There are 10 ways to get from Madrid to Frankreich by plane, train, train (Renfe, TGV), bus, car, or train (Renfe, Ouigo, TGV)
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 Strasbourg International Airport, train
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB)plane MAD - SXB
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lauterbourgtrain
6h 35m€105–307Fly to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
cheapest- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)plane MAD - FKB
9h 39m€98–295Train
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lauterbourgtrain Ter
15h 43m€294–443Bus, train
- Take the bus from Madrid to Lyonbus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Kehl train stationbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lauterbourgtrain Ter
27h 30m€178–266Drive 1,652.1 km
- Drive from Madrid to Frankreichcar 1,652.1 km
16h 28m€310–448Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MAD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 31m€117–296Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Basel (BSL)plane MAD - BSL
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lauterbourgtrain
8h 47m€112–316Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
9h 50m€139–420Train via Barcelona
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lauterbourgtrain Ter
16h 4m€242–454Bus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Lauterbourgbus Autocar
27h 34m€175–278
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Frankreich is to fly and train which costs €110 - €300 and takes 8h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Frankreich is to fly and train which takes 6h 35m and costs €100 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Frankreich. However, there are services departing from Estación Sur de Autobuses and arriving at Lauterbourg via Etoile Bourse and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 34m.
No, there is no direct train from Madrid to Frankreich. However, there are services departing from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes and arriving at Lauterbourg via Avignon Tgv and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 43m.
The distance between Madrid and Frankreich is 1339 km. The road distance is 1652.1 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Frankreich without a car is to train which takes 15h 43m and costs €290 - €450.
It takes approximately 6h 35m to get from Madrid to Frankreich, including transfers.
Madrid to Frankreich bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Estación Sur de Autobuses station.
Madrid to Frankreich train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
The best way to get from Madrid to Frankreich is to train which takes 15h 43m and costs €290 - €450. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €95 - €300 and takes 9h 39m, you could also bus, which costs €170 - €280 and takes 27h 34m.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Frankreich, France?
You can take a train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Frankreich via Avignon Tgv, Strasbourg, and Lauterbourg in around 15h 43m. Alternatively, Ryanair, Iberia, and two other airlines fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) twice daily.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport via Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
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 Strasbourg to Lauterbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Avignon Tgv to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Lauterbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Lauterbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Lauterbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Lauterbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Avignon Tgv to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €65–95
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- 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
- €50–100
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Madrid to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Kehl train station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- 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
- €140–250
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Strasbourg to Lauterbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- SNCF Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Madrid to Frankreich bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station.
Madrid to Frankreich train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Avignon Tgv station.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Frankreich is 1652 km. It takes approximately 16h 28m to drive from Madrid to Frankreich.
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