There are 10 ways to get from Tarifa to Tarragona by bus, train, car, car ferry, plane, or train (Renfe)
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Bus, train via Málaga
best- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de MálagaL-530
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Camp De TarragonaAve
10h 1m€88–205Bus, bus to Málaga Airport, fly, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Take the bus from Marbella to Malaga Airport
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)AGP - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
7h 29m€48–150Bus
- Take the bus from Algeciras to TarragonaAlsa
18h 10m€120–121Drive 979.7 km
- Drive from Tarifa to Tarragona979.7 km
10h 40m€156–225Car ferry to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, fly, train
- Take the car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Ville
- Fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)TNG - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
7h 10m€83–325Train
- Take the train from Algeciras to Cordoba-CentralAlv
- Take the train from Cordoba-Central to Camp De TarragonaAve
12h 3m€54–229Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Jerez de la Frontera
- Take the train from Jerez De La Frontera to Camp De TarragonaAlv
16h 39m€79–106Bus to Seville Airport, fly, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Sevilla Estación del Prado
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)SVQ - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
8h 42m€58–188Bus, train to Jerez Airport, fly, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Take the train from Cadiz to La Parra
- Fly from Jerez Airport (XRY) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)XRY - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
8h 8m€74–251Bus, bus to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport, fly, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
- Take the bus from Malaga Eeaa to Estación de Autobuses de Granada
- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)GRX - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
10h 42m€64–229
Tarifa to Tarragona by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tarifa to Tarragona is to bus and train which costs €75 - €110 and takes 16h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Tarifa to Tarragona is to car ferry and fly and train which takes 7h 10m and costs €80 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Tarifa to Tarragona. However, there are services departing from Tarifa and arriving at Tarragona via Algeciras. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 10m.
The distance between Tarifa and Tarragona is 1189 km. The road distance is 979.7 km.
The best way to get from Tarifa to Tarragona without a car is to bus and train via Málaga which takes 10h 1m and costs €85 - €210.
It takes approximately 10h 1m to get from Tarifa to Tarragona, including transfers.
Tarifa to Tarragona bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Algeciras station.
The best way to get from Tarifa to Tarragona is to bus which takes 18h 10m and costs €119 - €122. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €50 - €230 and takes 12h 3m.
Tarifa to Tarragona bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Tarragona station.
Yes, the driving distance between Tarifa to Tarragona is 980 km. It takes approximately 10h 40m to drive from Tarifa to Tarragona.
What companies run services between Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain and Tarragona, Spain?
ALSA operates a bus from Algeciras to Tarragona twice daily. Tickets cost €117 and the journey takes 16h 15m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Tarifa to Tarragona - Camí de l'Àngel, 23 via Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo, Algeciras, Cordoba-Central, Camp De Tarragona, and Estació del Camp de Tarragona in around 12h 3m.
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- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–270
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €23–270
Flights from Málaga Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–100
Flights from Málaga Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Málaga Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €22–100
Flights from Seville Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–130
Flights from Seville Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
Flights from Jerez Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Jerez Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Jerez Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–140
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–140
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–270
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €23–270
Flights from Málaga Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–100
Flights from Málaga Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €22–100
Flights from Málaga Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Seville Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–130
Flights from Seville Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
Flights from Jerez Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Jerez Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Jerez Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–140
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Málaga Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–65
Flights from Seville Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–100
Flights from Seville Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–100
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–330
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Cordoba-Central to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- 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
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Algeciras to Cordoba-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–55
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Jerez De La Frontera to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Cadiz to La Parra
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–25
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Cordoba-Central to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Inicial
- €30–110
- 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
- €13–35
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Marbella to Malaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Algeciras to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €117
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Malaga Eeaa to Estación de Autobuses de Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 956 807 059
- informacion@tgcomes.es
- Website
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Tarifa to Jerez de la Frontera
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Tarifa to Sevilla Estación del Prado
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
- 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
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €36–40
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
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