There are 7 ways to get from Nelson to Barcelona by bus, plane, shuttle, car ferry, or train
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Bus to Woodbourne Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
best- Take the bus from Nelson to Woodbournebus
- Fly from Woodbourne Airport (BHE) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane BHE - BCN
33h 45m€657–2,330Bus to Picton, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Nelson to Koromikobus
- Fly from Picton (PCN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane PCN - BCN
34h 45m€327–1,031Fly Nelson Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Fly from Nelson Airport (NSN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane NSN - BCN
30h 23m€708–2,017Shuttle to Christchurch International Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Nelson to Christchurch
- Fly from Christchurch International Airport (CHC) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane CHC - BCN
38h 13m€707–1,801Bus, car ferry, train to Paraparaumu, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the bus from Nelson to Pictonbus
- Take the car ferry from Picton to Wellingtoncarferry
- Take the train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Stationtrain
- Fly from Paraparaumu (PPQ) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane PPQ - BCN
44h 7m€593–1,944Fly Nelson Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Fly from Nelson Airport (NSN) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane NSN - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain
33h 3m€811–2,832Bus to Woodbourne Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Take the bus from Nelson to Woodbournebus
- Fly from Woodbourne Airport (BHE) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane BHE - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain
34h 45m€735–2,790
Woodbourne Airport (BHE) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nelson to Barcelona is to bus and fly which costs €320 - €1100 and takes 34h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Nelson to Barcelona is to fly which takes 30h 23m and costs €700 - €2100.
The distance between Nelson and Barcelona is 19452 km.
It takes approximately 33h 45m to get from Nelson to Barcelona, including transfers.
Barcelona is 12h behind Nelson. It is currently 8:38 PM in Nelson and 8:38 AM in Barcelona.
There are 5502+ hotels available in Barcelona.
What companies run services between Nelson, New Zealand and Barcelona, Spain?
Air New Zealand, Delta, and five other airlines fly from Nelson Airport (NSN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) twice daily.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,200
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, New York JFK, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,600
Flights from Nelson Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,300
Flights from Nelson Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,400
Flights from Nelson Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, New York JFK, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,400
Flights from Picton to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Wellington, Melbourne, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,500
Flights from Paraparaumu to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
Flights from Nelson Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Auckland, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €900–2,700
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Auckland, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €850–2,600
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,200
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, New York JFK, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,600
Flights from Nelson Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,300
Flights from Nelson Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,400
Flights from Nelson Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, New York JFK, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,400
Flights from Picton to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Wellington, Melbourne, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,500
Flights from Paraparaumu to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
Flights from Nelson Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Auckland, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €900–2,700
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Auckland, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €850–2,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, New York JFK, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,600
Flights from Nelson Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,400
Flights from Nelson Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, New York JFK, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,700
Flights from Paraparaumu to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 5m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,100
Flights from Paraparaumu to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, New York JFK, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,100
Flights from Nelson Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €900–3,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,600
Flights from Nelson Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,400
Flights from Paraparaumu to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,100
Flights from Nelson Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,700
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,600
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €800–2,500
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Wellington, Melbourne, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €800–2,400
Flights from Nelson Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €850–2,600
Flights from Picton to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Wellington, Melbourne, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Paraparaumu to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Auckland, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Wellington, Melbourne, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 47m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €800–2,400
Flights from Picton to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Wellington, Melbourne, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Nelson Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Christchurch International Airport, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,100
Flights from Christchurch International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Nelson Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Auckland, New York JFK, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,700
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Auckland, New York JFK, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,600
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Picton to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Wellington, Melbourne, Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Christchurch International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–3,300
- Phone
- 0800 801 700
- info@metlink.org.nz
- Website
- metlink.org.nz
Train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.metlink.org.nz
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- capital.connection@kiwirail.co.nz
- Website
- greatjourneysnz.com
Train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €49
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- bookings@greatjourneysnz.com
- Website
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–20
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
- 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
- €40–160
- 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
- €40–110
- 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
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- info@intercity.co.nz
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from Nelson to Woodbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €2–25
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Nelson to Koromiko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €2–27
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Nelson to Picton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €2–27
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Shuttle from Nelson to Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €99–493
- Schedules at
- nelsonlakesshuttles.co.nz
- Minimum charge per vehicle
- €493
- Per person
- €99
- Phone
- 0800 844 844
- bookings@bluebridge.co.nz
- Website
- bluebridge.co.nz
Car ferry from Picton to Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.bluebridge.co.nz/
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