There are 9 ways to get from Ireland to Ponferrada by plane, train, car, car ferry, bus, or towncar
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Santiago De Compostela Airport, train
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ)DUB - SCQ
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Ponferrada
10h€143–342Fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)DUB - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Ponferrada
10h 50m€82–286Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Bilbao
- Drive from Bilbao to Ponferrada
33h 53m€135–687Bus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Padova
- Take the bus from Padova to Lugo
- Take the bus from Lugo to Ponferrada
4d 8h€140–444Fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)DUB - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Ourense
- Take the train from Ourense to Ponferrada
12h 27m€333–468Fly to Asturias Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Asturias Airport (OVD)DUB - OVD
- Take the bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]
- Take the train from Oviedo to Leon
- Take the train from Leon to Ponferrada
13h 35m€98–299Fly to Bilbao Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)DUB - BIO
- Take the bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Bilbao to Vitoria-Gasteiz - Estación de Autobuses
- Take the train from Vitoria/Gasteiz to Ponferrada
13h 12m€122–265Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare EuroportIc
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Bilbao
- Take the train from Bilbao-Abando to Burgos Rosa De LimaAlv
- Take the train from Burgos Rosa De Lima to PonferradaAlv
39h 47m€114–678Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare EuroportIc
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Bilbao
- Take the train from Ametzola to La Asunción UniversidadC4
- Take the bus from Leon to Ponferrada
44h 41m€100–622
Ireland to Ponferrada by train, car ferry, taxi, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Ponferrada is to fly and bus and train which costs €95 - €300 and takes 13h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Ponferrada is to fly and train which takes 10h and costs €140 - €350.
The distance between Ireland and Ponferrada is 1466 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Ponferrada without a car is to bus which takes 4 days 8h and costs €140 - €450.
It takes approximately 10h to get from Ireland to Ponferrada, including transfers.
Ponferrada is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 7:26 AM in Ireland and 8:26 AM in Ponferrada.
There are 282+ hotels available in Ponferrada.
What companies run services between Ireland and Ponferrada, Spain?
You can take a vehicle from Dublin to Ponferrada via Dublin, Rădăuți, Padova, and Lugo in around 4d 8h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Leeds Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Asturias Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Asturias Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Asturias Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Asturias Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Asturias Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Asturias Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Asturias Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ourense to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Oviedo to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–30
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Vitoria/Gasteiz to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Bilbao-Abando to Burgos Rosa De Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Burgos Rosa De Lima to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Oviedo to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €14–21
- Phone
- +34 912 32 03 20
- accesibilidad@renfe.es
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Ametzola to La Asunción Universidad
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en/suburban
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–120
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Padova to Lugo
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–80
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Lugo to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Leon to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- autobuseslaunion.com
Bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Bilbao to Vitoria-Gasteiz - Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
- Phone
- +353 21 427 7801
- reservations@brittanyferries.ie
- Website
- brittanyferries.ie
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
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- info@vmtransfers.com
- Website
- vmtransfers.com
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €250
- Website
- https://www.vmtransfers.com/en/
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