There are 9 ways to get from Zurich to Barcelonès by plane, bus, train, taxi, 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.
Fly from Zurich Airport, bus
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)ZRH - MAD
- Take the bus from Fuente Carrantona-Est. Pavones to Ctra.M204-Cºbellaescusa
6h 42m€73–240Train, taxi
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Dijon VilleTgv
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part DieuTer
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Guadalajara YebesAve
- Take the taxi from Guadalajara Yebes to Barcelonès
15h 29m€294–536Train, bus
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Mulhouse VilleTgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon PerracheTgv
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Perales de Tajuña
25h 15m€167–331Drive 1,568.3 km
- Drive from Zurich to Barcelonès1,568.3 km
16h 5m€273–394Train to Basel, fly, bus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)BSL - MAD
- Take the bus from Fuente Carrantona-Est. Pavones to Ctra.M204-Cºbellaescusa
7h 42m€83–249Train to Geneva International Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)GVA - MAD
- Take the bus from Fuente Carrantona-Est. Pavones to Ctra.M204-Cºbellaescusa
9h 10m€112–306Bus via Lyon
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Lyon106
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Perales de Tajuña
26h 5m€76–197Train, bus via Yverdon-les-Bains
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Yverdon-les-BainsIc5 / ...
- Take the bus from Yverdon-les-Bains to Geneve, Gare Routiere
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Take the bus from Estación Sur De Autobuses to Av.Valencia-Cementerio Viejo352 / ...
29h 43m€180–279Bus
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano506 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Sur
- Take the bus from Estación Sur De Autobuses to Av.Valencia-Cementerio Viejo352 / ...
33h 3m€97–161
Zurich to Barcelonès by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Barcelonès is to bus via Lyon which costs €75 - €200 and takes 26h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Barcelonès is to fly and bus which takes 6h 42m and costs €70 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to Barcelonès. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Ctra.M204-Cºbellaescusa via Lyon - Perrache Bus Station, Estación Sur de Autobuses and Mayor Baja-Av.De La Paz. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 5m.
The distance between Zurich and Barcelonès is 1329 km. The road distance is 1568.3 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Barcelonès without a car is to train and taxi which takes 15h 29m and costs €290 - €550.
It takes approximately 6h 42m to get from Zurich to Barcelonès, including transfers.
Zurich to Barcelonès bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Zurich to Barcelonès bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Lyon station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Barcelonès is 1568 km. It takes approximately 16h 5m to drive from Zurich to Barcelonès.
There are 380+ hotels available in Barcelonès.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Barcelonès, Spain?
You can take a bus from Zurich Bus Station to Ctra.M204-Cºbellaescusa via Lyon, Lyon - Perrache Bus Station, Estación Sur de Autobuses, and Mayor Baja-Av.De La Paz in around 26h 5m.
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- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–260
Flights from Basel to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–260
Flights from Basel to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Zuerich Hb to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €41–44
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Perrache
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €65–90
- 1st Class
- €95–120
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 Dijon Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- €45–75
- 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
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Guadalajara Yebes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Yverdon-les-Bains
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 012
- tarjetatransportepublico@madrid.org
- Website
- crtm.es
Bus from Fuente Carrantona-Est. Pavones to Ctra.M204-Cºbellaescusa
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.crtm.es/?lang=en
Bus from Estación Sur De Autobuses to Av.Valencia-Cementerio Viejo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.crtm.es/?lang=en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Perales de Tajuña
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6
- Schedules at
- avanzabus.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–30
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Yverdon-les-Bains to Geneve, Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Geneva - Bus station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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