There are 12 ways to get from Groningen to Spain by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, or train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe)
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Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
best- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane AMS - BCN
7h 3m€89–288Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Groningen central station to Amsterdam Sloterdijkbus FlixBus N1386 / ...
- Take the bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
25h 55m€55–105Train
- Take the train from Groningen to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
14h 48m€187–442Drive 1,629.9 km
- Drive from Groningen to Barcelonacar 1,629.9 km
15h 41m€285–411Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane AMS - MAD
7h 10m€97–317Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Valencia Airport
- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane AMS - VLC
7h 3m€92–327Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane AMS - PMI
6h 58m€99–427Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane AMS - BIO
- Take the bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastiánbus
8h 16m€120–369Train, train to Bremen Airport, fly to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Take the train from Groningen to Bad Nieuweschanstrain
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane BRE - PMI
8h 25m€119–302Train via Lyon
- Take the train from Groningen to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
15h 31m€200–384Train, bus
- Take the train from Groningen to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus
16h 18m€172–412Bus via Essen
- Take the bus from Groningen central station to Essen central train stationbus 027
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Barcelonabus FlixBus N710
26h 25m€57–158
Groningen to Spain by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Groningen to Spain is to bus which costs €55 - €110 and takes 25h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Groningen to Spain is to train and fly which takes 6h 58m and costs €95 - €430.
No, there is no direct bus from Groningen station to Spain station. However, there are services departing from Groningen central station and arriving at Barcelona - North Bus Station via Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Groningen to Spain. However, there are services departing from Groningen and arriving at Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya via Rotterdam Centraal, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Lyon Part Dieu and Barcelona Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 31m.
The distance between Groningen and Spain is 1473 km. The road distance is 1629.9 km.
The best way to get from Groningen to Spain without a car is to train which takes 14h 48m and costs €180 - €450.
It takes approximately 7h 3m to get from Groningen to Spain, including transfers.
Groningen to Spain bus services, operated by FlixBus-eu, depart from Groningen central station.
Groningen to Spain train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Groningen station.
The best way to get from Groningen to Spain is to train which takes 14h 48m and costs €180 - €450. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €110 and takes 25h 55m.
What companies run services between Groningen, Netherlands and Spain?
You can take a train from Groningen to Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya via Rotterdam Centraal, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Gare de Lyon - Diderot, Paris Gare De Lyon, and Barcelona Sants in around 14h 48m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Groningen central station to Barcelona - North Bus Station via Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk in around 25h 55m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–390
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Bremen Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Bremen Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–390
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- 1st Class
- €65–120
Train from Groningen to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €33–37
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €25–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €25–40
- 1st Class
- €45–85
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–50
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €45–50
Train from Groningen to Bad Nieuweschans
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €10–12
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €95–140
- Comfort
- €110–160
- Premium
- €150–200
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €40–60
- Comfort
- €45–65
- Premium
- €65–90
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €14–21
- 1st Class
- €22–35
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–20
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Seats - Budget
- €17–20
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Groningen central station to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Groningen central station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Groningen central station to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Groningen central station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Groningen central station to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
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More Questions & Answers
Groningen to Spain bus services, operated by FlixBus-eu, arrive at Amsterdam Sloterdijk station.
Groningen to Spain train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Rotterdam Centraal station.
Yes, the driving distance between Groningen to Spain is 1630 km. It takes approximately 15h 41m to drive from Groningen to Spain.
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