There are 7 ways to get from Madrid to Banff by plane, bus, train, or shuttle
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Fly Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Calgary International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane MAD - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
18h$523–1,163Train to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly to Calgary International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane BCN - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
17h 38m$494–1,460Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Calgary International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Valencia Joaquin Sorollatrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane VLC - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
19h 16m$588–1,289Train to Bilbao Airport, fly to Calgary International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Bilbao-Abandotrain
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane BIO - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
24h 9m$613–1,900Fly Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Edmonton International Airport, bus, shuttle
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Edmonton International Airport (YEG)plane MAD - YEG
- Take the bus from Edmonton Airport to Calgary, AB - Downtown 4 Ave SEbus
- Take a shuttle bus from North Calgary, AB - Crowfoot LRT Station to Samesun Hostel
22h 53m$613–1,842Train to Alicante-Elche Airport, fly to Calgary International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane ALC - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
20h 28m$586–1,577Fly Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport, bus, shuttle
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC)plane MAD - YXC
- Take the bus from Cranbrook, BC - 513 Cranbrook St North to Calgary, AB - 11488, 24 Street SEbus
- Take a shuttle bus from North Calgary, AB - Crowfoot LRT Station to Samesun Hostel
28h 3m$603–1,827
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Calgary International Airport (YYC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Banff is to fly and bus which costs $500 - $1,200 and takes 18h.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Banff is to train and fly and bus which takes 17h 38m and costs $490 - $1,500.
The distance between Madrid and Banff is 7950 km.
It takes approximately 18h to get from Madrid to Banff, including transfers.
Banff is 8h behind Madrid. It is currently 11:31 PM in Madrid and 3:31 PM in Banff.
There are 551+ hotels available in Banff.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Banff, AB, Canada?
There is no direct connection from Madrid to Banff. However, you can take the train to Madrid-Aeropuerto T4, walk to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) airport, fly to Calgary International Airport (YYC), walk to Calgary Airport, then take the bus to HI Banff Alpine Centre. Alternatively, you can take the train to Valencia Joaquin Sorolla, walk to Jesús, take the line 2 subway to Àngel Guimerà, take the line 5 subway to Aeroport, walk to Valencia Airport (VLC) airport, fly to Calgary International Airport (YYC), walk to Calgary Airport, then take the bus to HI Banff Alpine Centre.
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Calgary International Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 13m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Calgary International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Calgary International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Calgary International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 51m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Valencia Airport to Calgary International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Valencia Airport to Calgary International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Valencia Airport to Calgary International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Calgary International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Edmonton International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,000
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Calgary International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Calgary International Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Calgary International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport via Dublin, Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport via London Heathrow, Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport, Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Calgary International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 51m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Valencia Airport to Calgary International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Valencia Airport to Calgary International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Edmonton International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Calgary International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Calgary International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Edmonton International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Edmonton International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Edmonton International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Calgary International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Calgary International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Edmonton International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Calgary International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Edmonton International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Edmonton International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Calgary International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Calgary International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Valencia Airport to Calgary International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Edmonton International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 39m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Calgary International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Valencia Airport to Calgary International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Edmonton International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 39m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Calgary International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Calgary International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Valencia Joaquin Sorolla
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–110
- 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
- $55–200
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Valencia Joaquin Sorolla
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–90
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–150
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Valencia Joaquin Sorolla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $21–70
- 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
- $45–100
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–65
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Valencia Joaquin Sorolla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- 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
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +1 800 974 2850
- Website
- banffexplorer.com
Bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $59
- Schedules at
- banffexplorer.com
- Phone
- 1-833-583-3636
- contact@riderexpress.ca
- Website
- riderexpress.ca
Bus from Edmonton Airport to Calgary, AB - Downtown 4 Ave SE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–95
- Website
- https://riderexpress.ca/
- Standard
- $70–95
- Phone
- +1 403 800 0355
- info@fairybus.com
- Website
- fairybus.com
Shuttle from North Calgary, AB - Crowfoot LRT Station to Samesun Hostel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $39–43
- Website
- https://www.fairybus.com/
- Website
- https://www.fairybus.com/shared-shuttle-services
- Adult
- $39–43
- Phone
- +1 778 382 7729
- info@mountainmanmikes.ca
- Website
- mountainmanmikes.ca
Bus from Cranbrook, BC - 513 Cranbrook St North to Calgary, AB - 11488, 24 Street SE
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- https://mountainmanmikes.ca/
- Book at
- https://mountainmanmikes.ca/routes-fares/
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