There are 9 ways to get from Tarragona to Mérida by train (Renfe, Ouigo), bus, car, train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Meridatrain Alv / ...
8h 42m€97–222Train, fly to Lisbon-Portela Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane BCN - LIS
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Méridabus
10h 23m€62–239Bus
- Take the bus from Tarragona to Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragozabus ALSA - Sczm / ...
- Take the bus from Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza to Méridabus
13h 20m€86–149Drive 840.4 km
- Drive from Tarragona to Méridacar 840.4 km
8h 52m€132–190Train, fly to Seville Airport
- Take the train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Seville Airport (SVQ)plane BCN - SVQ
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Meridatrain
9h 18m€83–217Bus via Madrid
- Take the bus from Tarragona to Cuencabus 051
- Take the bus from Cuenca to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Méridabus
16h 40m€112–177Train, fly to Badajoz Airport
- Take the train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Badajoz Airport (BJZ)plane BCN - BJZ
- Take the train from Badajoz to Meridatrain
7h 46m€132–386Train, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Take the train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane BCN - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Meridatrain
10h€113–244Train, fly to Jerez Airport
- Take the train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Jerez Airport (XRY)plane BCN - XRY
- Take the train from La Parra to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Meridatrain
10h 26m€109–260
Tarragona to Mérida by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tarragona to Mérida is to bus which costs €85 - €150 and takes 13h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Tarragona to Mérida is to train and fly which takes 7h 46m and costs €130 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Tarragona to Mérida. However, there are services departing from Tarragona and arriving at Mérida via Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Tarragona to Mérida. However, there are services departing from Camp De Tarragona and arriving at Merida via Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 42m.
The distance between Tarragona and Mérida is 932 km. The road distance is 840.4 km.
The best way to get from Tarragona to Mérida without a car is to train which takes 8h 42m and costs €95 - €230.
It takes approximately 8h 42m to get from Tarragona to Mérida, including transfers.
Tarragona to Mérida bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Tarragona station.
Tarragona to Mérida train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Camp De Tarragona station.
The best way to get from Tarragona to Mérida is to train which takes 8h 42m and costs €95 - €230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €150 and takes 13h 20m.
What companies run services between Tarragona, Spain and Mérida, Spain?
You can take a bus from Tarragona - Zona Educacional to Merida via Estació del Camp de Tarragona, Camp De Tarragona, and Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes in around 8h 42m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Tarragona to Mérida via Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza in around 13h 20m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €29–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €29–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Badajoz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Jerez Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Jerez Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Jerez Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–140
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €29–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €29–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Jerez Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Jerez Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Jerez Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–140
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–140
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Badajoz to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from La Parra to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Tarragona to Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Mérida
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza to Mérida
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
- Phone
- +34 984 689 912
- [email protected]
- Website
- samar.es
Bus from Tarragona to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Schedules at
- samar.es
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- [email protected]
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Cuenca to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Mérida
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Schedules at
- avanzabus.com
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Mérida
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- [email protected]
- Website
- gipsyy.com
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Mérida
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Schedules at
- gipsyy.com
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More Questions & Answers
Tarragona to Mérida bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza station.
Tarragona to Mérida train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
Yes, the driving distance between Tarragona to Mérida is 840 km. It takes approximately 8h 52m to drive from Tarragona to Mérida.
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