There are 9 ways to get from Madrid to Bran by plane, bus, train, train (Renfe), car, 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.
Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane MAD - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Branbus
10h 18mFly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
cheapest- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane MAD - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca Airport to Brașovbus
13h 5m$110–350Train, bus
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Gironatrain Avn / ...
- Take the bus from Girona, Estació d'Autobusos to Braşovbus
43h 27m$209–402Train
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Nimestrain
- Take the train from Nimes to Bruxelles-Miditrain Trn
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Meidlingtrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Brasovtrain 347
47h 55m$820–1,254Drive 2,981 km
- Drive from Madrid to Brancar 2,981 km
32h 54m$545–787Fly to Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport, bus
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)plane MAD - GHV
- Take the bus from Brasov Airport to Branbus
7h 56mBus
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Braşovbus
2d 2h$172–219Bus via Montpellier
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Brașovbus 1922
2d 8h$323–493Drive, car train
- Drive from Madrid to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Brancar
43h 11m$666–948
Madrid to Bran by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Bran is to bus which costs $170 - $220 and takes 2 days 2h.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Bran is to fly and bus which takes 13h 5m and costs $110 - $350.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Bran. However, there are services departing from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur and arriving at Bran via Complex Bartolomeu and Braşov. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 2h.
No, there is no direct train from Madrid to Bran. However, there are services departing from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes and arriving at Tohanu Vechi h. via Nimes, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Meidling and Brașov. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 55m.
The distance between Madrid and Bran is 2709 km. The road distance is 2981 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Bran without a car is to train and bus which takes 43h 27m and costs $200 - $410.
It takes approximately 10h 18m to get from Madrid to Bran, including transfers.
Madrid to Bran bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, depart from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur station.
Madrid to Bran train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
The best way to get from Madrid to Bran is to train which takes 47h 55m and costs $800 - $1,300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $170 - $220 and takes 2 days 2h.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Bran, Brașov, Romania?
You can take a train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Bran via Nimes, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Meidling, Brașov, and Tohanu Vechi h. in around 47h 55m. Alternatively, Tabita Tour operates a bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Braşov once a week. Tickets cost $160–220 and the journey takes 2d 1h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–290
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–240
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–260
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–280
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–290
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–320
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–26
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–210
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Nimes to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $200–310
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $260–390
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Meidling to Brasov
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $210–340
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +4 0268 455555
- [email protected]
- Website
- transfer-lowcost.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Bran
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- transfer-lowcost.ro
Bus from Brasov Airport to Bran
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- transfer-lowcost.ro
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Girona, Estació d'Autobusos to Braşov
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–200
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Braşov
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $160–220
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +40743919764
- Website
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca Airport to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35
- Schedules at
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Montpellier to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $240–360
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Madrid to Bran bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, arrive at Braşov station.
Bran is 1h ahead of Madrid. It is currently 4:20 AM in Madrid and 5:20 AM in Bran.
Madrid to Bran train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Nimes station.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Bran is 2981 km. It takes approximately 32h 54m to drive from Madrid to Bran.
There are 3711+ hotels available in Bran.



































