There are 8 ways to get from Barcelona to Compostela by plane, car, train, bus, or towncar
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Fly to Vigo, drive
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Vigo (VGO)plane BCN - VGO
- Drive from Vigo-Airport-VGO to Compostelacar
4h 47m€72–207Train, bus via Madrid
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Ourensetrain Ave
- Take the bus from Ourense E.I. to Bandebus
8h 59m€166–366Bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Xinzo de Limiabus
- Take the bus from Xinzo de Limia to Lobiosbus
15h 55m€98–139Drive 1,005.4 km
- Drive from Barcelona to Compostelacar 1,005.4 km
11h 17m€159–230Fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane BCN - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Arcos de Valdeveztowncar
6h 28m€157–263Fly to Santiago De Compostela Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ)plane BCN - SCQ
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Ourensetrain
- Take the bus from Ourense E.I. to Bandebus
7h 28m€101–311Train, bus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Ourensetrain Alv
- Take the bus from Ourense E.I. to Bandebus
14h 15m€204–296Bus via Ponts
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Pontsbus 306
- Take the bus from Ponts to Terminal Rodoviário de Arcos de Valdevezbus Andorra
21h 23m€133–172
Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Vigo (VGO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Barcelona to Compostela is to bus which costs €95 - €140 and takes 15h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Barcelona to Compostela is to fly and drive which takes 4h 47m and costs €70 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Barcelona to Compostela. However, there are services departing from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord and arriving at Lobios via Xinzo de Limia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 55m.
The distance between Barcelona and Compostela is 1005 km. The road distance is 1005.4 km.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Compostela without a car is to train and bus via Madrid which takes 8h 59m and costs €160 - €370.
It takes approximately 4h 47m to get from Barcelona to Compostela, including transfers.
Barcelona to Compostela bus services, operated by MonBus, depart from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord station.
Barcelona to Compostela bus services, operated by MonBus, arrive at Xinzo de Limia station.
Yes, the driving distance between Barcelona to Compostela is 1005 km. It takes approximately 11h 17m to drive from Barcelona to Compostela.
There are 1082+ hotels available in Compostela.
What companies run services between Barcelona, Spain and Compostela, Spain?
You can take a bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Compostela via Xinzo de Limia and Lobios in around 15h 55m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vigo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vigo via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €28–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €28–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vigo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vigo via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vigo via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 988 68 78 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- bus.gal
Bus from Ourense E.I. to Bande
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Schedules at
- bus.gal
Bus from Ourense E.I. to Bande
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Schedules at
- bus.gal
Bus from Ourense E.I. to Bande
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Schedules at
- bus.gal
- Phone
- +34 900 92 91 92
- [email protected]
- Website
- monbus.es
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Xinzo de Limia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.monbus.es/en
- Phone
- +34988371235
- [email protected]
- Website
- bus.gal
Bus from Xinzo de Limia to Lobios
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €4
- Schedules at
- bus.gal
- Phone
- +34 (0) 973 273 151
- [email protected]
- Website
- atmlleida.cat
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Ponts
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €34
- Schedules at
- atmlleida.cat
- Phone
- +34 (0) 902 23 95 79
- [email protected]
- Website
- autocareslazara.com
Bus from Ponts to Terminal Rodoviário de Arcos de Valdevez
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–130
- Schedules at
- autocareslazara.com
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- [email protected]
- Website
- vmtransfers.com
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Arcos de Valdevez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120
- Website
- https://www.vmtransfers.com/en/
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