There are 10 ways to get from Tarragona to Tarifa by train (Renfe, Ouigo), bus, car ferry, car, train (Renfe), train, or plane
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Train via Madrid
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 Algecirastrain Alv
11h 47m€129–267Train to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly to Málaga Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane BCN - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
- Take the bus from Marbella Estación de Autobuses to Tarifabus
7h 54m€58–171Bus
- Take the bus from Tarragona to Algecirasbus Alsa
17h 27m€87–179Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Tarragona to Barcelona - Gran Via de les Corts, 618bus e2 / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Tangier Villecarferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifacarferry
41h 39m€155–443Drive 979.6 km
- Drive from Tarragona to Tarifacar 979.6 km
10h 46m€155–224Train (Renfe)
- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Antequera-Santa Anatrain Ave
- Take the train from Antequera-Santa Ana to Algecirastrain Alv / ...
12h 58m€166–303Train to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, car ferry
- Take the train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG)plane BCN - TNG
- Take the car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifacarferry
7h 50m€61–502Train to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly to Jerez Airport, bus
- Take the train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Jerez Airport (XRY)plane BCN - XRY
- Take the bus from San Fernando to Tarifabus
8h 24m€77–220Train to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly to Seville Airport, train, bus
- 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 Bahia Surtrain
- Take the bus from San Fernando to Tarifabus
9h 35m€82–212Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, car ferry
- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG)plane VLC - TNG
- Take the car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifacarferry
9h 44m€80–534
Tarragona to Tarifa by bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tarragona to Tarifa is to train and fly and bus which costs €55 - €180 and takes 7h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Tarragona to Tarifa is to train and fly and car ferry which takes 7h 50m and costs €60 - €500.
No, there is no direct bus from Tarragona to Tarifa. However, there are services departing from Tarragona and arriving at Tarifa via Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 27m.
No, there is no direct train from Tarragona to Tarifa. However, there are services departing from Camp De Tarragona and arriving at Algeciras via Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 47m.
The distance between Tarragona and Tarifa is 1193 km. The road distance is 979.6 km.
The best way to get from Tarragona to Tarifa without a car is to train via Madrid which takes 11h 47m and costs €120 - €270.
It takes approximately 11h 47m to get from Tarragona to Tarifa, including transfers.
Tarragona to Tarifa bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Tarragona station.
Tarragona to Tarifa train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Camp De Tarragona station.
The best way to get from Tarragona to Tarifa is to train via Madrid which takes 11h 47m and costs €120 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €180 and takes 17h 27m.
What companies run services between Tarragona, Spain and Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain?
You can take a bus from Tarragona - Zona Educacional to Tarifa via Estació del Camp de Tarragona, Camp De Tarragona, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Algeciras, and Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo in around 11h 47m. Alternatively, ALSA operates a bus from Tarragona to Algeciras twice daily. Tickets cost €85–180 and the journey takes 15h 45m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Málaga Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Saturday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €27–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Málaga Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €27–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–220
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Jerez Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Jerez Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–600
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Jerez Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Málaga Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Saturday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €27–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Málaga Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €27–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–220
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Jerez Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Jerez Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–600
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Jerez Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Málaga Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €29–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–230
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–130
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 Valencia Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–200
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Antequera-Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- 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 Camp De Tarragona to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Algeciras
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Antequera-Santa Ana to Algeciras
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Bahia Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Tarragona to Algeciras
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 977 55 36 80
- Website
- empresaplana.cat
Bus from Tarragona to Barcelona - Gran Via de les Corts, 618
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–24
- Schedules at
- empresaplana.cat
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- [email protected]
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Marbella Estación de Autobuses to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from San Fernando to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from San Fernando to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Tangier Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifa
- 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
Car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifa
- 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
Car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifa
- 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
Tarragona to Tarifa bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Algeciras station.
Tarragona to Tarifa train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
Yes, the driving distance between Tarragona to Tarifa is 980 km. It takes approximately 10h 46m to drive from Tarragona to Tarifa.
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