There are 9 ways to get from Ireland to Madrid by plane, car, car ferry, ferry, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Shannon Airport
best- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane SNN - MAD
5h 27m€67–285Fly from Dublin Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane DUB - MAD
5h 41m€51–199Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Bilbaocarferry
- Drive from Bilbao to Madridcar
33h 20m€137–689Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routierebus
- Take the bus from Rennes to Madridbus
42h 8m€479–1,255Fly from Cork Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane ORK - MAD
7h 34m€71–296Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Centraltrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane BHD - MAD
8h 37m€108–304Bus to Ireland West Airport Knock, fly
- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt to Ireland W Airportbus
- Fly from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane NOC - MAD
9h 15m€107–174Bus to Kerry Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Limerick Colbert to Kerry Airportbus
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane KIR - MAD
9h 5m€72–304Train, ferry
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Rosslare to Santanderferry
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartíntrain Alv / ...
36h 56m€314–344
Shannon Airport (SNN) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Madrid is to fly which costs €50 - €200 and takes 5h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Madrid is to fly which takes 5h 27m and costs €65 - €290.
The distance between Ireland and Madrid is 1456 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Madrid without a car is to ferry and bus which takes 42h 8m and costs €470 - €1300.
It takes approximately 5h 27m to get from Ireland to Madrid, including transfers.
Madrid is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 6:00 PM in Ireland and 7:00 PM in Madrid.
There are 7020+ hotels available in Madrid.
What companies run services between Ireland and Madrid, Spain?
Ryanair, Aer Lingus, and Iberia fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Shannon Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Dublin Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Cork Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Cork Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Kerry Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Kerry Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Kerry Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Cork Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Cork Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Kerry Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €28–140
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €14–21
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- Cap Cotentin
Bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Schedules at
- Cap Cotentin
- Pre-purchased ticket
- €1
- On board ticket
- €2
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rennes to Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Galway Ceannt to Ireland W Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Limerick Colbert to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
- Phone
- +353 21 427 7801
- reservations@brittanyferries.ie
- Website
- Brittany Ferries
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–550
- Website
- Brittany Ferries
- Single Ticket
- €45–210
- Car Single Ticket
- €140–550
Ferry from Rosslare to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €244
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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