Barcelona to Tulum by plane, shuttle, taxi, ferry, bus, or train
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Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane BCN - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
15h 34m$7,846–16,606Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cozumel International Airport, ferry, bus
cheapest- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Cozumel International Airport (CZM)plane BCN - CZM
- Take the ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmenferry
- Take the bus from Playa del Carmen Terminal Turística to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulumbus
34h 57m$6,831–27,196Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tulum International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)plane BCN - TQO
- Take the taxi from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Tulumtaxi
31h 52m$7,346–23,306Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane MAD - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
17h 40m$8,114–18,793Train, train to Valencia Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Camp De Tarragonatrain
- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane VLC - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
20h 22m$9,184–19,230
Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Barcelona to Tulum is to train and fly and shuttle which costs $8000 - $19000 and takes 17h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Barcelona to Tulum is to fly and shuttle which takes 15h 34m and costs $7500 - $17000.
The distance between Barcelona and Tulum is 8533 km.
It takes approximately 15h 34m to get from Barcelona to Tulum, including transfers.
Tulum is 7h behind Barcelona. It is currently 3:06 PM in Barcelona and 8:06 AM in Tulum.
There are 3164+ hotels available in Tulum.
What companies run services between Barcelona, Spain and Tulum, Estado de Quintana Roo, Mexico?
There is no direct connection from Barcelona to Tulum. However, you can take the train to El Prat Aeroport, walk to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) airport, fly to Cancún International Airport (CUN), walk to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2, then take the shuttle to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum. Alternatively, you can take the train to El Prat Aeroport, walk to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) airport, fly to Tulum International Airport (TQO), then take the taxi to Tulum.
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,900–16,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tulum International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–25,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $5,500–22,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–30,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 57m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–26,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–14,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,300–17,000
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cancún International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,000–17,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cancún International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,000–16,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tulum International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–22,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tulum International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–22,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–26,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–26,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tulum International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 7m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–23,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $6,000–24,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 14m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–28,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,500–29,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–27,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,900–16,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $5,500–22,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 57m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–26,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,300–17,000
- Website
- iberojet.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $5,000–14,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–11,000
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tulum International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–20,000
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cancún International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–18,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tulum International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 4m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–27,000
- Website
- w2fly.es
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–9,500
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cancún International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–16,000
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–14,000
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cancún International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,000–17,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cancún International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–23,000
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1,900–3,300
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $310–550
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1,500–2,900
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $240–470
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,900
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $200–310
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1,400–2,300
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $230–380
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $600–1,100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +52 998 980 0807
- contact@cancunshuttle.com
- Website
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Playa del Carmen Terminal Turística to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $190–280
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 997 976 0191
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Playa del Carmen Terminal Turística to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 555 784 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Playa del Carmen Terminal Turística to Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 998 460 3084
- servicioalcliente@ultramarferry.com
- Website
- ultramarferry.com
Ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $99–376
- Website
- https://www.ultramarferry.com/en
- Premium Plus Adult
- $316
- Premium Plus Children
- $237
- Residentes Q.Roo
- $188
- INAPAM
- $99
- First Class Adult
- $376
- First Class Children
- $376
- Phone
- +52 987 872 1588
- info@winjet.mx
- Website
- winjet.mx
Ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $99–282
- Schedules at
- winjet.mx
- General
- $282
- INAPAM
- $99
- Handicapped
- $99
- Minor
- $193
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Estimated price
- $1,800–2,200
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