There are 11 ways to get from Barcelona to Las Médulas by train (Renfe, Ouigo), bus, car, plane, train, train (Renfe), or towncar
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Train via Madrid
best- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Leontrain Ave
- Take the train from Leon to Ponferradatrain Re / ...
9h 11m€153–337Bus via Benavente
cheapest- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Benaventebus
- Take the bus from Benavente to Ponferradabus Alsa
16h 24m€75–121Bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Ponferradabus Alsa
13h 34m€77–111Drive 885.1 km
- Drive from Barcelona to Las Médulascar 885.1 km
9h 15m€140–202Fly to León Airport, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to León Airport (LEN)plane BCN - LEN
- Take the train from Leon to Ponferradatrain
7h 16m€168–485Train (Renfe)
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Ponferradatrain Alv
12h 27m€135–206Fly to Santiago De Compostela Airport, train
- 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 train from Ourense to Querenotrain
8h 57m€89–299Fly to Asturias Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Asturias Airport (OVD)plane BCN - OVD
- Take the bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]bus
- Take the train from Oviedo to Leontrain
- Take the train from Leon to Ponferradatrain
9h 17m€116–295Fly to A Coruña Airport, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to A Coruña Airport (LCG)plane BCN - LCG
- Take the train from La Coruna-San Cristobal to Ourensetrain
- Take the train from Ourense to Querenotrain
9h 28m€92–295Fly to Vigo, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Vigo (VGO)plane BCN - VGO
- Take the train from Vigo Urzaiz to Ourensetrain
- Take the train from Ourense to Querenotrain
10h 18m€122–295Fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar, train
- 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 Ourensetowncar
- Take the train from Ourense to Querenotrain
11h 55m€317–443
Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to León Airport (LEN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Barcelona to Las Médulas is to bus via Benavente which costs €75 - €130 and takes 16h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Barcelona to Las Médulas is to fly and train which takes 7h 16m and costs €160 - €490.
No, there is no direct bus from Barcelona to Las Médulas. However, there are services departing from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord and arriving at Las Médulas via Ponferrada and Carucedo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 34m.
No, there is no direct train from Barcelona to Las Médulas. However, there are services departing from Barcelona-Sants and arriving at Ponferrada via Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid Chamartín and Leon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 11m.
The distance between Barcelona and Las Médulas is 1102 km. The road distance is 885.1 km.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Las Médulas without a car is to train via Madrid which takes 9h 11m and costs €150 - €340.
It takes approximately 9h 11m to get from Barcelona to Las Médulas, including transfers.
Barcelona to Las Médulas bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord station.
Barcelona to Las Médulas train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Barcelona-Sants station.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Las Médulas is to train via Madrid which takes 9h 11m and costs €150 - €340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €75 - €120 and takes 13h 34m.
What companies run services between Barcelona, Spain and Las Médulas, Spain?
You can take a train from Barcelona-Sants to Las Médulas via Madrid-Puerta De Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid Chamartín, Leon, and Ponferrada in around 9h 11m. Alternatively, ALSA operates a bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Ponferrada once daily. Tickets cost €70–110 and the journey takes 10h 55m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to León Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–210
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 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Asturias Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Asturias Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–110
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Asturias Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to A Coruña Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–190
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to A Coruña Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–110
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vigo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- 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
- €70–240
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €28–130
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
- €28–130
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to León Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–210
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 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Asturias Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Asturias Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–110
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Asturias Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to A Coruña Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–190
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to A Coruña Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–110
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vigo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- 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
- €70–240
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–130
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
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to A Coruña Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
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
- €70–220
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Asturias Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- 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
Train from Oviedo to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from La Coruna-San Cristobal to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Vigo Urzaiz to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- 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
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- 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 Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ourense to Quereno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Oviedo to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from La Coruna-San Cristobal to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ourense to Quereno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Vigo Urzaiz to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ourense to Quereno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ourense to Quereno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Benavente to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 900 92 91 92
- [email protected]
- Website
- monbus.es
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Benavente
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- https://www.monbus.es/en
- Phone
- 980 51 66 23
- %[email protected]
- Website
- autocaresvivas.es
Bus from Benavente to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Schedules at
- autocaresvivas.es
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- [email protected]
- Website
- vmtransfers.com
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €250
- Website
- https://www.vmtransfers.com/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Barcelona to Las Médulas bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Ponferrada station.
Barcelona to Las Médulas train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
Yes, the driving distance between Barcelona to Las Médulas is 885 km. It takes approximately 9h 15m to drive from Barcelona to Las Médulas.
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