There are 12 ways to get from Bucharest to Ponferrada by plane, train, bus, towncar, car, or car train
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Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)OTP - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Ponferrada
11h 48m€141–388Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Bucureşti to Barcelona
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to PonferradaAlv
2d 4h€129–239Bus, train via Brussels
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Brussels
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Montpellier Saint-RochTgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to PonferradaIc
37h 9m€230–507Bus via Brussels
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Brussels
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Leon
- Take the bus from Leon to Ponferrada
45h 1m€150–217Train, bus
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-KeletiIr
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich HbRjx
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Take the train from San Sebastian/Donostia to Burgos Rosa De LimaAlv / ...
- Take the train from Burgos Rosa De Lima to PonferradaAlv
2d 9h€320–604Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Asturias Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Asturias Airport (OVD)OTP - OVD
- Take the bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]
- Take the train from Oviedo to Leon
- Take the train from Leon to Ponferrada
14h 17m€137–371Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)OTP - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Ourense
- Take the train from Ourense to Ponferrada
14h 4m€392–570Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to León Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to León Airport (LEN)BBU - LEN
- Take the train from Leon to Ponferrada
23h 46m€193–783Fly Bucharest Otopeni to León Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to León Airport (LEN)OTP - LEN
- Take the train from Leon to Ponferrada
15h 22m€315–867Bus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Valladolid Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Valladolid to Ponferrada
2d 15h€161–263Drive 3,206.3 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Ponferrada3,206.3 km
33h 46m€501–723Drive, car train
- Drive from Bucharest to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Drive from München Ost to Ponferrada
34h 51m€581–823
Bucharest to Ponferrada by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Ponferrada is to bus via Brussels which costs €150 - €220 and takes 45h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Ponferrada is to fly and train which takes 11h 48m and costs €140 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Ponferrada. However, there are services departing from Bucharest Obor and arriving at Ponferrada via Brussel Stadion, Brussels-North train station and Leon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 1m.
The distance between Bucharest and Ponferrada is 2953 km. The road distance is 3206.3 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Ponferrada without a car is to bus and train via Brussels which takes 37h 9m and costs €230 - €550.
It takes approximately 11h 48m to get from Bucharest to Ponferrada, including transfers.
Bucharest to Ponferrada bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from București, Autogara Militari station.
Bucharest to Ponferrada bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Ponferrada is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 9:05 AM in Bucharest and 8:05 AM in Ponferrada.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Ponferrada is 3206 km. It takes approximately 33h 46m to drive from Bucharest to Ponferrada.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Ponferrada, Spain?
You can take a bus from Bucharest Obor to Ponferrada via Brussel Stadion, Brussel Noord afstaphalte, Brussels-North train station, and Leon in around 45h 1m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Asturias Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Asturias Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Asturias Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Asturias Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to León Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to León Airport via Nice, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to León Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,300
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Asturias Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Asturias Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to León Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Asturias Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–110
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Asturias Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–110
- 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 San Sebastian/Donostia to Burgos Rosa De Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Burgos Rosa De Lima to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Oviedo to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–30
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ourense to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- 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
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Oviedo to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Leon to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Valladolid to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bucureşti to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- 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
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Valladolid Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- info@vmtransfers.com
- Website
- vmtransfers.com
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €250
- Website
- https://www.vmtransfers.com/en/
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