There are 8 ways to get from Málaga to Leuven by plane, train (Renfe, Ouigo, TGV), bus, car, train, or train (Renfe, TGV)
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Fly to Brussels Airport
best- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Brussels Airport (BRU)AGP - BRU
5h 20m€67–265Train via Madrid
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena GrandesAve
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-SantsAve
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiTgv
17h 17m€181–566Bus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San SebastiánAlsa
- Take the bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train StationBlaBlaCar Bus
32h 10m€120–257Drive 2,064.7 km
- Drive from Málaga to Leuven2,064.7 km
20h 46m€327–471Fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)AGP - CRL
- Take the train from Fleurus to Louvain
6h 49m€81–315Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)AGP - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Louvain
7h 43m€90–380Train
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-SantsAve
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to PerpignanTgv
- Take the train from Perpignan to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiTgv
18h 38m€257–592Bus via Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Take the bus from Málaga to Vitoria-GasteizAlgeciras
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Brussels-North train stationFlixBus N1153
33h 57m€114–242
Málaga to Leuven by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Málaga to Leuven is to fly and train which costs €80 - €320 and takes 6h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Málaga to Leuven is to fly which takes 5h 20m and costs €65 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Málaga to Leuven. However, there are services departing from Málaga and arriving at Leuven Wijnpers via Vitoria-Gasteiz and Brussel Noord opstaphalte. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 57m.
No, there is no direct train from Málaga to Leuven. However, there are services departing from Malaga Maria Zambrano and arriving at Louvain via Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu and Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 17m.
The distance between Málaga and Leuven is 1763 km. The road distance is 2064.7 km.
The best way to get from Málaga to Leuven without a car is to train via Madrid which takes 17h 17m and costs €180 - €600.
It takes approximately 5h 20m to get from Málaga to Leuven, including transfers.
Málaga to Leuven bus services, operated by Socibus, depart from Málaga station.
Málaga to Leuven train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Malaga Maria Zambrano station.
The best way to get from Málaga to Leuven is to fly which takes 5h 20m and costs €65 - €270. Alternatively, you can train via Madrid, which costs €180 - €600 and takes 17h 17m, you could also bus, which costs €120 - €260 and takes 32h 10m.
What companies run services between Málaga, Spain and Leuven, Belgium?
Vueling Airlines, TUI fly Belgium, and five other airlines fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Brussels Airport (BRU) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Louvain via Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, and Bruxelles-Midi in around 17h 17m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Málaga Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Málaga Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Málaga Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Málaga Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Málaga Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Málaga Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–110
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–65
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Perpignan to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €150–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Fleurus to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- 1st Class
- €10–15
Train from Anvers-Central to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Anvers-Central to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 915 304 417
- socibus@socibus.es
- Website
- socibusventas.es
Bus from Málaga to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://socibusventas.es/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Málaga to Leuven bus services, operated by Socibus, arrive at Vitoria-Gasteiz station.
Málaga to Leuven train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
Yes, the driving distance between Málaga to Leuven is 2065 km. It takes approximately 20h 46m to drive from Málaga to Leuven.
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