There are 11 ways to get from Spain to Sintra by plane, train, bus, car, or train (Renfe, Ouigo)
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Fly from Seville Airport, line 18200 train
best- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane SVQ - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Sintratrain
4h 41m€50–200Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, line 18200 train
cheapest- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane MAD - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Sintratrain
4h 58m€35–217Train, bus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Cacerestrain Alv / ...
- Take the bus from Caceres to Lisbonbus
13h 40m€115–262Bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Lisbon - Orientebus BlaBlaCar Bus
18h 43m€112–241Drive 1,234 km
- Drive from Barcelona to Sintracar 1,234 km
12h 34m€202–292Fly from Málaga Airport, line 18200 train
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane AGP - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Sintratrain
4h 45m€50–235Fly from Valencia Airport, line 18200 train
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane VLC - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Sintratrain
5h 10m€58–229Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport, line 18200 train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane BCN - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Sintratrain
5h 28m€36–208Train
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Badajoztrain Alv
- Take the train from Badajoz to Entroncamentotrain Re
- Take the train from Entroncamento to Lisboa Orientetrain Re / ...
15h 26m€131–289Bus via Mérida
- Take the bus from L'Hospitalet De Llobregat - Carr. de Collblanc to Méridabus
- Take the bus from Mérida to Cascais - Br São Joãobus Madrid
22h 16m€131–148Bus #2
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Estação Rodoviária de Sete Riosbus
42h€115–176
Spain to Sintra by train, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Spain to Sintra is to fly and line 18200 train which costs €45 - €200 and takes 4h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Spain to Sintra is to fly and line 18200 train which takes 4h 41m and costs €45 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Spain station to Sintra. However, there are services departing from Barcelona - North Bus Station and arriving at Marquês Pombal via Estação Oriente. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 43m.
No, there is no direct train from Spain to Sintra. However, there are services departing from Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya and arriving at Sintra via Barcelona-Sants, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Badajoz, Entroncamento and Lisboa Oriente. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 26m.
The distance between Spain and Sintra is 366 km. The road distance is 1234 km.
The best way to get from Spain to Sintra without a car is to train and bus which takes 13h 40m and costs €110 - €270.
It takes approximately 4h 41m to get from Spain to Sintra, including transfers.
Spain to Sintra bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Barcelona - North Bus Station.
Spain to Sintra train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Barcelona-Sants station.
The best way to get from Spain to Sintra is to bus which takes 18h 43m and costs €110 - €250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €130 - €290 and takes 15h 26m.
What companies run services between Spain and Sintra, Portugal?
BlaBlaCar Bus operates a bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Lisbon - Oriente 3 times a day. Tickets cost €95–170 and the journey takes 16h 44m. FlixBus also services this route once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya to Sintra via Barcelona-Sants, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Badajoz, Entroncamento, and Lisboa Oriente in around 15h 26m.
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Málaga Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Valencia Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–260
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–120
Flights from Valencia Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–180
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Málaga Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–200
Flights from Valencia Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Valencia Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–190
Flights from Valencia Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Sintra
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Sintra
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Sintra
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Sintra
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Sintra
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Badajoz to Entroncamento
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Entroncamento to Lisboa Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- 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
- +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
- +34 91 232 03 20
- 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 Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Caceres
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- 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 Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Badajoz
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Caceres to Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from L'Hospitalet De Llobregat - Carr. de Collblanc to Mérida
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- gipsyy.com
Bus from Mérida to Cascais - Br São João
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €34
- Schedules at
- gipsyy.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
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Booking & Getting There
Spain to Sintra bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Lisbon - Oriente station.
Spain to Sintra train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
Yes, the driving distance between Spain to Sintra is 1234 km. It takes approximately 12h 34m to drive from Spain to Sintra.
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