There are 9 ways to get from Trieste to Madrid by shuttle, plane, train (Trenitalia, Renfe, Ouigo), bus, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
best- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane VCE - MAD
7h 1m€68–394Train
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa 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
18h 19m€184–415Bus via Milan
- Take the bus from Trieste to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus 402 / ...
- Take the bus from Milan to Madridbus FlixBus N1138
29h 55m€75–179Drive 1,873.3 km
- Drive from Trieste to Madridcar 1,873.3 km
19h 43m€290–419Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane LJU - MAD
6h 29m€129–403Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane TRS - MAD
7h 51m€78–210Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane BLQ - MAD
9h 3m€85–261Bus
- Take the bus from Trieste to Paduabus N907 / ...
- Take the bus from Padova to Méndez Álvaro Estación Surbus
31h 37m€69–89Train, bus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Surbus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3415 / ...
33h 6m€90–149
Trieste to Madrid by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Trieste to Madrid is to bus which costs €65 - €90 and takes 31h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Trieste to Madrid is to shuttle and fly which takes 6h 29m and costs €120 - €410.
No, there is no direct bus from Trieste to Madrid. However, there are services departing from Trieste and arriving at Madrid via Milan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Trieste to Madrid. However, there are services departing from Trieste Centrale and arriving at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes via Torino Porta Susa, Lyon Part Dieu and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 19m.
The distance between Trieste and Madrid is 1592 km. The road distance is 1873.3 km.
The best way to get from Trieste to Madrid without a car is to train which takes 18h 19m and costs €180 - €420.
It takes approximately 7h 1m to get from Trieste to Madrid, including transfers.
Trieste to Madrid bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Trieste station.
Trieste to Madrid train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Trieste Centrale station.
The best way to get from Trieste to Madrid is to train which takes 18h 19m and costs €180 - €420. Alternatively, you can bus via Milan, which costs €75 - €180 and takes 29h 55m, you could also fly, which costs €75 - €210 and takes 7h 51m.
What companies run services between Trieste, Italy and Madrid, Spain?
You can take a train from Trieste Centrale to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes via Torino Porta Susa, Lyon Part Dieu, and Barcelona-Sants in around 18h 19m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Trieste to Madrid via Milan in around 29h 55m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Ljubljana to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Ljubljana to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–230
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Ljubljana to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–230
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–120
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–410
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- 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 Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €34–260
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €34–38
- Private
- €140–260
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Trieste to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milan to Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Trieste to Padua
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Trieste to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Trieste to Padua
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Trieste to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Trieste to Padua
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Trieste to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–30
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Padova to Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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Trieste to Madrid bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Trieste to Madrid train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Torino Porta Susa station.
Yes, the driving distance between Trieste to Madrid is 1873 km. It takes approximately 19h 43m to drive from Trieste to Madrid.
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