There are 13 ways to get from Spain to Bucharest by plane, train, bus, train (Renfe, TGV), car, or car train
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Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BCN - OTP
5h 45m$128–356Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Barcelona to Bucureştibus
41h 51m$75–190Train, bus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Aachen Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Aachen to Bucharest Oborbus
28h 29m$408–689Train
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mannheim Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 62
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
39h 45m$625–1,201Drive 2,498.2 km
- Drive from Barcelona to Bucharestcar 2,498.2 km
27h 21m$457–660Fly Son Sant Joan Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane PMI - OTP
5h 37m$146–356Fly Valencia Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane VLC - OTP
6h 7m$129–326Fly Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane MAD - OTP
6h 36m$132–324Fly Málaga Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane AGP - OTP
6h 22m$136–332Bus to Alicante-Elche Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuertobus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ALC - OTP
6h 44m$147–353Bus to Girona–Costa Brava Airport, fly to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Girona Costa Brava Airportbus
- Fly from Girona–Costa Brava Airport (GRO) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)plane GRO - BBU
7h 2m$78–431Bus via Montpellier
- Take the bus from Barcelona to Montpellierbus FlixBus N788 / ...
- Take the bus from Montpellier to București, Autogara Militaribus 1922
2d 1h$226–412Drive, car train
- Drive from Barcelona to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Bucharestcar
28h 54m$582–820
Spain to Bucharest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Spain to Bucharest is to bus which costs $75 - $190 and takes 41h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Spain to Bucharest is to fly which takes 5h 37m and costs $140 - $360.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Barcelona and arriving at Bucureşti. Services depart six times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 41h 51m.
No, there is no direct train from Spain to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 45m.
The distance between Spain and Bucharest is 2018 km. The road distance is 2498.2 km.
The best way to get from Spain to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus which takes 28h 29m and costs $400 - $700.
It takes approximately 5h 45m to get from Spain to Bucharest, including transfers.
Spain to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Barcelona station.
Spain to Bucharest train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Barcelona-Sants station.
The best way to get from Spain to Bucharest is to fly which takes 5h 45m and costs $120 - $360. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $600 - $1,200 and takes 39h 45m, you could also bus, which costs $75 - $190 and takes 41h 51m.
What companies run services between Spain and Bucharest, Romania?
Ulendo Airlink, HiSky, and Lauda fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya to Bucuresti Nord via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Mannheim Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, and Wien Hbf in around 39h 45m.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–210
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–210
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
Flights from Málaga Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
Flights from Girona–Costa Brava Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $40–400
Flights from Girona–Costa Brava Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $40–400
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $50–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $55–220
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–220
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–260
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $40–220
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–280
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–230
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–260
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $75–260
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–490
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $230–380
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $150–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $50–80
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $260–470
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Aachen to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–14
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
Bus from Barcelona to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
- Phone
- +34 902 13 00 14
- info@sagales.com
- Website
- sagales.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Girona Costa Brava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Website
- https://www.sagales.com/en
- Book at
- https://www.sagales.com/sale/?sgLang=en
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Barcelona to Bucureşti
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 51m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–190
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Barcelona to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Montpellier to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $200–350
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Spain to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Montpellier station.
Spain to Bucharest train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Lyon Part Dieu station.
Yes, the driving distance between Spain to Bucharest is 2498 km. It takes approximately 27h 21m to drive from Spain to Bucharest.
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