There are 9 ways to get from Málaga to Matera by plane, bus, train (Renfe, Ouigo, Trenitalia), 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 Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, bus
best- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI)plane AGP - BRI
- Take the bus from Bari Airport to Matera piazza Matteottibus
7h 21m€64–207Train
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- 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 Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Ferrandina-Pom.Migl.train Fr
28h 1m€359–727Train, bus
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the bus from Barcelona to Florencebus
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Ferrandina-Pom.Migl.train Fr
30h 58m€281–599Drive 2,661.8 km
- Drive from Málaga to Materacar 2,661.8 km
27h 20m€433–626Fly to Brindisi Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)plane AGP - BDS
- Take the train from Brindisi to Bari Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Bari FS Park - Via Capruzzi to Matera Via Don Luigi Sturzobus
10h 49m€82–254Fly to Salerno Costa D'Amalfi Airport, bus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Salerno Costa D'Amalfi Airport (QSR)plane AGP - QSR
- Take the bus from Salerno Airport to Potenza, Terminal Busbus
- Take the bus from Potenza, Terminal Bus to Matera - Via Ugo La Malfabus
11h 26m€65–269Fly to Naples Airport, train
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane AGP - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Ferrandina-Pom.Migl.train
10h 56m€93–284Bus via Barcelona
- Take the bus from Malaga Eeaa to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona to Florencebus
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Matera Via Don Luigi Sturzobus
42h 20m€216–341Bus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Madrid Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padua Bus Station to Policoro Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Policoro to Materabus 354
2d 1h€228–363
Málaga to Matera by train, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Málaga to Matera is to fly and bus which costs €60 - €210 and takes 7h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Málaga to Matera is to fly and bus which takes 7h 21m and costs €60 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Málaga to Matera. However, there are services departing from Malaga Eeaa and arriving at Matera Via Don Luigi Sturzo via Barcelona and Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Málaga to Matera. However, there are services departing from Malaga Maria Zambrano and arriving at Ferrandina-Pom.Migl. via Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 1m.
The distance between Málaga and Matera is 1974 km. The road distance is 2661.8 km.
The best way to get from Málaga to Matera without a car is to train which takes 28h 1m and costs €350 - €750.
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from Málaga to Matera, including transfers.
Málaga to Matera bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Malaga Eeaa station.
Málaga to Matera train services, operated by iryo, depart from Malaga Maria Zambrano station.
The best way to get from Málaga to Matera is to train which takes 28h 1m and costs €350 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus via Barcelona, which costs €210 - €350 and takes 42h 20m.
What companies run services between Málaga, Spain and Matera, Italy?
You can take a train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Matera - Via Dante Alighieri via Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Milano Centrale, Ferrandina-Pom.Migl., and Ferrandina in around 28h 1m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Malaga Eeaa to Matera Via Don Luigi Sturzo via Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord, Barcelona, and Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station in around 42h 20m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brindisi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brindisi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Wednesday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–240
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brindisi Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brindisi Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Málaga Airport to Salerno Costa D'Amalfi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Málaga Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Málaga Airport to Naples Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Málaga Airport to Naples Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Salerno Costa D'Amalfi Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Málaga Airport to Naples Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Salerno Costa D'Amalfi Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Málaga Airport to Salerno Costa D'Amalfi Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brindisi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Salerno Costa D'Amalfi Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Salerno Costa D'Amalfi Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Iryo
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €160–290
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Ouigo
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- 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
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Brindisi to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Napoli Centrale to Ferrandina-Pom.Migl.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Ferrandina-Pom.Migl.
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Ferrandina-Pom.Migl.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Brindisi to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Brindisi to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Napoli Centrale to Ferrandina-Pom.Migl.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- [email protected]
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Bari Airport to Matera piazza Matteotti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Book at
- marozzivt.it
Bus from Policoro to Matera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Barcelona to Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Barcelona to Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Bari FS Park - Via Capruzzi to Matera Via Don Luigi Sturzo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Matera Via Don Luigi Sturzo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +39 0971 54673
- [email protected]
- Website
- autolineeliscio.it
Bus from Salerno Airport to Potenza, Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- autolineeliscio.it
- Phone
- +39 0835 721443
- [email protected]
- Website
- grassani.it
Bus from Potenza, Terminal Bus to Matera - Via Ugo La Malfa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–9
- Schedules at
- grassani.it
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Malaga Eeaa to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–60
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
- 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
- €120–160
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +390981 500331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Inter Saj
Bus from Padua Bus Station to Policoro Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Schedules at
- Inter Saj
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Booking & Getting There
Málaga to Matera bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord station.
Málaga to Matera train services, operated by iryo, arrive at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
Yes, the driving distance between Málaga to Matera is 2662 km. It takes approximately 27h 20m to drive from Málaga to Matera.
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