There are 11 ways to get from Poole to Barcelona by train, plane, ferry, 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 Parkway
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)SOU - BCN
5h 36m€74–279Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Seldown Coach Station to Green Line Coach Station
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
26h 27m€54–236Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourg
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-SantsTgv
17h 9m€114–360Car ferry, train, bus
- Take the car ferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Port
- Take the train from St Malo to RennesTer
- Take the bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
24h 20m€105–399Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Port
- Drive from St Malo Ferry Port to Barcelona
17h 53m€211–463Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Poole to Woking
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)LHR - BCN
7h 3m€68–237Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Poole to Clapham Junction
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)LGW - BCN
7h 22m€79–232Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Poole to London Waterloo
- Take the train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)LTN - BCN
7h 56m€84–316Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Central
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)BRS - BCN
8h 29m€85–341Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Birmingham International
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)BHX - BCN
8h 45m€71–492Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Poole to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Barcelona
16h 29m
Poole to Barcelona by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Poole to Barcelona is to bus which costs €50 - €240 and takes 26h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Poole to Barcelona is to train and fly which takes 5h 36m and costs €70 - €280.
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 and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 27m.
The distance between Poole and Barcelona is 1184 km.
The best way to get from Poole to Barcelona without a car is to ferry and train which takes 17h 9m and costs €110 - €360.
It takes approximately 5h 36m to get from Poole to Barcelona, including transfers.
Poole to Barcelona bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Seldown Coach Station.
Poole to Barcelona bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Green Line Coach Station.
Barcelona is 1h ahead of Poole. It is currently 3:37 PM in Poole and 4:37 PM in Barcelona.
Book your Poole to Barcelona bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
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 Green Line Coach Station, London Victoria, Paris, and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 26h 27m.
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- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–270
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–100
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–100
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Southampton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–120
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–270
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–270
Flights from Bristol Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €25–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €25–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Bristol Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- 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
- €50–270
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–250
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–25
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
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 St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from St Malo to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from St Malo to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–15
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 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
- €14–23
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- 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
- €24–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bournemouth to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–350
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Seldown Coach Station to Green Line Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Seldown Coach Station to Green Line Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- 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
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–95
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
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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