There are 11 ways to get from Ulm to Barcelona by train, plane, train (Renfe), bus, car, ferry, or train (TGV, Renfe)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane STR - BCN
6h 1m€58–202Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Ulm to Karlsruhe central train stationbus N422 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
20h 50m€57–200Train
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieutrain 84
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
13h 7m€140–404Train, bus
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Freiburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 60
- Take the bus from Freiburg to Barcelonabus FlixBus N1720 / ...
18h 44m€74–220Drive 1,188.1 km
- Drive from Ulm to Barcelonacar 1,188.1 km
12h 51m€187–270Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane MUC - BCN
6h 59m€85–215Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane FRA - BCN
6h 51m€110–364Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane BSL - BCN
8h 27m€83–252Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane SXB - BCN
7h 25m€94–278Train, ferry, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhoftrain
- Take the ferry from Friedrichshafen Faehre to Romanshorn Autoquaiferry
- Take the train from Romanshorn to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane ZRH - BCN
8h 50m€83–243Train via Montpellier
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Barcelona-Santstrain
13h 34m€138–479
Ulm to Barcelona by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ulm to Barcelona is to train and fly which costs €55 - €210 and takes 6h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Ulm to Barcelona is to train and fly which takes 6h 1m and costs €55 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Ulm to Barcelona station. However, there are services departing from Ulm and arriving at Barcelona - North Bus Station via Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Ulm to Barcelona. However, there are services departing from Ulm Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Barcelona-Sants via Strasbourg Bahnhof and Lyon Part Dieu. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 7m.
The distance between Ulm and Barcelona is 1086 km. The road distance is 1188.1 km.
The best way to get from Ulm to Barcelona without a car is to train which takes 13h 7m and costs €140 - €410.
It takes approximately 6h 1m to get from Ulm to Barcelona, including transfers.
Ulm to Barcelona bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Ulm station.
Ulm to Barcelona train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Ulm Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Ulm to Barcelona is to train which takes 13h 7m and costs €140 - €410. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €200 and takes 20h 50m.
What companies run services between Ulm, Germany and Barcelona, Spain?
You can take a train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Barcelona-Sants via Strasbourg Bahnhof and Lyon Part Dieu in around 13h 7m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ulm to Barcelona - North Bus Station via Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side in around 20h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–190
Flights from Munich International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Basel to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–100
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Munich International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Basel to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–150
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Munich International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Basel to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–150
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–28
- 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 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- 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 Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899825-44
- servus@go-ahead.bayern
- Website
- go-ahead.bayern
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- go-ahead.bayern
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Romanshorn to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- 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
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Freiburg to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ulm to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- 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 Ulm to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Ulm to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 3640-0
- info@bsb.de
- Website
- bsb.de
Ferry from Friedrichshafen Faehre to Romanshorn Autoquai
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Website
- https://www.bsb.de/en
- Phone
- +41 71 466 78 88
- info@sbsag.ch
- Website
- bodensee-schiffe.ch
Ferry from Friedrichshafen Faehre to Romanshorn Autoquai
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- bodensee-schiffe.ch
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More Questions & Answers
Ulm to Barcelona bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Karlsruhe central train station.
Ulm to Barcelona train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Strasbourg Bahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ulm to Barcelona is 1188 km. It takes approximately 12h 51m to drive from Ulm to Barcelona.
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