There are 12 ways to get from Southampton to Spain by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), train, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
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Fly Southampton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
best- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane SOU - BCN
4h 46m€79–261Train to Bournemouth Airport, fly to Málaga Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bournemouthtrain
- Fly from Bournemouth Airport (BOH) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane BOH - AGP
7h 10m€54–167Train
- Take the train from Southampton Central to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
14h 25m€374–690Train, bus
- Take the train from Southampton Central to London Waterlootrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
20h 15m€296–526Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Southampton to Poolecar
- Take the car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Barcelonacar
18h 52m€214–664Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LHR - BCN
6h 35m€73–225Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane LGW - PMI
6h 13m€85–247Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane LGW - BCN
6h 40m€81–238Train to Bournemouth Airport, fly to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bournemouthtrain
- Fly from Bournemouth Airport (BOH) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane BOH - PMI
6h 43m€68–180Bus, train
- Take the bus from Coach Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus 032
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
21h 38m€230–548Bus
- Take the bus from Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 032
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus
27h 30m€110–300Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Southampton to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Barcelonacar
16h 9m€365–482
Southampton to Spain by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Southampton to Spain is to train and fly which costs €50 - €170 and takes 7h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Southampton to Spain is to fly which takes 4h 46m and costs €75 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Southampton station to Spain station. However, there are services departing from Coach Station and arriving at Barcelona - North Bus Station via London Victoria, Dover and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Southampton to Spain. However, there are services departing from Southampton Central and arriving at Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya via Waterloo station, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Perpignan and Barcelona Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 25m.
The distance between Southampton and Spain is 1127 km.
The best way to get from Southampton to Spain without a car is to train which takes 14h 25m and costs €370 - €700.
It takes approximately 4h 46m to get from Southampton to Spain, including transfers.
Southampton to Spain bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Coach Station.
Southampton to Spain train services, operated by South Western Railway, depart from Southampton Central station.
The best way to get from Southampton to Spain is to fly which takes 4h 46m and costs €75 - €270. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €370 - €700 and takes 14h 25m, you could also bus, which costs €110 - €300 and takes 27h 30m.
What companies run services between Southampton, England and Spain?
easyJet, KLM, and Transavia Holland fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Southampton Central to Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya via London Waterloo Station, Waterloo station, Euston station, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Perpignan, and Barcelona Sants in around 14h 25m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Málaga Airport via Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–240
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–80
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–380
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €230–380
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €220–360
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Coach Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–380
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €55–95
- Car Single Ticket
- €140–380
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Southampton to Spain bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Southampton to Spain train services, operated by South Western Railway, arrive at London Waterloo station.
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