There are 15 ways to get from Germany to Spain by plane, train (Renfe), bus, rideshare, train (TGV, Renfe), car, or car train
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Fly Stuttgart Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
best- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane STR - PMI
4h 47m€60–212Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
cheapest- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane DUS - BCN
5h 25m€51–182Train via Lyon
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieutrain 84
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
17h 29m€272–624Bus via U Theodor-Heuss-Platz
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Frankfurtbus
- Take the bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30bus
30h 16m€143–304Rideshare
- Take the rideshare from Berlin to Barcelone1,783.7 km
21h 13m€60Fly Frankfurt to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane FRA - PMI
4h 43m€79–160Fly Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane STR - BCN
5h 3m€57–213Fly Frankfurt to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane FRA - BCN
5h 4m€76–241Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane DUS - PMI
4h 59m€64–201Fly Frankfurt to Valencia Airport
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane FRA - VLC
5h 9m€87–270Fly Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane FRA - BIO
- Take the bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastiánbus
6h 29m€105–262Train
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
18h 47m€332–664Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Frankfurt central train stationbus N13
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Barcelonabus FlixBus N1720
30h 20m€125–239Drive 1,787.4 km
- Drive from Berlin to Barcelonacar 1,787.4 km
18h 2m€284–410Drive, car train
- Drive from Berlin to Göttingencar
- Take the car train from Göttingen to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Barcelonacar
19h 19m€353–499
Germany to Spain by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Spain is to rideshare which costs €60 and takes 21h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Spain is to fly which takes 4h 43m and costs €75 - €160.
No, there is no direct bus from Germany to Spain. However, there are services departing from Berlin Alexanderplatz and arriving at Barcelona via Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Germany to Spain. However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf and arriving at Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya via Berlin Hbf, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Lyon Part Dieu and Barcelona Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 29m.
The distance between Germany and Spain is 1168 km. The road distance is 1787.4 km.
The best way to get from Germany to Spain without a car is to train via Lyon which takes 17h 29m and costs €270 - €650.
It takes approximately 4h 47m to get from Germany to Spain, including transfers.
Germany to Spain bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin Alexanderplatz station.
Germany to Spain train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Berlin Hbf station.
The best way to get from Germany to Spain is to fly which takes 4h 47m and costs €60 - €220. Alternatively, you can train via Lyon, which costs €270 - €650 and takes 17h 29m, you could also bus via U Theodor-Heuss-Platz, which costs €140 - €310 and takes 30h 16m.
What companies run services between Germany and Spain?
Condor Flugdienst, Eurowings, and two other airlines fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf to Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya via Berlin Hbf, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Lyon Part Dieu, and Barcelona Sants in around 17h 29m.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Son Sant Joan Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Son Sant Joan Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–130
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Valencia Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Valencia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
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 Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–100
Flights from Frankfurt to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–120
Flights from Frankfurt to Son Sant Joan Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–120
Flights from Frankfurt to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–400
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–400
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- hahnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €470–700
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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 Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- 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
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Göttingen to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
Bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.com
Rideshare from Berlin to Barcelone
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60
- Schedules at
- blablacar.com
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More Questions & Answers
Germany to Spain bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Germany to Spain train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Strasbourg Bahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Germany to Spain is 1787 km. It takes approximately 18h 2m to drive from Germany to Spain.
Book your Germany to Spain bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 3971+ hotels available in Spain.
Check out Blablacar's carpooling service for rideshare options between Germany and Spain. A great option if you don't have a driver's licence or want to avoid public transport.









































