There are 10 ways to get from Northern Ireland to Spain by plane, busferry, train, car, car ferry, or bus
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Fly Belfast International Airport to Málaga Airport
best- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane BFS - AGP
6h 16m€52–176Bus and ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
25h 41mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Belfast to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Bilbaocarferry
- Drive from Bilbao to Barcelonacar
37h 32m€225–400Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus
40h 30mFly Belfast International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane BFS - PMI
5h 51m€80–199Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane DUB - MAD
7h 32m€69–173Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane DUB - BCN
7h 40m€62–164Fly Belfast International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane BFS - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
7h 43m€66–143Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Málaga Airport
- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane DUB - AGP
7h 55m€58–200Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Valencia Airport
- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane DUB - VLC
7h 31m€74–223
Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Málaga Airport (AGP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Northern Ireland to Spain is to fly and bus which costs €65 - €150 and takes 7h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Northern Ireland to Spain is to fly which takes 5h 51m and costs €80 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Northern Ireland to Spain station. However, there are services departing from Belfast, Europa Buscentre and arriving at Barcelona - North Bus Station via Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 30m.
The distance between Northern Ireland and Spain is 2043 km.
The best way to get from Northern Ireland to Spain without a car is to bus and ferry and train which takes 25h 41m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 16m to get from Northern Ireland to Spain, including transfers.
Northern Ireland to Spain bus services, operated by Translink, depart from Belfast, Europa Buscentre station.
Northern Ireland to Spain bus services, operated by Translink, arrive at Glasgow Buchanan station.
Book your Northern Ireland to Spain bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 5540+ hotels available in Spain.
What companies run services between Northern Ireland and Spain?
Ryanair, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Málaga Airport (AGP) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–95
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Valencia Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Málaga Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Málaga Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €12–18
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–75
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +353 21 427 7801
- reservations@brittanyferries.ie
- Website
- brittanyferries.ie
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- Brittany Ferries
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