There are 7 ways to get from Ruse to Madrid by shuttle, plane, bus, 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.
Shuttle to Varna Airport, fly
best- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Varna Airport
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane VAR - MAD
11h 30m€181–501Bus to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane BBU - MAD
10h 53m€131–284Bus, train
- Take the bus from Ruse to Arad, Autogara Transdarabus
- Take the bus from Arad to Girona, Estació d'Autobusosbus
- Take the train from Girona to Barcelona-Santstrain Avn / ...
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
39h 31m€194–353Train, bus
- Take the train from Ruse to Sofiatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Triestebus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
41h 30m€329–546Drive 3,038.4 km
- Drive from Ruse to Madridcar 3,038.4 km
33h 59m€497–718Bus
- Take the bus from Ruse to Sibiubus
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Méndez Álvaro Estación Surbus
2d 5h€176–225Bus via Barcelona
- Take the bus from Ruse East to București, Autogara Militaribus 984
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Madrid, Avenida de Américabus
2d 11h€317–485
Ruse to Madrid by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ruse to Madrid is to bus and fly which costs €130 - €290 and takes 10h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Ruse to Madrid is to bus and fly which takes 10h 53m and costs €130 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Ruse to Madrid. However, there are services departing from Ruse and arriving at Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur via Sibiu. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 5h.
The distance between Ruse and Madrid is 2817 km. The road distance is 3038.4 km.
The best way to get from Ruse to Madrid without a car is to bus and train which takes 39h 31m and costs €190 - €360.
It takes approximately 11h 30m to get from Ruse to Madrid, including transfers.
Ruse to Madrid bus services, operated by Omega Group, depart from Ruse station.
Ruse to Madrid bus services, operated by Omega Group, arrive at Sibiu station.
Madrid is 1h behind Ruse. It is currently 3:53 AM in Ruse and 2:53 AM in Madrid.
Yes, the driving distance between Ruse to Madrid is 3038 km. It takes approximately 33h 59m to drive from Ruse to Madrid.
What companies run services between Ruse, Bulgaria and Madrid, Spain?
You can take a bus from Ruse to Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur via Sibiu in around 2d 5h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Memmingen, Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–450
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Girona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Girona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Girona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Ruse to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €5–8
- 1st Class
- €6–8
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Trieste Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- [email protected]
- Website
- Atlas Taxi
Shuttle from Ruse to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- Atlas Taxi
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Arad, Autogara Transdara
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +40 730 250 062
- [email protected]
- Website
- mateiunitrans.ro
Bus from Arad to Girona, Estació d'Autobusos
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Schedules at
- mateiunitrans.ro
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €88
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–190
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Ruse East to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €260–390
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Madrid, Avenida de América
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- ALSA
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