There are 9 ways to get from Madrid to Gibraltar by train, bus, car, plane or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Train, bus • 5 h 56 min
$81 - $125
Cheapest option
Bus • 8 h 10 min
$24 - $65
7 alternative options
Train • 6 h 19 min
$73 - $90
Drive • 6 h 41 min
$75 - $120
Fly to Malaga, bus • 6 h 1 min
$59 - $277
Fly to Jerez, bus • 7 h 13 min
$85 - $398
Fly to Tangier, car ferry, bus • 7 h 38 min
$89 - $331
Fly to Sevilla, train, bus • 7 h 54 min
$56 - $274
Fly to Granada, bus • 8 h 45 min
$93 - $336
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Gibraltar is to bus which costs 21€ - 60€ and takes 8 h 10 min.
The quickest way to get from Madrid to Gibraltar is to train and bus which costs 70€ - 110€ and takes 5 h 56 min.
The distance between Madrid and Gibraltar is 496 km. The road distance is 658.4 km.
It takes approximately 5 h 56 min to get from Madrid to Gibraltar, including transfers.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Madrid and arriving at La Linea de la Concepcion. Services depart every four hours, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 8 h 10 min.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Gibraltar?
Spanish Railways (RENFE) operates a train from Madrid to Gibraltar 3 times a day. Tickets cost $70 - $90 and the journey takes 5 h 13 min. Alternatively, Interbus Madrid-Malaga-Algeciras operates a bus from Madrid to Gibraltar every 4 hours. Tickets cost $25 and the journey takes 8 h 10 min. ALSA also services this route once daily.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Madrid to Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45 - $420
Flights from Madrid to Malaga via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 25 min
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $45 - $420
Flights from Madrid to Jerez
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $480
Flights from Madrid to Tangier
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90 - $400
Flights from Madrid to Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 5 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30 - $290
Flights from Madrid to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 5 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $420
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Madrid to Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Madrid to Tangier
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 35 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30 - $220
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Madrid to Tangier
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 35 min
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55 - $290
Rome2rio's guide to Spanish Railways AVE
Contact Details
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha to Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $65 - $90
- Website
- renfe.com
Rome2rio's guide to Spanish Railways (RENFE)
Contact Details
- Phone
- 902 320 320
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha to Algeciras
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 13 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70 - $90
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Sevilla Santa Justa to Jerez de la Frontera
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12 - $23
- Website
- renfe.com
- Phone
- +34 (0) 91 272 28 32
- informacion@avanzabus.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Málaga to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8 - $13
- Schedules at
- portillo.avanzabus.com
Bus from Marbella to Sotogrande
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8 - $12
- Schedules at
- portillo.avanzabus.com
Bus from Granada to Algeciras
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 15 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20 - $35
- Schedules at
- portillo.avanzabus.com
- Phone
- 956 291 168
- comercial@tgcomes.es
- Website
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Málaga to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5 - $7
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Tarifa to La Línea de la Concepción
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3 - $6
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
- Phone
- +34 (0) 902 64 64 28
- info@interbus.es
- Website
- mma.interbus.es
Bus from Madrid to La Linea de la Concepcion
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 10 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25
- Schedules at
- mma.interbus.es
- Phone
- +34 902 42 22 42
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Madrid Estacion Sur to La Linea De La Concepcion
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 10 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40 - $65
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Fuengirola to La Linea De La Concepcion
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19 - $29
- Website
- alsa.com
- Phone
- +34 (0) 956702609
- informacion.cadiz@grupovalenzuela.com
- Website
- grupovalenzuela.com
Bus from Jerez de la Frontera to Algeciras
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9 - $20
- Schedules at
- grupovalenzuela.com
- Phone
- +34 956 68 47 29
- info@intershipping.es
- Website
- intershipping.es
Car ferry from Tangier to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45
- Schedules at
- intershipping.es
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