There are 10 ways to get from Madrid to Tulcea by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)MAD - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Tulcea
11h 35mFly to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport (CND)MAD - CND
- Take the train from Ram. M.K.P. Aj. M. to Tulcea Oraş Hm.
13h 4m$140–513Train, bus
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)HbfTgv
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Bucharest
- Take the train from Bucharest to Medgidia
- Take the train from Medgidia to Tulcea Oraş Hm.
44h 26m$353–595Drive 3,334.7 km
- Drive from Madrid to Tulcea3,334.7 km
36h 17m$610–880Fly to Varna Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Varna Airport (VAR)MAD - VAR
- Take the bus from Nisipurile de Aur to Constanta
- Take the train from Medgidia to Tulcea Oraş Hm.
16h 34m$187–497Fly to Bacău International Airport, bus
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Bacău International Airport (BCM)MAD - BCM
- Take the bus from Bacǎu Airport to Brăila
- Take the bus from Brăila to Tulcea
13h 20m$157–337Train, bus via Barcelona
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-SantsAve
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Baden-Baden84
- Take the bus from Baden-Baden to Tulcea
44h 30mBus via Padova
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padova
- Take the bus from Padova to Galaţi
- Take the bus from Galați to Tulcea
2d 4h$159–236Bus
- Take the bus from Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Sur to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport Arrival Terminal
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Tulcea
2d 13hTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charles9725
- Take the bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Tulcea
2d 15h
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Tulcea is to bus via Padova which costs $150 - $240 and takes 2 days 4h.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Tulcea is to fly and train which takes 13h 4m and costs $140 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Tulcea. However, there are services departing from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur and arriving at Tulcea via Padova and Galați. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Madrid and Tulcea is 2768 km. The road distance is 3334.7 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Tulcea without a car is to train and bus which takes 44h 26m and costs $350 - $600.
It takes approximately 11h 35m to get from Madrid to Tulcea, including transfers.
Madrid to Tulcea bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, depart from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur station.
Madrid to Tulcea bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, arrive at Padova station.
Tulcea is 1h ahead of Madrid. It is currently 7:18 AM in Madrid and 8:18 AM in Tulcea.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Tulcea is 3335 km. It takes approximately 36h 17m to drive from Madrid to Tulcea.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Tulcea, Romania?
You can take a bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Tulcea via Padova and Galați in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–190
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 36m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–200
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–420
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–350
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–130
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $75–240
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $75–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Varna Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–350
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Varna Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–320
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bacău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–270
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 Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- 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
- $55–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Medgidia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–22
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Medgidia to Tulcea Oraş Hm.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–17
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Ram. M.K.P. Aj. M. to Tulcea Oraş Hm.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Website
- data.gov.ro
Train from Bucharest to Medgidia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- data.gov.ro
- Phone
- 0351/40.91.53
- info@softrans.ro
- Website
- softrans.ro
Train from Bucharest to Medgidia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–11
- Schedules at
- softrans.ro
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- contact@regiocalatori.ro
- Website
- regiocalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Medgidia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://regiocalatori.ro/
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
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–230
- 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
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- 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 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0241 518 581
- rezervari@kirvad.ro
- Website
- kirvad.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Tulcea
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- kirvad.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $154
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 0722 265 779
- sudmsc@yahoo.com
- Website
- mercado-sud.ro
Bus from Nisipurile de Aur to Constanta
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Schedules at
- mercadosud.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0745-761.057
- Website
- aventin.ro
Bus from Bacǎu Airport to Brăila
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Schedules at
- aventin.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brăila to Tulcea
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Galați to Tulcea
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Baden-Baden to Tulcea
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
Bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Tulcea
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 5h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- 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
- $70–90
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +40 239 629 822
- office@transmarian.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Bus from Padova to Galaţi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Sur to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–210
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport Arrival Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $19–28
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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