There are 10 ways to get from Barcelona to Idar-Oberstein by plane, bus, train (TGV), 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.
Fly to Hahn, bus
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Hahn (HHN)plane BCN - HHN
- Take the bus from Hahn to Idar, Marktplatzbus
6h 41mFly to Strasbourg International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB)plane BCN - SXB
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Sarregueminestrain
- Take the train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhoftrain
8h 59m€72–331Train
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Saarbruecken Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhoftrain Re3
11h 53m€296–488Bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Nancy - Quai Sainte-Catherinebus
- Take the bus from Nancy - Quai Sainte-Catherine to Metz - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Metz to Trier central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Idar, Pappelstraßebus 800
20h 30mDrive 1,199 km
- Drive from Barcelona to Idar-Obersteincar 1,199 km
12h 17m€196–283Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BCN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhoftrain
7h 17m€98–239Fly to Luxembourg, bus
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane BCN - LUX
- Take the bus from Trier, Theodor-Heuss-Allee to Idar, Pappelstraßebus
8h 27mFly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane BCN - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhoftrain
9h 45m€95–319Train, bus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Paseo De Gracia to Port-Boutrain Re
- Take the train from Port-Bou to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Ter
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Luxembourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re / ...
- Take the bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Idar, Pappelstraßebus 800
19h 21mBus, train
- Take the bus from Barcelona to Frankfurt central train stationbus FlixBus N1720
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhoftrain Re3 / ...
25h 17m€146–216
Barcelona to Idar-Oberstein by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Barcelona to Idar-Oberstein is to fly and train which costs €70 - €340 and takes 8h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Barcelona to Idar-Oberstein is to fly and train which takes 7h 17m and costs €95 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Barcelona station to Idar-Oberstein. However, there are services departing from Barcelona - North Bus Station and arriving at Idar, Pappelstraße via Nancy - Quai Sainte-Catherine, Metz and Trier, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Barcelona to Idar-Oberstein. However, there are services departing from Barcelona-Sants and arriving at Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof via Paris Gare De Lyon and Saarbrücken Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 53m.
The distance between Barcelona and Idar-Oberstein is 1100 km. The road distance is 1199 km.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Idar-Oberstein without a car is to train which takes 11h 53m and costs €290 - €490.
It takes approximately 6h 41m to get from Barcelona to Idar-Oberstein, including transfers.
Barcelona to Idar-Oberstein bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Barcelona - North Bus Station.
Barcelona to Idar-Oberstein train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Barcelona-Sants station.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Idar-Oberstein is to train which takes 11h 53m and costs €290 - €490. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 20h 30m.
What companies run services between Barcelona, Spain and Idar-Oberstein, Germany?
You can take a train from Barcelona-Sants to Idar, Eltwerk via Paris Gare De Lyon, Saarbrücken Hbf, Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof, and Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof in around 11h 53m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Idar, Pappelstraße via Nancy - Quai Sainte-Catherine, Metz - Bus Station, Metz, Trier central train station, and Trier, Hauptbahnhof in around 20h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Hahn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Hahn via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Hahn via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–700
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–700
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Luxembourg via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–190
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Luxembourg via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €27–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €210–320
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Saarbruecken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €200–310
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Saarbruecken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 6731 999 27-27
- [email protected]
- Website
- vlexx
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- vlexx
Train from Frankfurt to Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- vlexx
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- vlexx
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- vlexx
Train from Frankfurt to Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Schedules at
- vlexx
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Sarreguemines
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Port-Bou to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- Süwex
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Paseo De Gracia to Port-Bou
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 900 41 00 41
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
Train from Barcelona-Paseo De Gracia to Port-Bou
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Port-Bou to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- Luxembourg Railways (CFL)
Train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Luxembourg Railways (CFL)
- Phone
- +49 (6765) 270
- [email protected]
- Website
- scherer-reisen.de
Bus from Hahn to Idar, Marktplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- vrminfo.de
Bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Idar, Pappelstraße
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- vrminfo.de
Bus from Trier, Theodor-Heuss-Allee to Idar, Pappelstraße
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- vrminfo.de
Bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Idar, Pappelstraße
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- vrminfo.de
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Nancy - Quai Sainte-Catherine
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Nancy - Quai Sainte-Catherine to Metz - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nancy - Quai Sainte-Catherine to Metz - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Metz to Trier central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Barcelona to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Barcelona to Idar-Oberstein bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Nancy - Quai Sainte-Catherine station.
Barcelona to Idar-Oberstein train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Gare De Lyon station.
Yes, the driving distance between Barcelona to Idar-Oberstein is 1199 km. It takes approximately 12h 17m to drive from Barcelona to Idar-Oberstein.
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