There are 11 ways to get from Madrid to Slovakia by plane, bus, train (Renfe, Ouigo, TGV), train, car, 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 Vienna International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane MAD - VIE
- Take the bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislavabus
6h 22m€60–200Train
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Villetrain Ter
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
25h 12m€337–651Train, bus
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charlestrain 9725
- Take the bus from Marseille to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivybus FlixBus N882 / ...
32h 10m€231–402Drive 2,328.7 km
- Drive from Madrid to Bratislavacar 2,328.7 km
23h 50m€365–526Fly to Bratislava Airport
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Bratislava Airport (BTS)plane MAD - BTS
7h 33m€67–175Fly to Košice International Airport
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Košice International Airport (KSC)plane MAD - KSC
8h 5m€87–255Fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane MAD - BUD
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain
9h 32m€63–172Train via Salzburg
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mannheim Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 62
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Re
25h 40m€405–865Bus
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Maribor, Avtobusna Postajabus
- Take the bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Flughafen Wienbus
- Take the bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislavabus 901
36h 56m€206–1,432Bus via Karlsruhe
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Karlsruhe - Central Station South Sidebus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Bratislavabus
39h 15m€166–311Drive, car train
- Drive from Madrid to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Salzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislavacar
23h 38m€437–617
Madrid to Slovakia by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Slovakia is to fly and train which costs €60 - €180 and takes 9h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Slovakia is to fly and bus which takes 6h 22m and costs €60 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Slovakia. However, there are services departing from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur and arriving at Bratislava via Padova, Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja and Vienna International Airport. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Madrid to Slovakia. However, there are services departing from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes and arriving at Bratislava Hlavna Stanica via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Dijon Ville and Zuerich Hb. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 12m.
The distance between Madrid and Slovakia is 1876 km. The road distance is 2328.7 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Slovakia without a car is to train which takes 25h 12m and costs €330 - €650.
It takes approximately 6h 22m to get from Madrid to Slovakia, including transfers.
Madrid to Slovakia bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, depart from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur station.
Madrid to Slovakia train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
The best way to get from Madrid to Slovakia is to train which takes 25h 12m and costs €330 - €650. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €65 - €180 and takes 7h 33m, you could also bus, which costs €200 - €1500 and takes 36h 56m.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Slovakia?
You can take a train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Dijon Ville, and Zuerich Hb in around 25h 12m. Alternatively, Ryanair, Air Europa, and three other airlines fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Bratislava Airport (BTS) once daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Vienna International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bratislava Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bratislava Airport via Alghero
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bratislava Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Košice International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Košice International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bratislava Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Košice International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bratislava Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Košice International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Košice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Košice International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Košice International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Košice International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
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
- €95–170
- 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 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- 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 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- 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
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- 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
- €130–220
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Dijon Ville to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €110–170
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–50
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €45–70
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €15–23
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Marseille to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €60–75
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Padova to Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €111–800
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €111
- Private
- €411
Bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–550
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €30
- Private
- €153
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–250
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Karlsruhe to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
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Madrid to Slovakia bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, arrive at Padova station.
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Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Slovakia is 2329 km. It takes approximately 23h 50m to drive from Madrid to Slovakia.
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