There are 10 ways to get from Minneapolis to The Villages by plane, shuttle, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus, Amtrak), train, taxi, car, or bus
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 Orlando, shuttle
best- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Orlando (MCO)plane MSP - MCO
- Take a shuttle bus from MCO Airport - Terminal B to Spanish Springs
7h 20m$222–607Fly to Daytona Beach International Airport, drive
cheapest- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB)plane MSP - DAB
- Drive from Daytona-Beach-Airport-DAB to The Villagescar
7h 43m$143–669Bus
- Take the bus from Minneapolis Bus Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Washington Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Jacksonvillebus
- Take the bus from Jacksonville to The Villages-Lady Lake Amtrak Bus Stopbus
46h 11mTrain, taxi
- Take the train from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Delandtrain
- Take the taxi from Deland to The Villagestaxi
2d$1,222–1,882Drive 1,466.2 mi
- Drive from Minneapolis to The Villagescar 1,466.2 mi
25h 3m$251–362Fly to Tampa, shuttle
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Tampa (TPA)plane MSP - TPA
- Take a shuttle bus from Tampa International Airport - Red Terminal to Lake Sumter Depot
7h 44m$242–672Fly to Gainesville Regional Airport, bus
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV)plane MSP - GNV
- Take the bus from University of Florida - 1956 Gale Lemerand Dr to Ocala, FLbus
9h 39m$190–690Fly to Jacksonville, bus
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Jacksonville (JAX)plane MSP - JAX
- Take the bus from Jacksonville to The Villages-Lady Lake Amtrak Bus Stopbus
11h 5mFly to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport, bus
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport (SRQ)plane MSP - SRQ
- Take the bus from Bradenton/Sarasota - Mobil Gas Station to Ocala, FLbus
9h 30m$219–776Bus, train
- Take the bus from Minneapolis to Madisonbus
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton Stbus
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Jacksonvilletrain
- Take the bus from Jacksonville to The Villages-Lady Lake Amtrak Bus Stopbus
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Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Orlando (MCO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Minneapolis to The Villages is to drive which costs $250 - $370 and takes 25h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Minneapolis to The Villages is to fly and shuttle which takes 7h 20m and costs $220 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Minneapolis station to The Villages. However, there are services departing from Minneapolis Bus Station and arriving at The Villages-Lady Lake Amtrak Bus Stop via Chicago Bus Station, Washington Union Station, JRTC Bay H and Jacksonville. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 11m.
The distance between Minneapolis and The Villages is 1400 miles. The road distance is 1474.8 miles.
The best way to get from Minneapolis to The Villages without a car is to bus which takes 46h 11m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 20m to get from Minneapolis to The Villages, including transfers.
Minneapolis to The Villages bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Minneapolis Bus Station.
Minneapolis to The Villages bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Chicago Bus Station.
The Villages is 1h ahead of Minneapolis. It is currently 9:32 AM in Minneapolis and 10:32 AM in The Villages.
Yes, the driving distance between Minneapolis to The Villages is 1475 miles. It takes approximately 25h 3m to drive from Minneapolis to The Villages.
What companies run services between Minneapolis, MN, USA and The Villages, FL, USA?
You can take a bus from Minneapolis Bus Station to The Villages-Lady Lake Amtrak Bus Stop via Chicago Bus Station, Washington Union Station, Jacksonville, JRTC Bay H, Amtrak Station, and Jacksonville in around 46h 11m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Orlando via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Daytona Beach International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Tampa via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Gainesville Regional Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Gainesville Regional Airport via St. Louis, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Gainesville Regional Airport via Nashville, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Jacksonville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Jacksonville via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Orlando via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Orlando via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Tampa via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Tampa via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Jacksonville via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Jacksonville via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Jacksonville via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Jacksonville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Daytona Beach International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Gainesville Regional Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Gainesville Regional Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Gainesville Regional Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Tampa via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Jacksonville via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $220–350
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Deland
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $900–1,400
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Jacksonville
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $850–1,400
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 352 539 9664
- Website
- Groome Transportation
Shuttle from MCO Airport - Terminal B to Spanish Springs
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–55
- Website
- Groome Transportation
- online discount
- $40–50
- call in
- $45–55
Shuttle from Tampa International Airport - Red Terminal to Lake Sumter Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- Groome Transportation
- online discount
- $50–65
- call in
- $55–70
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Minneapolis Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–200
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Minneapolis Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Washington Union Station to Jacksonville
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Jacksonville to The Villages-Lady Lake Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Jacksonville to The Villages-Lady Lake Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Jacksonville to The Villages-Lady Lake Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 877 733 0724
- Website
- RedCoach
Bus from University of Florida - 1956 Gale Lemerand Dr to Ocala, FL
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- RedCoach
Bus from Bradenton/Sarasota - Mobil Gas Station to Ocala, FL
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- RedCoach
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Minneapolis to Madison
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–100
- Book at
- Jefferson Lines
- Adult
- $70–100
- Phone
- +1 414-266-4409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Badger Bus
Bus from Minneapolis to Madison
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $60–80
- Website
- Badger Bus
- Phone
- +1 (866) 912 - 6224
- [email protected]
- Website
- Rockland Coaches
Bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–60
- Schedules at
- Rockland Coaches
- Adult
- $26–60
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