There are 11 ways to get from Bristol to Catalonia by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Bristol Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
best- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane BRS - BCN
5h 22m€44–147Train
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
15h 5m€405–658Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 040
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris to Barcelonabus
26h 50m€106–215Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bristol to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Barcelonacar
16h 52m€393–517Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane BHX - BCN
6h 34m€85–201Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LHR - BCN
6h 58m€113–349Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LGW - BCN
7h 58m€96–257Fly Bristol Airport to Reus Airport, train
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Reus Airport (REU)plane BRS - REU
- Take the train from Reus to Barcelona-Paseo De Graciatrain
7h 39m€61–229Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LTN - BCN
7h 36m€113–277Bus via Barcelona Airport El Prat T1
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 040
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Barcelona Airport El Prat T1bus
28h 47m€114–243Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bristol to Poolecar
- Take the carferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Barcelonacar
19h 50m€240–699
Bristol to Catalonia by train and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bristol to Catalonia is to fly which costs €40 - €150 and takes 5h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Bristol to Catalonia is to fly which takes 5h 22m and costs €40 - €150.
No, there is no direct bus from Bristol station to Catalonia. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Barcelona via London Victoria and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Bristol to Catalonia. However, there are services departing from Bristol Temple Meads and arriving at Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya via Paddington station, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Perpignan and Barcelona Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 5m.
The distance between Bristol and Catalonia is 1208 km.
The best way to get from Bristol to Catalonia without a car is to train which takes 15h 5m and costs €400 - €700.
It takes approximately 5h 22m to get from Bristol to Catalonia, including transfers.
Bristol to Catalonia bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Bus Station.
Bristol to Catalonia train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Bristol Temple Meads station.
The best way to get from Bristol to Catalonia is to fly which takes 5h 22m and costs €40 - €150. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €400 - €700 and takes 15h 5m, you could also bus, which costs €100 - €220 and takes 26h 50m.
What companies run services between Bristol, England and Catalonia, Spain?
Ryanair and easyJet fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bristol Temple Meads to Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya via London Paddington, Paddington station, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Perpignan, and Barcelona Sants in around 15h 5m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–110
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–110
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–110
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–110
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Bristol Airport to Reus Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Bristol Airport to Reus Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Bristol Airport to Reus Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €19–130
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €220–330
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Reus to Barcelona-Paseo De Gracia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €139
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €139
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +34 912 32 03 20
- [email protected]
- Website
- Renfe Cercanias
Train from Reus to Barcelona-Paseo De Gracia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Renfe Cercanias
- Phone
- +34 900 41 00 41
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
Train from Reus to Barcelona-Paseo De Gracia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Paris to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Barcelona Airport El Prat T1
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €31–390
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €55–100
- Car Single Ticket
- €140–390
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Booking & Getting There
Bristol to Catalonia bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Catalonia is 1h ahead of Bristol. It is currently 11:08 PM in Bristol and 12:08 AM in Catalonia.
Bristol to Catalonia train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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