There are 10 ways to get from Genoa to Spain by train, plane, train (Trenitalia, TGV, Renfe), bus, car ferry, or car
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Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
best- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane MXP - BCN
7h 5m€39–143Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Genoa to Barcelonabus FlixBus 728 / ...
13h 30m€35–80Train
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimigliatrain Ic
- Take the train from Nice Ville to Marseille St Charlestrain Tgv
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Barcelona-Santstrain
12h 42m€97–140Car ferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port de Barcelonacarferry
20h 45m€80–85Train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Lingottotrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane TRN - BCN
7h 9m€55–225Fly Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane GOA - BCN
4h 47m€37–168Train, train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimigliatrain
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Vartrain
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane NCE - BCN
8h€52–129Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Take the train from Genova Brignole to Paviatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane LIN - PMI
6h 42m€70–229Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Genova Brignole to Paviatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LIN - BCN
7h 2m€47–200Drive 857.4 km
- Drive from Genoa to Barcelonacar 857.4 km
8h 26m€133–191
Genoa to Spain by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Genoa to Spain is to bus which costs €35 - €80 and takes 13h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Genoa to Spain is to fly which takes 4h 47m and costs €35 - €170.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Genoa and arriving at Barcelona. Services depart every four hours, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 13h 30m.
Yes, there is a direct ferry departing from Port of Genoa and arriving at Port de Barcelona. Services depart twice a week, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 20h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Genoa to Spain. However, there are services departing from Genova P.Za Principe and arriving at Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya via Ventimiglia, Nice Ville, Marseille St Charles and Barcelona Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 42m.
The distance between Genoa and Spain is 924 km. The road distance is 857.4 km.
Book your Genoa to Spain ferry tickets online with Omio.
The best way to get from Genoa to Spain without a car is to train which takes 12h 42m and costs €95 - €140.
It takes approximately 7h 5m to get from Genoa to Spain, including transfers.
Genoa to Spain bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Genoa station.
What companies run services between Genoa, Italy and Spain?
You can take a train from Genova P.Za Principe to Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya via Ventimiglia, Nice Ville, Marseille St Charles, and Barcelona Sants in around 12h 42m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Genoa to Barcelona every 4 hours. Tickets cost €40–80 and the journey takes 13h 30m. BlaBlaCar Bus also services this route 3 times a day.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €21–90
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–130
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–190
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–120
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €19–100
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €27–120
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €21–80
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–140
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €23–140
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €19–85
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova Brignole to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova Brignole to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–65
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova Brignole to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–28
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Nice Ville to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Marseille St Charles to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Var
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Genoa to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Genoa to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- €80–85
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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More Questions & Answers
Genoa to Spain train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Genova P.Za Principe station.
The best way to get from Genoa to Spain is to train which takes 12h 42m and costs €95 - €140. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €35 - €80 and takes 13h 30m, you could also fly, which costs €35 - €170 and takes 4h 47m.
Genoa to Spain bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Barcelona station.
Genoa to Spain train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, arrive at Ventimiglia station.
Yes, the driving distance between Genoa to Spain is 857 km. It takes approximately 8h 26m to drive from Genoa to Spain.
Book your Genoa to Spain train tickets online with Omio.
Book your Genoa to Spain bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
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