There are 12 ways to get from Poole to Barcelona by train, plane, car ferry, bus, 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.
Train to Southampton Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane SOU - BCN
5h 36m€79–362Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain K2+
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
17h 1m€250–783Car ferry, train, bus
- Take the car ferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Portcarferry
- Take the train from St Malo to Rennestrain Ter
- Take the bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus
24h 19m€130–370Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Barcelonacar
17h 57m€207–640Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Poole to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LHR - BCN
7h 12m€87–274Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Poole to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LTN - BCN
7h 58m€111–337Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LGW - BCN
7h 53m€95–292Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane BRS - BCN
8h 33m€95–277Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane BHX - BCN
8h 35m€123–435Bus
- Take the bus from Seldown Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 035
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700 / ...
- Take the bus from Dover to Lillebus
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus
29h 20m€117–175Bus via Paris Orly Airport (ORY)
- Take the bus from Seldown Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 035
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
30h 15m€85–267Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Poole to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Barcelonacar
16h 39m
Southampton Airport (SOU) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Poole to Barcelona is to bus which costs €110 - €180 and takes 29h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Poole to Barcelona is to train and fly which takes 5h 36m and costs €75 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Poole station to Barcelona station. However, there are services departing from Seldown Coach Station and arriving at Barcelona - North Bus Station via London Victoria, Dover and Lille - Europe Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 20m.
The distance between Poole and Barcelona is 1184 km.
The best way to get from Poole to Barcelona without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 17h 1m and costs €250 - €800.
It takes approximately 5h 36m to get from Poole to Barcelona, including transfers.
Poole to Barcelona bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Seldown Coach Station.
Poole to Barcelona bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Barcelona is 1h ahead of Poole. It is currently 4:39 PM in Poole and 5:39 PM in Barcelona.
There are 5540+ hotels available in Barcelona.
What companies run services between Poole, England and Barcelona, Spain?
You can take a bus from Seldown Coach Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Dover, Lille, and Lille - Europe Train Station in around 29h 20m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–110
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €24–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–110
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €24–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–230
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–170
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–170
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €24–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–130
Flights from Bristol Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €26–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Bristol Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–110
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–380
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €20–28
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €30–50
Train from Poole to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €45–65
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €75–110
Train from Poole to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €55–80
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €95–140
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €35–55
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €60–85
Train from Poole to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €18–26
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €30–45
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Paris Saint-Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Cherbourg to Paris Saint-Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €60–90
- Rail 1st Class
- €95–140
Train from St Malo to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–30
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €13–20
- Rail 1st Class
- €21–30
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €160–220
- 1st Class
- €210–270
Train from St Malo to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €21–28
- 1st Class
- €40–55
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €14–21
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €21–30
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €45–60
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €60–90
Train from Bournemouth to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- €85–130
- 1st Class
- €170–250
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Seldown Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–180
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–370
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- €26–35
- Car
- €50–70
- Single Ticket
- €55–95
- Car Single Ticket
- €140–370
- Phone
- +44 3456 091 024
- contactcentre@brittanyferries.gg
- Website
- condorferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Port
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- https://www.condorferries.co.uk/
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