There are 11 ways to get from Europe to Portbou by train, plane, train (TGV), bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Frankfurt, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, train
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane FRA - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Gironatrain
- Take the train from Girona to Portboutrain
10h 27m€116–343Train, train to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, fly to Girona–Costa Brava Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) to Girona–Costa Brava Airport (GRO)plane FKB - GRO
- Take the train from Girona to Portboutrain
12h 39m€109–525Train
- Take the train from Wabern Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 26
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Perpignan to Port-Boutrain Ter
19h 29m€330–577Train, bus via Freiburg im Breisgau
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Freiburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 12
- Take the bus from Freiburg to Perpignanbus
- Take the train from Perpignan to Port-Boutrain Ter
20h 23m€138–278Drive 1,332.1 km
- Drive from Europe to Portboucar 1,332.1 km
12h 33m€210–304Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane DUS - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Gironatrain
- Take the train from Girona to Portboutrain
13h 12m€117–363Train to Frankfurt, fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)plane FRA - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Perpignantrain
- Take the train from Perpignan to Port-Boutrain
12h 56m€164–414Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane CGN - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Gironatrain
- Take the train from Girona to Portboutrain
12h 12m€123–375Train to Frankfurt, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane FRA - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Perpignantrain
- Take the train from Perpignan to Port-Boutrain
12h 45m€211–550Train, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Darmstadt Hauptbahnhoftrain 13 / ...
- Take the bus from Darmstadt to Perpignan - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Perpignan to Port-Boutrain Ter
22h 52m€114–223Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain Re5
- Take the bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to PERPIGNAN, Gare Routiere, Bd Saint-Assiscle, k/SNCFbus
- Take the train from Perpignan to Port-Boutrain Ter
22h 57m€140–275
Europe to Portbou by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Portbou is to train and bus which costs €110 - €230 and takes 22h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Portbou is to train and fly which takes 10h 27m and costs €110 - €350.
The distance between Europe and Portbou is 1457 km. The road distance is 1332.1 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Portbou without a car is to train which takes 19h 29m and costs €330 - €600.
It takes approximately 10h 27m to get from Europe to Portbou, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Portbou is 1332 km. It takes approximately 12h 33m to drive from Europe to Portbou.
There are 6377+ hotels available in Portbou.
What companies run services between Europe and Portbou, Spain?
You can take a vehicle from Europe to Port-Bou via Spangenberg-Neustadt, Felsberg-Gensungen Bahnhof, Felsberg-Gensungen Bahnhof, Wabern Bahnhof, Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, and Perpignan in around 19h 29m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Marseille Provence Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Marseille Provence Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Girona–Costa Brava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–380
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wabern Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Girona to Portbou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 41 00 41
- Website
- rodalies.gencat.cat
Train from Girona to Portbou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–22
- Website
- https://rodalies.gencat.cat/en/inici/index.html
- Phone
- +34 912 32 03 20
- accesibilidad@renfe.es
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Girona to Portbou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–16
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en/suburban
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €180–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Perpignan to Port-Bou
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–16
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Freiburg to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Darmstadt to Perpignan - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Darmstadt to Perpignan - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to PERPIGNAN, Gare Routiere, Bd Saint-Assiscle, k/SNCF
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
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