There are 11 ways to get from Ferrara to Spain by train, plane, train (Trenitalia, Italo, Renfe), bus, car ferry, or car
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Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
best- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane BLQ - BCN
5h 8m€36–166Train
- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
13h 48m€121–202Bus
- Take the bus from Ferrara Train Station to Padua Via Fra' Paolo Sarpibus Itabus
- Take the bus from Padua Via Fra' Paolo Sarpi to Barcelona Carrer de Ribesbus Itabus
18h 45m€45–63Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Piacenzatrain Ic
- Take the train from Piacenza to Genova P.Za Principetrain Ic
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port de Barcelonacarferry
27h 41m€92–285Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Valencia Airport
- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane BLQ - VLC
5h 14m€53–205Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane BLQ - MAD
5h 40m€57–205Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane VCE - BCN
5h 57m€39–178Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane FLR - BCN
6h€66–190Train, train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Ferrara to Padovatrain
- Take the train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane VRN - BCN
6h 31m€50–249Train, bus
- Take the train from Ferrara to Padovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Padova to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
19h 1m€61–109Drive 1,176.7 km
- Drive from Ferrara to Barcelonacar 1,176.7 km
11h 21m€183–264
Ferrara to Spain by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ferrara to Spain is to bus which costs €40 - €65 and takes 18h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Ferrara to Spain is to train and fly which takes 5h 8m and costs €35 - €170.
No, there is no direct bus from Ferrara station to Spain. However, there are services departing from Ferrara Train Station and arriving at Barcelona Carrer de Ribes via Padua Via Fra' Paolo Sarpi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Ferrara to Spain. However, there are services departing from Ferrara and arriving at Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya via Bologna Centrale, Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu and Barcelona Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 48m.
The distance between Ferrara and Spain is 901 km. The road distance is 1176.7 km.
The best way to get from Ferrara to Spain without a car is to train which takes 13h 48m and costs €120 - €210.
It takes approximately 5h 8m to get from Ferrara to Spain, including transfers.
Ferrara to Spain bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., depart from Ferrara Train Station.
Ferrara to Spain train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Ferrara station.
The best way to get from Ferrara to Spain is to train which takes 13h 48m and costs €120 - €210. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €40 - €65 and takes 18h 45m.
What companies run services between Ferrara, Italy and Spain?
You can take a train from Ferrara to Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya via Bologna Centrale, Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu, and Barcelona Sants in around 13h 48m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ferrara Train Station to Barcelona Carrer de Ribes via Padua Via Fra' Paolo Sarpi in around 18h 45m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Valencia Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–110
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–100
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €20–110
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–100
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €20–110
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–120
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €21–85
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Piacenza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Piacenza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Piacenza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Piacenza to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Website
- italotreno.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- italotreno.com
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- italotreno.com
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- italotreno.com
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- italotreno.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €24–35
- Smart Flex
- €25–30
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €40–50
- Smart Flex
- €40–55
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €30–40
- Smart Flex
- €30–40
Train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €30–45
- Smart Flex
- €30–45
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €27–35
- Smart Flex
- €28–35
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
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
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Piacenza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €55–85
- 2nd Class
- €35–50
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €12–18
- 2nd Class
- €15–21
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Ferrara Train Station to Padua Via Fra' Paolo Sarpi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Padua Via Fra' Paolo Sarpi to Barcelona Carrer de Ribes
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Ferrara Train Station to Padua Via Fra' Paolo Sarpi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Padova to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–75
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port de Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Seat
- €65–95
- Cabin
- €120–140
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More Questions & Answers
Ferrara to Spain bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., arrive at Padua Via Fra' Paolo Sarpi station.
Ferrara to Spain train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ferrara to Spain is 1177 km. It takes approximately 11h 21m to drive from Ferrara to Spain.
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