Spain · Scenic
Tren de Sóller: Palma to Sóller
Wooden electric carriages over the Tramuntana
1h · Ferrocarril de Sóller
- Scenic
- Panoramic
- Heritage
Photo: Dimitri Gretschichin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Spain by train
Three separate railways in one country: the luxury hotel trains of the north, the rack railways into the mountains, and the AVE corridors that cross the meseta in hours.
Spanish rail travel is best planned by deciding what the train is for. A northern hotel train is a closed-door itinerary of several nights with excursions ashore. A rack railway to Montserrat or Núria is a short climb bought as an ordinary ticket. An AVE is a reserved seat between two cities.
Each journey below carries the operator's own published route, season and booking record; nothing here is inferred.
12 published journeys · 4 groupings
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Spain · Engineering
AVE: Madrid to Seville
Spain's original high-speed line, Madrid to Andalusia
2h 35m · Renfe
- Engineering
- High-speed
Photo: Pablo Nieto Abad · CC BY-SA 2.0
Spain · Scenic
Cremallera de Núria: Ribes to the Vall de Núria
The only mechanised way into a roadless Pyrenean valley
40m · Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
- Scenic
- Panoramic
- Engineering
Photo: eldelinux from Cataluña, España · CC BY 2.0
3 journeys
Luxury hotel trains
Multi-night closed-door itineraries with cabins, dining and excursions.
Spain · Sleeper
Al Ándalus
A Belle Époque palace on rails across southern and central Spain.
168h · Renfe
- Sleeper
- Luxury
- Epic
Photo: Nelso Silva / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Spain · Scenic
Costa Verde Express
Green Spain by luxury train from the Basque Country to Galicia.
144h · Renfe
- Scenic
- Sleeper
- Luxury
Photo: Xuliu Pombar · CC0
Spain · Sleeper
El Transcantábrico Gran Lujo
Spain’s grandest luxury rail journey along the Cantabrian coast.
192h · Renfe
- Sleeper
- Luxury
- Epic
Photo: Ander Ibarra / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
4 journeys
Mountain and rack railways
Short climbs on historic metre-gauge and rack lines.
Spain · Scenic
Tren de Sóller: Palma to Sóller
Wooden electric carriages over the Tramuntana
1h · Ferrocarril de Sóller
- Scenic
- Panoramic
- Heritage
Photo: Dimitri Gretschichin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Spain · Scenic
Cremallera de Núria: Ribes to the Vall de Núria
The only mechanised way into a roadless Pyrenean valley
40m · Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
- Scenic
- Panoramic
- Engineering
Photo: eldelinux from Cataluña, España · CC BY 2.0
Spain · Scenic
Cremallera de Montserrat: Monistrol to the monastery
Five kilometres of Abt rack to the mountain monastery
15m · Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
- Scenic
- Panoramic
- Heritage
Photo: Luis Zamora (eldelinux) · CC BY 2.0
Portugal → Spain · Scenic
Celta: Porto to Vigo
Two trains a day across the Minho, from Porto into Galicia
2h 34m · CP - Comboios de Portugal
- Scenic
- Excursion
Photo: Nelso Silva from Porto, Portugal · CC BY-SA 2.0
3 journeys
High-speed corridors
AVE services between the major cities.
Spain · Engineering
AVE: Madrid to Seville
Spain's original high-speed line, Madrid to Andalusia
2h 35m · Renfe
- Engineering
- High-speed
Photo: Pablo Nieto Abad · CC BY-SA 2.0
Spain · Engineering
AVE: Madrid to Barcelona
Spain's flagship high-speed corridor
2h 30m · Renfe
- Engineering
- High-speed
Photo: Peter elektro · CC BY-SA 3.0
Spain · Engineering
AVE: Madrid to Valencia
Madrid to the Mediterranean across the Meseta in under two hours
1h 55m · Renfe
- Engineering
- High-speed
Photo: Falk2 · CC BY-SA 4.0
2 journeys
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Spain · Scenic
Expreso de La Robla
A shorter heritage sleeper through the mountains of northern Spain.
72h · Renfe
- Scenic
- Sleeper
- Heritage
Photo: Luxury Train Club / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Spain · Scenic
Tren dels Llacs
Lakes, tunnels and Pyrenean foothills on a classic Catalan day train.
1h 55m · Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
- Scenic
- Heritage
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