There are 9 ways to get from Coimbra to Tarragona by bus, train, train (Renfe, Ouigo), car, towncar, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, train
best- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragonatrain Ave
10h 46m€76–207Train to Lisbon-Portela Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Coimbra-B to Lisboa Orientetrain
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LIS - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain
7h 35m€64–254Train
- Take the train from Coimbra-B to Entroncamentotrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Entroncamento to Badajoztrain Re
- Take the train from Badajoz to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Alv
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragonatrain Ave
15h 5m€127–277Drive 994.7 km
- Drive from Coimbra to Tarragonacar 994.7 km
10h 45m€163–236Towncar to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, train
- Take a town car from Coimbra to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneirotowncar
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane OPO - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain
7h 9m€206–355Bus via Madrid
- Take the bus from Coimbra to Madridbus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Cuencabus
- Take the bus from Cuenca to Tarragonabus 051
18h 5m€114–168Bus
- Take the bus from Coimbra to Portobus
- Take the bus from Porto - Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã to Lleida, Estació d'Autobusosbus
- Take the bus from Lleida to Tarragonabus
19h 25m€111–210Train, train to Vigo, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Coimbra-B to Porto Campanhatrain
- Take the train from Porto Campanha to Vigo Guixartrain
- Fly from Vigo (VGO) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane VGO - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain
10h 21m€101–327Towncar to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly to Valencia Airport, train
- Take a town car from Coimbra to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneirotowncar
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane OPO - VLC
- Take the train from Estació del Nord to Camp De Tarragonatrain
9h 29m€251–423
Coimbra to Tarragona by bus and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Coimbra to Tarragona is to bus which costs €110 - €210 and takes 19h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Coimbra to Tarragona is to towncar and fly and train which takes 7h 9m and costs €200 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Coimbra to Tarragona. However, there are services departing from Coimbra and arriving at Tarragona via Estación Sur de Autobuses and Cuenca. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Coimbra to Tarragona. However, there are services departing from Coimbra-B and arriving at Camp De Tarragona via Entroncamento, Badajoz and Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 5m.
The distance between Coimbra and Tarragona is 1052 km. The road distance is 994.7 km.
The best way to get from Coimbra to Tarragona without a car is to bus and train which takes 10h 46m and costs €75 - €210.
It takes approximately 10h 46m to get from Coimbra to Tarragona, including transfers.
Coimbra to Tarragona bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Coimbra station.
Coimbra to Tarragona train services, operated by Comboios de Portugal, depart from Coimbra-B station.
The best way to get from Coimbra to Tarragona is to train which takes 15h 5m and costs €120 - €280. Alternatively, you can bus via Madrid, which costs €110 - €170 and takes 18h 5m.
What companies run services between Coimbra, Portugal and Tarragona, Spain?
You can take a train from Coimbra-B to Tarragona - Camí de l'Àngel, 23 via Entroncamento, Badajoz, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Camp De Tarragona, and Estació del Camp de Tarragona in around 15h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Coimbra to Tarragona via Madrid, Estación Sur de Autobuses, and Cuenca in around 18h 5m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–160
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €29–160
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–220
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–170
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–95
Flights from Vigo to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Vigo to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–340
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Valencia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Valencia Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–160
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–220
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–170
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–95
Flights from Vigo to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Vigo to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–340
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Valencia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–240
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–240
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Valencia Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Vigo to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Valencia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Badajoz to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Porto Campanha to Vigo Guixar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Estació del Nord to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Coimbra-B to Entroncamento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Entroncamento to Badajoz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Coimbra-B to Lisboa Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Coimbra-B to Porto Campanha
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Coimbra to Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Coimbra to Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- [email protected]
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Schedules at
- avanzabus.com
- Phone
- +34 984 689 912
- [email protected]
- Website
- samar.es
Bus from Cuenca to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–65
- Schedules at
- samar.es
- Phone
- +376 806 555
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cooperativa Interurbana Andorrana
Bus from Porto - Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã to Lleida, Estació d'Autobusos
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- Cooperativa Interurbana Andorrana
- Phone
- +34 (0) 902 23 95 79
- [email protected]
- Website
- autocareslazara.com
Bus from Porto - Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã to Lleida, Estació d'Autobusos
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–105
- Schedules at
- autocareslazara.com
- Phone
- +34 977 44 03 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- HIFE
Bus from Lleida to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- HIFE
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- [email protected]
- Website
- VM Transfers
Towncar from Coimbra to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €165
- Website
- VM Transfers
Towncar from Coimbra to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €165
- Website
- VM Transfers
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Booking & Getting There
Coimbra to Tarragona bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Madrid station.
Tarragona is 1h ahead of Coimbra. It is currently 6:09 AM in Coimbra and 7:09 AM in Tarragona.
Coimbra to Tarragona train services, operated by Comboios de Portugal, arrive at Entroncamento station.
Yes, the driving distance between Coimbra to Tarragona is 995 km. It takes approximately 10h 45m to drive from Coimbra to Tarragona.
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