There are 13 ways to get from Cambridge to Tarragona by plane, train, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), bus, car, car 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 London Stansted Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, train
best- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane STN - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragonatrain
6h 55m€48–206Bus to Luton Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Parkside to Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LTN - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragonatrain
7h 22m€38–167Train
- Take the train from Cambridge to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain Re / ...
13h 41m€423–671Bus
- Take the bus from Parkside to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 491
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Tarragona - Bus Stationbus
29h 30m€132–224Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cambridge to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Tarragonacar
16h 10m€382–507Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, train
- Take the train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LGW - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragonatrain
8h 4m€94–247Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, train
- Take the train from Cambridge to King's Crosstrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LHR - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragonatrain
8h 16m€91–300Fly London Stansted Airport to Reus Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Reus Airport (REU)plane STN - REU
6h 27m€43–175Fly London Stansted Airport to Girona–Costa Brava Airport, train
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Girona–Costa Brava Airport (GRO)plane STN - GRO
- Take the train from Girona to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain
8h 16m€66–209Bus to Luton Airport, fly to Reus Airport
- Take the bus from Parkside to Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Reus Airport (REU)plane LTN - REU
7h 9m€54–256Train via Lyon
- Take the train from Cambridge to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain Re / ...
14h 34m€342–549Train, bus
- Take the train from Cambridge to Tottenham Haletrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragonatrain R15 / ...
30h 18m€171–279Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cambridge to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Tarragonacar
17h 2m€275–461
Cambridge to Tarragona by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cambridge to Tarragona is to bus and fly and train which costs €35 - €170 and takes 7h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Cambridge to Tarragona is to fly which takes 6h 27m and costs €40 - €180.
No, there is no direct bus from Cambridge to Tarragona station. However, there are services departing from Parkside and arriving at Tarragona - Bus Station via London Victoria and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Cambridge to Tarragona. However, there are services departing from Cambridge and arriving at Tarragona via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 41m.
The distance between Cambridge and Tarragona is 1322 km.
The best way to get from Cambridge to Tarragona without a car is to train which takes 13h 41m and costs €420 - €700.
It takes approximately 6h 55m to get from Cambridge to Tarragona, including transfers.
Cambridge to Tarragona bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Parkside station.
Cambridge to Tarragona train services, operated by Great Northern, depart from Cambridge station.
The best way to get from Cambridge to Tarragona is to train which takes 13h 41m and costs €420 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €230 and takes 29h 30m, you could also fly, which costs €40 - €180 and takes 6h 27m.
What companies run services between Cambridge, England and Tarragona, Spain?
You can take a train from Cambridge to Tarragona via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon, and Barcelona-Sants in around 13h 41m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Parkside to Tarragona - Bus Station via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 29h 30m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–120
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–120
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–160
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Reus Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €25–130
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Girona–Costa Brava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Luton Airport to Reus Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–240
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Reus Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Girona–Costa Brava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Luton Airport to Reus Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Girona–Costa Brava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €19–130
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Phone
- +34 912 32 03 20
- [email protected]
- Website
- Renfe Cercanias
Train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Renfe Cercanias
Train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Renfe Cercanias
Train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Renfe Cercanias
Train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Renfe Cercanias
Train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Renfe Cercanias
- Phone
- +34 900 41 00 41
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
Train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
Train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
Train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
Train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
Train from Barcelona Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
- Website
- Rodalies de Catalunya
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Great Northern
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–75
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €210–320
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Girona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Girona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- 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
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Girona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Cambridge to Tottenham Hale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Greater Anglia
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Parkside to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Parkside to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Parkside to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Tarragona - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Cambridge to Tarragona bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Tarragona is 1h ahead of Cambridge. It is currently 6:05 AM in Cambridge and 7:05 AM in Tarragona.
Cambridge to Tarragona train services, operated by Great Northern, arrive at King's Cross station.
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