There are 9 ways to get from Tarifa to Geneva by car ferry, plane, bus, train, train (Renfe, Ouigo, TGV), or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Car ferry to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, fly
best- Take the carferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Villecarferry
- Fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane TNG - GVA
5h 42mCHF 77–487Bus, bus to Málaga Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Tarifa to Marbellabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane AGP - GVA
6h 52mCHF 68–242Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
17h 49mCHF 214–493Bus via Bayonne
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop to Geneva - Bus Stationbus
32h 44mCHF 153–290Car ferry, train
- Take the carferry from Port of Algeciras to Port de Tanger Medcarferry
- Take the carferry from Port de Tanger Med to Vieux Portcarferry
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Genevetrain Tgv
2d 1hCHF 177–498Bus, train to Seville Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádizbus
- Take the train from Cadiz to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SVQ - GVA
8h 36mCHF 86–242Train
- Take the train from Algeciras to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Alv
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
19h 54mCHF 227–456Bus
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Salamanca, Estación de Autobusesbus Alsa
- Take the bus from Salamanca to Annemassebus FlixBus N1156
34h 17mCHF 177–305Drive 1,817.2 km
- Drive from Tarifa to Genevacar 1,817.2 km
18h 38mCHF 294–425
Tarifa to Geneva by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tarifa to Geneva is to bus and fly which costs SFr 65 - SFr 250 and takes 6h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Tarifa to Geneva is to car ferry and fly which takes 5h 42m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 490.
No, there is no direct bus from Tarifa to Geneva station. However, there are services departing from Tarifa and arriving at Geneva - Bus Station via San Sebastián - Bus Station and Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 44m.
No, there is no direct train from Tarifa to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Algeciras and arriving at Geneve via Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Barcelona-Sants and Lyon Part Dieu. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 54m.
The distance between Tarifa and Geneva is 1585 km. The road distance is 1817.2 km.
The best way to get from Tarifa to Geneva without a car is to bus and train which takes 17h 49m and costs SFr 210 - SFr 500.
It takes approximately 5h 42m to get from Tarifa to Geneva, including transfers.
Tarifa to Geneva bus services, operated by Socibus, depart from Tarifa station.
Tarifa to Geneva train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Algeciras station.
The best way to get from Tarifa to Geneva is to bus via Bayonne which takes 32h 44m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 290. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 220 - SFr 460 and takes 19h 54m.
What companies run services between Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain and Geneva, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Tarifa to Geneva - Bus Station via San Sebastián - Bus Station and Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop in around 32h 44m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Tarifa to Geneve via Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo, Algeciras, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Barcelona-Sants, and Lyon Part Dieu in around 19h 54m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
Flights from Málaga Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–200
Flights from Seville Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–550
Flights from Seville Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–130
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–160
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–160
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–95
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- Ouigo
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Cadiz to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–28
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Algeciras to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Marseille St Charles to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–19
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–10
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–19
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +34 915 304 417
- socibus@socibus.es
- Website
- Socibus
Bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–150
- Website
- Socibus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–8
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–140
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–8
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Salamanca to Annemasse
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–210
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 956 807 059
- informacion@tgcomes.es
- Website
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–22
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–12
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Tarifa to Salamanca, Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–80
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–207
- Schedules at
- balearia.com
- Sirena Seat No Car
- CHF 38
- Neptuno Seat No Car
- CHF 47
- Sirena Seat Car
- CHF 198
- Neptuno Seat Car
- CHF 207
Car ferry from Port of Algeciras to Port de Tanger Med
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–182
- Schedules at
- balearia.com
- Seating
- CHF 27–35
- Seat + Car
- CHF 182
- Phone
- +34 956 68 18 30
- info@frs.es
- Website
- FRS Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Algeciras to Port de Tanger Med
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–190
- Website
- FRS Ferries
- Phone
- +34 (0) 917369957
- Website
- Trasmediterránea S.A.
Car ferry from Port of Algeciras to Port de Tanger Med
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–22
- Website
- Trasmediterránea S.A.
- Phone
- 00 33 810 20 13 20
- service-clients@cmn.fr
- Website
- La Meridionale
Car ferry from Port de Tanger Med to Vieux Port
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–150
- Website
- La Meridionale
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More Questions & Answers
Tarifa to Geneva bus services, operated by Socibus, arrive at Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián station.
Tarifa to Geneva train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
Yes, the driving distance between Tarifa to Geneva is 1817 km. It takes approximately 18h 38m to drive from Tarifa to Geneva.
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