There are 8 ways to get from Madrid to Prague by plane, train, bus, car, train (Renfe, TGV), or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane MAD - PRG
5h 56mKč 1,705–4,947Train, bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus N60 / ...
24h 55mKč 10,113–16,366Train, bus
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charlestrain 9725
- Take the bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus N1759 / ...
31h 32mKč 6,603–9,706Drive 2,188.3 km
- Drive from Madrid to Praguecar 2,188.3 km
20h 31mKč 8,860–12,798Fly to Dresden Airport, bus
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane MAD - DRS
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
10hKč 4,032–10,377Train
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain 61
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorftrain
- Take the train from Schwandorf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Re
26h 28mKč 9,993–17,506Bus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Central Bus Station Place de l’Etoile to Prague Wilsonova Bus Stationbus : Paris Bercy Central Bus Station - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
34h 5mKč 4,426–7,632Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Trevisobus 101
- Take the nighttrain from Treviso Centrale to Linz/Donau Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Ec
45h 6mKč 4,991–8,339
Madrid to Prague by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Prague is to fly which costs 1 700 Kč - 5 000 Kč and takes 5h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Prague is to fly which takes 5h 56m and costs 1 700 Kč - 5 000 Kč.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Prague station. However, there are services departing from Neptuno and arriving at Prague Wilsonova Bus Station via Estación Sur de Autobuses and Strasbourg Central Bus Station Place de l’Etoile. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Madrid to Prague. However, there are services departing from Sol and arriving at Praha Hlavni Nadrazi via Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof, Nürnberg Hbf and Schwandorf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 28m.
The distance between Madrid and Prague is 1786 km. The road distance is 2188.3 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Prague without a car is to train and bus via Frankfurt am Main which takes 24h 55m and costs 10 000 Kč - 17 000 Kč.
It takes approximately 5h 56m to get from Madrid to Prague, including transfers.
Madrid to Prague bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Estación Sur de Autobuses station.
Madrid to Prague train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
The best way to get from Madrid to Prague is to fly which takes 5h 56m and costs 1 700 Kč - 5 000 Kč. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 10 000 Kč - 18 000 Kč and takes 26h 28m, you could also bus, which costs 4 400 Kč - 8 000 Kč and takes 34h 5m.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Prague, Czechia?
Ryanair, Smartwings, and three other airlines fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Sol to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi via Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Karlsruhe Hbf, Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof, Nürnberg Hbf, Nürnberg Hbf, and Schwandorf in around 26h 28m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,700–7,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,000–9,500
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,700–13,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–4,200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–4,000
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–4,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,700–4,700
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,700–13,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Dresden Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 4,400–9,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,200–4,600
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,500–5,000
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,200–4,600
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 4,600–7,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Avignon Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 4,000–6,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–4,300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–2,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 490–2,200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Schwandorf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–2,200
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Treviso Centrale to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 800–2,600
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- Kč 2,400–2,600
- Couchette Carriage
- Kč 1,600–1,900
- Seating Carriage
- Kč 800–1,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,786
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 310–460
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,100–4,700
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 310–460
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,500–6,000
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Strasbourg Central Bus Station Place de l’Etoile to Prague Wilsonova Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 900–1,600
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,000–3,700
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +39 0422 588311
- [email protected]
- Website
- Mobilità di Marca S.p.A.
Bus from Padova to Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 120–150
- Website
- Mobilità di Marca S.p.A.
- 2nd Class
- Kč 120–150
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Booking & Getting There
Madrid to Prague bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station.
Madrid to Prague train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Avignon Tgv station.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Prague is 2188 km. It takes approximately 20h 31m to drive from Madrid to Prague.
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