There are 9 ways to get from Madrid to Interlaken by plane, train, bus or car
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
Fly to Basel, train • 7 h 12 min
$100 - $313
8 alternative options
Fly to Zurich, train • 7 h 18 min
$116 - $338
Fly to Geneva, train • 7 h 50 min
$111 - $343
Fly to Milan Malpensa, train • 9 h 9 min
$120 - $341
Fly to Milan Linate, train • 9 h 11 min
$139 - $381
Train • 14 h 46 min
$267 - $383
Train via Barcelona Sants • 14 h 58 min
$250 - $394
Bus • 26 h 44 min
$145 - $249
Drive • 15 h 3 min
$200 - $300
Questions & Answers
What is the cheapest way to get from Madrid to Interlaken?
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Interlaken is to fly and train which costs 85€ - 280€ and takes 7 h 12 min.
What is the fastest way to get from Madrid to Interlaken?
The quickest way to get from Madrid to Interlaken is to fly and train which costs 85€ - 280€ and takes 7 h 12 min.
How far is it from Madrid to Interlaken?
The distance between Madrid and Interlaken is 1162 km. The road distance is 1564 km.
How long does it take to get from Madrid to Interlaken?
It takes approximately 7 h 12 min to get from Madrid to Interlaken, including transfers.
Is there a direct train between Madrid and Interlaken?
No, there is no direct train from Madrid to Interlaken. However, there are services departing from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha and arriving at Interlaken West via Avignon TGV, Genève and Bern. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14 h 46 min.
How do I get to Madrid (MAD) Airport from Madrid?
The best way to get from Madrid to Madrid Airport is to train which takes 22 min and costs 1€ - 3€.
Launch map view
- Distance: 726 miles
- Duration: 7 h 12 min
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Interlaken, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Madrid to Interlaken via Avignon TGV, Genève, and Bern in around 14 h 46 min. Alternatively, Eurolines CH operates a bus from Madrid to Interlaken 3 times a week. Tickets cost $110 - $200 and the journey takes 24 h 45 min.
Airlines
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Madrid to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 10 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45 - $600
Flights from Madrid to Basel via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 25 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $550
Flights from Madrid to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70 - $390
Flights from Madrid to Zurich via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $430
Flights from Madrid to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $450
Flights from Madrid to Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90 - $490
Flights from Madrid to Milan Malpensa via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 32 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85 - $390
Flights from Madrid to Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 8 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90 - $480
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Madrid to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $700
Flights from Madrid to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 51 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $700
Flights from Madrid to Zurich via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160 - $550
Flights from Madrid to Zurich via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160 - $550
Flights from Madrid to Geneva via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 40 min
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160 - $700
Flights from Madrid to Milan Malpensa via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 43 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $650
Flights from Madrid to Milan Malpensa via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $650
Flights from Madrid to Milan Linate via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Madrid to Basel via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 37 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $850
Flights from Madrid to Zurich via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 50 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $550
Flights from Madrid to Geneva via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 12 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $550
Flights from Madrid to Milan Malpensa via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 47 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $1,900
Flights from Madrid to Milan Linate via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 20 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180 - $700
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from Madrid to Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 5 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65 - $430
Flights from Madrid to Milan Malpensa via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $480
Flights from Madrid to Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 5 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $550
Flights from Madrid to Milan Linate via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $550
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Madrid to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60 - $260
Flights from Madrid to Geneva via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 12 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $550
Flights from Madrid to Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 5 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65 - $430
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Madrid to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90 - $390
Flights from Madrid to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 50 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55 - $330
Flights from Madrid to Geneva via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 5 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55 - $330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Madrid to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75 - $370
Flights from Madrid to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 55 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50 - $340
Flights from Madrid to Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60 - $310
Flights from Madrid to Milan Malpensa via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 45 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60 - $310
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Madrid to Basel via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 25 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $550
Flights from Madrid to Zurich via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $430
Flights from Madrid to Milan Malpensa via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 32 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85 - $390
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Madrid to Geneva via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 25 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $550
Flights from Madrid to Milan Linate via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 52 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90 - $550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Madrid to Basel via Amsterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $490
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Madrid to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $700
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Madrid to Zurich via Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80 - $440
Train operators
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Interlaken West
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50 - $95
- Website
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
- Schedules at
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40 - $80
- Website
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
- Schedules at
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Interlaken West
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24 - $45
- Website
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
- Schedules at
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50 - $95
- Website
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
- Schedules at
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
Train from Brig to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25 - $45
- Website
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
- Schedules at
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50 - $95
- Website
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
- Schedules at
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
Train from Lyon-Part-Dieu to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 57 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50 - $95
- Website
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
- Schedules at
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 56 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45 - $80
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $42 - $45
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
- Standard
- $42 - $45
- First
- $65
Rome2rio's guide to Spanish Railways AVE
Contact Details
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha to Avignon TGV
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 17 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120 - $180
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha to Barcelona Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70 - $100
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80 - $120
- Website
- renfe.com
- Phone
- 0033 892 353535
- Website
- sncf.com
Train from Avignon TGV to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 50 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75 - $85
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $75 - $85
- 1st Class
- $100 - $150
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 44 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35 - $45
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $35 - $45
- 1st Class
- $55 - $70
Rome2rio's guide to SNCF
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 9 70 60 99 70
- Website
- sncf.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30 - $50
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
Bus operators
- Phone
- 0041 (0) 844 257 224
- Website
- eurolines.ch
Bus from Madrid Avenida de América to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 24 h 45 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110 - $200
- Book at
- eurolines.ch
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