There are 10 ways to get from Dorset to Barcelona by train, plane, car ferry, bus, car, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Dorchester South to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LGW - BCN
9h 8m€100–316Train to Bristol Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Upwey to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane BRS - BCN
9h 50m€80–248Car ferry, train
- Take the carferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
17h 59m€412–951Bus
- Take the bus from South Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 035
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris to Barcelonabus
29h 11m€117–242Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Barcelonacar
18h 31m€255–728Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Dorchester South to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LTN - BCN
9h 6m€114–377Train, train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Dorchester South to Bournemouthtrain
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Stationtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LHR - BCN
9h 38m€103–362Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Dorchester South to Bournemouthtrain
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane BHX - BCN
10h 7m€138–300Train
- Take the train from Yeovil Junction to Exeter St Davidstrain
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Eustontrain
- 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
19h 45m€525–864Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Dorset to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Barcelonacar
16h 59m€423–567
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Dorset to Barcelona is to train and fly which costs €80 - €250 and takes 9h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Dorset to Barcelona is to train and fly which takes 9h 6m and costs €110 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Dorset to Barcelona. However, there are services departing from Dorchester Road Traffic Lights and arriving at Barcelona via South Station, London Victoria and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 11m.
No, there is no direct train from Dorset to Barcelona. However, there are services departing from Yeovil Junction and arriving at Barcelona-Sants via Exeter St Davids, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe and Perpignan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 45m.
The distance between Dorset and Barcelona is 1383 km.
The best way to get from Dorset to Barcelona without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 17h 59m and costs €410 - €950.
It takes approximately 9h 8m to get from Dorset to Barcelona, including transfers.
Dorset to Barcelona bus services, operated by National Express, depart from South Station.
Dorset to Barcelona train services, operated by South Western Railway, depart from Yeovil Junction station.
The best way to get from Dorset to Barcelona is to bus which takes 29h 11m and costs €110 - €250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €500 - €900 and takes 19h 45m.
What companies run services between Dorset, England and Barcelona, Spain?
You can take a bus from Dorchester Road Traffic Lights to Barcelona via South Station, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and Paris in around 29h 11m. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Dorset to Barcelona-Sants via Yeovil Junction, Exeter St Davids, London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, and Perpignan in around 19h 45m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–140
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–270
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–140
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–270
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Bristol Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- 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
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €19–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Dorchester South to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Dorchester South to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Dorchester South to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–25
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Dorchester South to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–25
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Yeovil Junction to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- South Western Railway
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €210–330
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €220–340
- 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
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Upwey to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Exeter St Davids to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bournemouth to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bournemouth to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
- 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
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
- 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
- €22–35
- 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
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from South Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- 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
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- 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
- 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
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
Dorset to Barcelona bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Barcelona is 1h ahead of Dorset. It is currently 1:41 AM in Dorset and 2:41 AM in Barcelona.
Dorset to Barcelona train services, operated by South Western Railway, arrive at Exeter St Davids station.
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