There are 9 ways to get from Tarifa to Tarragona by bus, train, car, plane, train (Renfe, Ouigo), train (Renfe), or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, train
best- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal Fuengirolabus
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragonatrain Ave
9h 49m€111–321Bus, bus to Málaga Airport, fly, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Tarifa to Marbellabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane AGP - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain
7h 2m€58–174Bus
- Take the bus from Algeciras to Tarragonabus Alsa
18h 11m€88–187Drive 979.8 km
- Drive from Tarifa to Tarragonacar 979.8 km
10h 41m€155–224Train via Madrid
- Take the train from Algeciras to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Alv
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragonatrain Ave
11h 28m€130–270Train (Renfe)
- Take the train from Algeciras to Antequera-Santa Anatrain Alv / ...
- Take the train from Antequera-Santa Ana to Camp De Tarragonatrain Ave
12h 37m€167–305Car ferry to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, fly, train
- Take the car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Villecarferry
- Fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane TNG - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain
6h 58m€60–493Bus, train to Jerez Airport, fly, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádizbus
- Take the train from Cadiz to La Parratrain
- Fly from Jerez Airport (XRY) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane XRY - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain
7h 24m€81–223Bus, train to Seville Airport, fly, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádizbus
- Take the train from Cadiz to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane SVQ - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragonatrain
8h 51m€79–216
Tarifa to Tarragona by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tarifa to Tarragona is to bus which costs €85 - €190 and takes 18h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Tarifa to Tarragona is to car ferry and fly and train which takes 6h 58m and costs €60 - €500.
No, there is no direct bus from Tarifa to Tarragona. However, there are services departing from Tarifa and arriving at Tarragona via Algeciras. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 11m.
No, there is no direct train from Tarifa to Tarragona. However, there are services departing from Algeciras and arriving at Camp De Tarragona via Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 28m.
The distance between Tarifa and Tarragona is 1213 km. The road distance is 979.8 km.
The best way to get from Tarifa to Tarragona without a car is to bus and train which takes 9h 49m and costs €110 - €330.
It takes approximately 9h 49m to get from Tarifa to Tarragona, including transfers.
Tarifa to Tarragona bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Algeciras station.
Tarifa to Tarragona train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Algeciras station.
The best way to get from Tarifa to Tarragona is to bus which takes 18h 11m and costs €85 - €190. Alternatively, you can train via Madrid, which costs €130 - €270 and takes 11h 28m.
What companies run services between Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain and Tarragona, Spain?
ALSA operates a bus from Algeciras to Tarragona twice daily. Tickets cost €85–180 and the journey takes 16h 15m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Tarifa to Tarragona - Camí de l'Àngel, 23 via Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo, Algeciras, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Camp De Tarragona, and Estació del Camp de Tarragona in around 11h 28m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–120
Flights from Málaga Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €27–120
Flights from Málaga Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–120
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–220
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €24–220
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Jerez Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Jerez Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Jerez Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–600
Flights from Jerez Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Seville Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Seville Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Tuesday to Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Seville Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–120
Flights from Málaga Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €27–120
Flights from Málaga Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–120
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–220
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €24–220
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Jerez Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Jerez Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Jerez Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–600
Flights from Jerez Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Seville Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Seville Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Seville Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–130
Flights from Málaga Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–230
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–230
Flights from Seville Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Antequera-Santa Ana to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–260
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Algeciras to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Algeciras to Antequera-Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Cadiz to La Parra
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Cadiz to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- [email protected]
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal Fuengirola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Algeciras to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 956 807 059
- [email protected]
- Website
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–221
- Schedules at
- balearia.com
- Sirena Seat No Car
- €40
- Neptuno Seat No Car
- €50
- Sirena Seat Car
- €211
- Neptuno Seat Car
- €221
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More Questions & Answers
Tarifa to Tarragona bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Tarragona station.
Tarifa to Tarragona train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
Yes, the driving distance between Tarifa to Tarragona is 980 km. It takes approximately 10h 41m to drive from Tarifa to Tarragona.
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