There are 11 ways to get from Madrid to Balkans by plane, bus, train, car, shuttle, or car 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 to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, bus
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane MAD - BEG
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Šarbanovacbus
10h 30mFly to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane MAD - TSR
- Take the train from Timișoara Est to Drobeta Tr. Severintrain
- Take the bus from Kladovo to Jelašnicabus
15h 46mRSD 10,878–30,348Train, bus via Barcelona
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sudtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Grenobletrain Ter
- Take the bus from Grenoble to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Šarbanovacbus
36h 53mDrive 2,702.2 km
- Drive from Madrid to Balkanscar 2,702.2 km
28h 5mRSD 49,256–71,148Fly to Niš Constantine The Great Airport, bus
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Niš Constantine The Great Airport (INI)plane MAD - INI
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Šarbanovacbus
13h 51mFly to Sofia Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MAD - SOF
- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Take the bus from Niteks to Zaječar, Autobuska Stanica Zaječar/Bulevar Dr Zorana Dindicabus
12h 31mFly to Craiova Airport, train, drive
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane MAD - CRA
- Take the train from Jiu Hm. to Vidin Patnicheskatrain
- Drive from Vidin Patnicheska to Balkanscar
11h 28mRSD 11,205–31,205Train, bus
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charlestrain
- Take the bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Beogradbus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Šarbanovacbus
37h 50mBus via Padova
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova Autostazione to Paracin, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Paracin, Autobuska Stanica to Metovnicabus
44h 1mBus
- Take the bus from Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Sur to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Šarbanovacbus
2d 8hDrive, car train
- Drive from Madrid to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Balkanscar
29h 59mRSD 61,083–86,231
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Balkans is to fly and train and bus which costs RSD 10000 - RSD 31000 and takes 15h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Balkans is to fly and train and drive which takes 11h 28m and costs RSD 11000 - RSD 32000.
The distance between Madrid and Balkans is 2277 km. The road distance is 2702.2 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Balkans without a car is to train and bus via Barcelona which takes 36h 53m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 30m to get from Madrid to Balkans, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Balkans is 2702 km. It takes approximately 28h 5m to drive from Madrid to Balkans.
There are 82+ hotels available in Balkans.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Balkans, Serbia?
You can take a bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Balkans via Padova Autostazione, Paracin, Autobuska Stanica, and Metovnica in around 44h 1m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Niš Constantine The Great Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RSD 8,500–31,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RSD 5,000–17,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Sofia Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- RSD 5,000–17,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 5,000–17,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 11,000–19,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Niš Constantine The Great Airport via Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- RSD 11,000–36,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RSD 6,000–15,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RSD 4,800–18,000
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Craiova Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 6,500–27,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 4,300–20,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 11,000–46,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Niš Constantine The Great Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- RSD 12,000–49,000
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 12,000–55,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RSD 4,100–13,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RSD 4,200–11,000
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- RSD 3,400–8,000
- 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 Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 5,500–8,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 5,000–7,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 10,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 4,500–14,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Grenoble
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RSD 2,200–6,500
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Jiu Hm. to Vidin Patnicheska
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 1,300–1,450
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Timișoara Est to Drobeta Tr. Severin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 2,300–2,600
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 11,000–13,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +38130 444 760
- office@bortravel.net
- Website
- bortravel.net
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Šarbanovac
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- bortravel.net
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Grenoble to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- RSD 9,500–17,000
- Schedules at
- lasta.rs
- Book at
- lasta.rs
Bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Beograd
- Phone
- 011 761-4693
- bstours@verat.net
- Website
- bstours.rs
Bus from Grenoble to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- http://bstours.rs/en/
- Phone
- +381 19 542 888
- motoboemtrans@hotmail.com
- Website
- redvoznje.net
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Šarbanovac
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- redvoznje.net
Bus from Paracin, Autobuska Stanica to Metovnica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- redvoznje.net
- Phone
- +381 63 456515
- kontakt@flix.rs
- Website
- flix.rs
Shuttle from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- https://flix.rs/en/airport-belgrade-shuttle-transfer/
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niteks to Zaječar, Autobuska Stanica Zaječar/Bulevar Dr Zorana Dindica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 1,000–1,300
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Kladovo to Jelašnica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 1,000–1,200
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 2,460–2,520
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- RSD 7,000–9,000
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Padova Autostazione to Paracin, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- RSD 9,500–11,000
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- RSD 9,500–11,000
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Sur to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- RSD 14,000–21,000
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 2,200–2,900
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
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