There are 8 ways to get from Cefalù to Madrid by train, plane, bus, car ferry, or night train
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Train to Palermo Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Cefalu to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane PMO - MAD
7h 17m€62–195Train, bus to Trapani Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Cefalu to Palermo Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Trapani Birgi Airportbus
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane TPS - MAD
11h 10m€59–217Train, bus
- Take the train from Cefalu to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquaibus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Perpignan to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
38h 47mTrain, car ferry
- Take the train from Cefalu to Palermo Centraletrain Re
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port de Barcelonacarferry
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
2d€252–479Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Termini Imerese to Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossatrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane CTA - MAD
9h 43m€82–253Train, night train, bus
- Take the train from Cefalu to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the night train from Messina Centrale to Milano Centralenighttrain Ini
- Take the bus from Milan to Madridbus
45h 21m€269–517Bus
- Take the bus from Cefalù to Palermo - Via Balsamobus
- Take the bus from Palermo to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milan to Madridbus
2d 1h€286–498Bus via Caserta
- Take the bus from Cefalù to Palermo - Via Balsamobus
- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Caserta pzza Garibaldibus
- Take the bus from Caserta Piazza Carlo Terzo to Gare de Lyon-Perrachebus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
2d 1h€221–413
Cefalù to Madrid by train, night train, foot, subway, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cefalù to Madrid is to train and fly which costs €60 - €200 and takes 7h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Cefalù to Madrid is to train and fly which takes 7h 17m and costs €60 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Cefalù to Madrid. However, there are services departing from Cefalù and arriving at Madrid via Palermo and Milan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Cefalù and Madrid is 1570 km.
The best way to get from Cefalù to Madrid without a car is to train and bus which takes 38h 47m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 17m to get from Cefalù to Madrid, including transfers.
Cefalù to Madrid bus services, operated by SAIS trasporti S.p.A. - Autolinee Giamporcaro, depart from Cefalù station.
Cefalù to Madrid bus services, operated by SAIS trasporti S.p.A. - Autolinee Giamporcaro, arrive at Palermo - Via Balsamo station.
There are 7045+ hotels available in Madrid.
What companies run services between Cefalù, Italy and Madrid, Spain?
You can take a bus from Cefalù to Madrid via Palermo - Via Balsamo, Palermo, and Milan in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Palermo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Palermo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Trapani Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Trapani Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Trapani Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Trapani Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Trapani Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trapani Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Trapani Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Cefalu to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Cefalu to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Cefalu to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Cefalu to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Termini Imerese to Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Cefalu to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Cefalu to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Cefalu to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Cefalu to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Cefalu to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Cefalu to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Perpignan to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
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
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- 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
- 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
- €60–120
- 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
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Messina Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Caserta pzza Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Milan to Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–250
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Palermo to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milan to Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–250
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0912742800
- [email protected]
- Website
- saistrasporti.it
Bus from Cefalù to Palermo - Via Balsamo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://saistrasporti.it/en-US
Bus from Cefalù to Palermo - Via Balsamo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://saistrasporti.it/en-US
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Caserta Piazza Carlo Terzo to Gare de Lyon-Perrache
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port de Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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