There are 9 ways to get from Bucharest to Cuenca by plane, train, bus, train (TGV, Renfe), car, or car train
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Fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane OTP - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Cuenca Fernando Zobeltrain
8h 9m€125–308Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Bucureşti to Castello de la Planabus
- Take the train from Castellon to Cuenca Fernando Zobeltrain Ave
2d 1h€96–247Bus, train via Brussels
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Brusselsbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Cuenca Fernando Zobeltrain Ave
32h 58m€195–465Train
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Cuenca Fernando Zobeltrain Ave
45h 35m€392–699Drive 3,029.4 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Cuencacar 3,029.4 km
32h 34m€470–679Fly to Valencia Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane OTP - VLC
- Take the train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Cuenca Fernando Zobeltrain
8h 27m€121–327Fly to Alicante-Elche Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane OTP - ALC
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobeltrain
9h 8m€134–332Bus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Tarragonabus
- Take the bus from Tarragona to Cuencabus 051
2d 7h€164–216Drive, car train
- Drive from Bucharest to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Cuencacar
33h 59m€570–812
Bucharest to Cuenca by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Cuenca is to fly and train which costs €120 - €310 and takes 8h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Cuenca is to fly and train which takes 8h 9m and costs €120 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Cuenca. However, there are services departing from București, Autogara Militari and arriving at Cuenca via Sofia and Tarragona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Cuenca. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Cuenca Fernando Zobel via Budapest-Keleti, Zürich HB, Mulhouse Ville, Montpellier Saint-Roch and Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 35m.
The distance between Bucharest and Cuenca is 2684 km. The road distance is 3029.4 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Cuenca without a car is to bus and train via Brussels which takes 32h 58m and costs €190 - €470.
It takes approximately 8h 9m to get from Bucharest to Cuenca, including transfers.
Bucharest to Cuenca bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from București, Autogara Militari station.
Bucharest to Cuenca train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Cuenca is to train which takes 45h 35m and costs €390 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €160 - €220 and takes 2 days 7h.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Cuenca, Spain?
You can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Cuenca Fernando Zobel via Budapest-Keleti, Zuerich Hb, Zürich HB, Mulhouse, Mulhouse Ville, Montpellier Saint-Roch, and Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes in around 45h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from București, Autogara Militari to Cuenca via Sofia and Tarragona in around 2d 7h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Valencia Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Valencia Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–65
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–55
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Castellon to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–60
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–29
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €64–69
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €130–200
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bucureşti to Castello de la Plana
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +34 984 689 912
- atencionalusuario@samar.es
- Website
- samar.es
Bus from Tarragona to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €38–43
- Schedules at
- samar.es
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More Questions & Answers
Bucharest to Cuenca bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Cuenca is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 10:31 AM in Bucharest and 9:31 AM in Cuenca.
Bucharest to Cuenca train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Cuenca is 3029 km. It takes approximately 32h 34m to drive from Bucharest to Cuenca.
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