Distance | 652 miles (1052 km) |
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Available travel modes | Train, bus or flight |
Ticket price range | $45 - $332 |
Cheapest mode | Bus • $45 (€39) • 15 h |
Fastest mode | Flight • $52 (€45) • 2 h |
Popular travel companies | Alsa, Iberia or SNCF | TGV INOUI |
Travel 652 miles (1052 km) by train, bus or flight from Paris to Madrid. The most popular travel companies which serve this route are Alsa, Iberia or SNCF | TGV INOUI among others. Travelers can even take a direct bus, flight or train from Paris to Madrid.
How to get from Paris to Madrid by train, bus or flight.
The best way to travel from Paris to Madrid is by taking a bus because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
Find all the dates and times for this journey by train, bus, flight, and ferry .
People traveling from Paris to Madrid includes a variety of comfortable, luxury bus, rail and airplane options. Drive share is an additional travel option that may suit your needs. You can also choose to hire a rental car. Your rental car can be booked online and will be waiting for you at the airport upon arrival in the city of Madrid.
Return trips from Madrid to Paris are also available.
Eurolines buses depart at 6:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. from Paris, Gallieni Porte Bagnolet. There are also mid-morning and late afternoon buses from Paris to Madrid. Alsa or Ouibus departs from Paris' Bercy station at 5:00 p.m and stops at Barcelona Nord from where it is a short walk to the Barcelona Autobus station. From there, take the Barcelona-Zaragoza-Madrid coach towards Madrid at 8:00 a.m. This bus will arrive at the Aeropuerto Madrid-Barajas at 3:35 p.m.
SNCF TGV trains from Paris to Madrid changes at Barcelona. There are two trains per day. Train journeys between Paris and Madrid take about 10 hours. From Barcelona, take the AVE train to Madrid.
Iberia, RyanAir, Air France, Aer Lingus, British Airways, Air Berlin and Alitalia provide flights from Paris to Madrid. The flight lasts about 4:40 hours. There are direct flights or flights that includes stops. Flights depart from Paris Orly, Charles de Gaulle and Beauvais airports and arrive at Madrid Airport. Flights are available from 6:30 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.
You can travel by travel to Madrid from Paris with Alsa, Ryanair and Brussels Airlines. When you search Omio for times and tickets, we’ll show you the best deals available.
Renfe is Spain’s national travel company operating freight and passenger travel on Spain’s extensive railway network as well as international routes to neighboring France and Portugal. Renfe has a wide range of ticket types to fit your budget like the Basic, Elige and Premium tickets. Renfe also offers discount cards like the Renfe Gold Card and +Renfe Youth Card 50 for qualified travelers. You can use these savings offers and discount cards on Omio when booking your Paris to Madrid trip. Renfe has a vast fleet of travel with different levels of comfort, amenities and speed. The Renfe AVE travel run at high speed and serve long-distance routes, Alvia travel combine high-speed and normal speed travel serving domestic routes, Altaria serves domestic routes into southern Spain, Euromed offers domestic routes along the Mediterranean coast, Avant travel serve regional commuter routes and Trenhotel offers night travel routes.
Alsa is the main provider of travel travel in Spain. As a subsidiary of the UK travel company National Express, Alsa offers a plethora of regional, national and international routes and transports more than 300 million passengers per year. Alsa has an impressive fleet of travel with different levels of comfort and amenities on offer. Aside from the Alsa Normal travel with free WiFi, bathrooms, footrests and entertainment on board, the Alsa Supra, Alsa Eurobus and Alsa Premium travel provide more luxurious services when traveling by road, depending on the specific route. Apart from the Standard ticket, Alsa offers other travel tickets like Minimum, Reduced and Flexible fares on select routes.
Air France is France's leading airline offering flights within and outside Europe; you can choose different ticket types for your travel between Paris and Madrid including: Economy Light, Economy Standard, Economy Flex, Premium Economy and Business.
You can get to Madrid from Paris 3 different ways: train, bus or flight.
The cheapest way to get from Paris to Madrid is by taking a bus with average ticket prices of $45 (€39) compared to other travel options to Madrid:
Taking a bus costs $8 (€7) less than taking a flight, which costs on average $52 (€45) for the same trip.
A bus is $287 (€248) less than a train with an average ticket price of $332 (€287) from Paris to Madrid.
The fastest way to get to Madrid from Paris is by flight with an average travel time of 2 h.
Other travel options to Madrid take longer:
Taking a bus requires on average 15 h of travel time.
Train takes 14 h 31 min on average.
Madrid is approximately 652 miles (1052 km) away from Paris.
The average frequency per day from Paris to Madrid is:
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your journey to Madrid from Paris as scheduled services by train, bus or flight can vary by season or day of the week.
These are the most popular departure and arrival points from Paris to Madrid:
The following travel companies offer services from Paris to Madrid:
Yes, there are direct routes from Paris to Madrid with the following travel companies:
Direct services to Madrid tend to save you time and add more convenience as you won't need to transfer at another stop in between, so it's worth paying attention to before booking tickets for your journey.
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