There are 10 ways to get from Madrid to Split by plane, shuttle, train, bus, car, 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.
Fly to Dubrovnik Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV)plane MAD - DBV
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubrovnik to Split
10h 53mFly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane MAD - VCE
- Take the bus from Venice to Split, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
15h 50m€66–207Train, 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 Zagrebbus
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Split, Autobusni Kolodvorbus 924 / ...
34h 30m€194–393Drive 2,288.3 km
- Drive from Madrid to Splitcar 2,288.3 km
25h 2m€365–527Fly to Split Airport
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Split Airport (SPU)plane MAD - SPU
5h 45m€94–301Fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane MAD - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Split, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
12h 8m€82–389Fly to Raffaello Sanzio Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI)plane MAD - AOI
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Splitcarferry
18h 32m€133–571Fly to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, car ferry, drive
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI)plane MAD - BRI
- Take the car ferry from Port of Bari to Dubrovnikcarferry
- Drive from Dubrovnik to Splitcar
17h 30m€163–365Bus
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padua to Split, Autobusni Kolodvorbus N535
40h 31m€102–144Bus, train
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Geneva - Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Genève to Luzerntrain Ic
- Take the bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Split Bus Stationbus
42h 58m€356–659
Madrid to Split by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Split is to fly and bus which costs €65 - €210 and takes 15h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Split is to fly which takes 5h 45m and costs €90 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Split. However, there are services departing from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur and arriving at Split, Autobusni Kolodvor via Padua. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 31m.
The distance between Madrid and Split is 2081 km. The road distance is 2288.3 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Split without a car is to train and bus which takes 34h 30m and costs €190 - €400.
It takes approximately 10h 53m to get from Madrid to Split, including transfers.
Madrid to Split bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, depart from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur station.
The best way to get from Madrid to Split is to fly which takes 5h 45m and costs €90 - €310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €100 - €150 and takes 40h 31m.
Madrid to Split bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, arrive at Padova station.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Split is 2288 km. It takes approximately 25h 2m to drive from Madrid to Split.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Split, Croatia?
Iberia flies from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Split Airport (SPU) once a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Split, Autobusni Kolodvor via Padova and Padua in around 40h 31m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Dubrovnik Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–130
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–140
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–130
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
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 Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +385 21 344 085
- Info@sugamantours.com
- Website
- sugamantours.com
Shuttle from Dubrovnik to Split
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Schedules at
- sugamantours.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb to Split, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Venice to Split, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Padua to Split, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Split, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–17
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 1 3335 170
- uprava@samoborcek.hr
- Website
- samoborcek.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Split, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–50
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
- 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
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Geneva - Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- info@zelicreisen.ch
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Split Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €144
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
- Phone
- +39 081 428 5555
- booking@snav.it
- Website
- snav.it
Car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Split
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Schedules at
- snav.it
- Passenger
- €40
- Vehicle
- €60
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Split
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
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