There are 9 ways to get from Stuttgart to Tarragona by plane, train, train (Renfe), bus, car, or train (TGV, Renfe)
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Fly from Stuttgart Airport, train
best- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)STR - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
6h 30m€52–195Train
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof83
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieu84
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to TarragonaR15 / ...
13h 27m€136–405Train, bus
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt22 / ...
- Take the bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to TarragonaR15 / ...
23h 39m€107–182Drive 1,271 km
- Drive from Stuttgart to Tarragona1,271 km
12h 53m€199–288Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)SXB - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
7h 39m€90–269Train to Frankfurt, fly, train
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)FRA - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
7h 25m€101–317Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)ZRH - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
9h 39m€92–260Train via Montpellier
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof83
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Montpellier Saint-RochTgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Camp De Tarragona
14h 18m€143–423Bus
- Take the bus from Stuttgart West to Karlsruhe central train station
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Barcelona
- Take the bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Tarragona - Bus Station
23h 46m€72–216
Stuttgart to Tarragona by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Stuttgart to Tarragona is to fly and train which costs €50 - €200 and takes 6h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Stuttgart to Tarragona is to fly and train which takes 6h 30m and costs €50 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Stuttgart to Tarragona station. However, there are services departing from Feuersee and arriving at Tarragona - Bus Station via Stuttgart West, Karlsruhe central train station and Barcelona - North Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 46m.
No, there is no direct train from Stuttgart to Tarragona. However, there are services departing from Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Tarragona via Strasbourg Bahnhof, Lyon Part Dieu and Barcelona Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 27m.
The distance between Stuttgart and Tarragona is 1111 km. The road distance is 1271 km.
The best way to get from Stuttgart to Tarragona without a car is to train which takes 13h 27m and costs €130 - €410.
It takes approximately 6h 30m to get from Stuttgart to Tarragona, including transfers.
Stuttgart to Tarragona bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Stuttgart West station.
Stuttgart to Tarragona train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Stuttgart to Tarragona is to train which takes 13h 27m and costs €130 - €410. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €220 and takes 23h 46m.
What companies run services between Stuttgart, Germany and Tarragona, Spain?
You can take a train from Hauptbahnhof to Tarragona via Strasbourg Bahnhof, Lyon Part Dieu, and Barcelona Sants in around 13h 27m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Feuersee to Tarragona - Bus Station via Stuttgart West, Karlsruhe central train station, Barcelona, and Barcelona - North Bus Station in around 23h 46m.
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- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Phone
- +34 912 32 03 20
- accesibilidad@renfe.es
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en/suburban
- Phone
- +34 900 41 00 41
- Website
- rodalies.gencat.cat
Train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://rodalies.gencat.cat/en/inici/index.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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 Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–250
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–45
- 1st Class
- €55–95
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–28
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Strasbourg to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €200–300
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- €200–300
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €85–110
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Stuttgart West to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Tarragona - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Stuttgart to Tarragona bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Karlsruhe central train station.
Stuttgart to Tarragona train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Strasbourg Bahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Stuttgart to Tarragona is 1271 km. It takes approximately 12h 53m to drive from Stuttgart to Tarragona.
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