There are 8 ways to get from Madrid to Craiova by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
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 Craiova Airport
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane MAD - CRA
6h 1m$107–281Train, bus
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Gironatrain Ave
- Take the train from Girona to Figuerastrain Re
- Take the bus from Figueres to Devabus
- Take the train from Deva to Craiovatrain
40h 12m$242–392Train, night train
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Stuttgart Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Budapest-Keletinighttrain En
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiovatrain Ic
42h 47m$550–931Drive 2,828.6 km
- Drive from Madrid to Craiovacar 2,828.6 km
30h 51m$517–747Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane MAD - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiovabus
9h 47mFly to Sibiu, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane MAD - SBZ
- Take the train from Sibiu to Craiovatrain
13h 4m$124–338Bus, train
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nordbus
- Take the train from Timisoara Nord to Craiovatrain Ic
2d 2h$190–227Bus, train via Montpellier
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Devabus
- Take the train from Deva to Craiovatrain
2d 7h$330–547
Madrid to Craiova by train and night train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Craiova is to fly which costs $100 - $290 and takes 6h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Craiova is to fly which takes 6h 1m and costs $100 - $290.
No, there is no direct train from Madrid to Craiova. However, there are services departing from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes and arriving at Craiova via Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare De Lyon, Stuttgart Hbf and Budapest-Keleti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 47m.
The distance between Madrid and Craiova is 2303 km. The road distance is 2828.6 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Craiova without a car is to train and bus which takes 40h 12m and costs $240 - $400.
It takes approximately 6h 1m to get from Madrid to Craiova, including transfers.
Madrid to Craiova train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
Craiova is 1h ahead of Madrid. It is currently 3:39 AM in Madrid and 4:39 AM in Craiova.
Madrid to Craiova train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Barcelona-Sants station.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Craiova is 2829 km. It takes approximately 30h 51m to drive from Madrid to Craiova.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Craiova, Romania?
Ulendo Airlink flies from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Craiova Airport (CRA) twice a week.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Craiova Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–240
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–210
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–270
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Sibiu via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–250
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–280
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–250
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–460
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Girona to Figueras
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $90–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 41 00 41
- Website
- rodalies.gencat.cat
Train from Girona to Figueras
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–16
- Website
- https://rodalies.gencat.cat/en/inici/index.html
- Website
- https://rodalies.gencat.cat/ca/inici/index.html
- Phone
- +34 912 32 03 20
- [email protected]
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Girona to Figueras
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–12
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en/suburban
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Deva to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–25
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Sibiu to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–24
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Deva to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–25
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–150
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $260–410
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $33–39
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Timisoara Nord to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–20
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +40 730 250 062
- [email protected]
- Website
- mateiunitrans.ro
Bus from Figueres to Deva
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Schedules at
- mateiunitrans.ro
- Phone
- +40 768 922 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- bbilantravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- bbilantravel.ro
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $170–210
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $95–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Montpellier to Deva
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $210–350
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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