There are 8 ways to get from Ruse to Madrid by bus, plane, train, car, shuttle, 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.
Bus to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane BBU - MAD
13h 23m€141–254Bus, train
- Take the bus from Ruse to Arad, Autogara Transdarabus
- Take the bus from Arad to Girona, Estació d'Autobusosbus
- Take the train from Girona to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
40h 15m€223–355Train, bus
- Take the train from Ruse to Sofiatrain 461
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Triestebus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
41h 34m€324–616Drive 3,038.4 km
- Drive from Ruse to Madridcar 3,038.4 km
33h 59m€498–719Shuttle to Varna Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Varna Airport
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane VAR - MAD
11h 50m€201–501Bus
- Take the bus from Ruse to Sibiubus
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Méndez Álvaro Estación Surbus
2d 5h€176–225Bus via Barcelona
- Take the bus from Ruse East to București, Autogara Militaribus 984
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Madrid, Avenida de Américabus
2d 11h€296–465Drive, car train
- Drive from Ruse to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Hannover Hbf to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Stationcartrain
- Drive from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Madridcar
41h 10m€624–893
Ruse to Madrid by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ruse to Madrid is to bus which costs €170 - €230 and takes 2 days 5h.
The fastest way to get from Ruse to Madrid is to shuttle and fly which takes 11h 50m and costs €200 - €500.
No, there is no direct bus from Ruse to Madrid. However, there are services departing from Ruse and arriving at Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur via Sibiu. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 5h.
The distance between Ruse and Madrid is 2557 km. The road distance is 3038.4 km.
The best way to get from Ruse to Madrid without a car is to bus and train which takes 40h 15m and costs €220 - €360.
It takes approximately 13h 23m to get from Ruse to Madrid, including transfers.
Ruse to Madrid bus services, operated by Omega Group, depart from Ruse station.
Ruse to Madrid bus services, operated by Omega Group, arrive at Sibiu station.
Madrid is 1h behind Ruse. It is currently 6:32 AM in Ruse and 5:32 AM in Madrid.
Yes, the driving distance between Ruse to Madrid is 3038 km. It takes approximately 33h 59m to drive from Ruse to Madrid.
What companies run services between Ruse, Bulgaria and Madrid, Spain?
You can take a bus from Ruse to Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur via Sibiu in around 2d 5h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 4m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 9m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–470
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Girona to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Girona to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Ruse to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–33
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Ruse to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €5–8
- 1st Class
- €6–8
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Trieste Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Arad, Autogara Transdara
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +40 730 250 062
- bistrita@mateiunitrans.ro
- Website
- mateiunitrans.ro
Bus from Arad to Girona, Estació d'Autobusos
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Schedules at
- mateiunitrans.ro
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €88
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- Atlas Taxi
Shuttle from Ruse to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- Atlas Taxi
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–190
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Ruse East to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €240–370
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Madrid, Avenida de América
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- ALSA
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