Trains from Madrid to Barcelona

About the Madrid to Barcelona train

Choose when you are going and how many of you there are, then search; the fares you see belong to that day. The reverse journey, Barcelona to Madrid, is covered here too, so look up the return with another search and compare the dates before you book either leg. Madrid has more than a single long-distance station, so confirm the departure point on your ticket. Barcelona Sants is the arrival, on the western side of the centre, with the metro beneath it. The Eixample grid, with its chamfered corners and Gaudí's apartment blocks, lies between Sants and the old town; the Gothic Quarter and the Ramblas come after that, and the sea is beyond them, with Barceloneta beach along the shore. Montjuïc, with its museums and gardens, rises above the port to the south of the station. This page's hotel sample is drawn from the Barcelona catalogue, and the search shows everything by rating and district. Choose the Eixample or the old town for sightseeing, or the waterfront if the sea is the point of the trip.