The cheapest order to fly Bogota, Cartagena and Medellin from Madrid
There are 6 ways to fly these cities. They do not cost the same. The cheapest works out at about €979 a person and the most expensive at €1,099, a difference of €119 for visiting exactly the same places.
Fly them in this order
Madrid → Medellin → Cartagena → Bogota → Madrid
About €979 per person in flights, based on fares recently seen on these routes.
Shown in euros, converted from US dollars at today’s rate, so every amount is approximate. In dollars the cheapest order is about $1,090. You pay in the airline’s currency.
Every order, priced
- Madrid → Medellin → Cartagena → Bogota → Madrid€979cheapest order
- Madrid → Bogota → Cartagena → Medellin → Madrid€1,022€42 more per person
- Madrid → Bogota → Medellin → Cartagena → Madrid€1,051€72 more per person
- Madrid → Cartagena → Medellin → Bogota → Madrid€1,056€76 more per person
- Madrid → Medellin → Bogota → Cartagena → Madrid€1,086€107 more per person
- Madrid → Cartagena → Bogota → Medellin → Madrid€1,099€119 more per person
Why end in Bogota
- Madrid to Medellin€463
- Medellin to Cartagena€35
- Cartagena to Bogota€44
- Bogota to Madrid€438
- Out of Madrid, the cheapest first flight goes to Bogota at about €445, but the cheapest order starts in Medellin at €463 because the rest of the route is cheaper that way.
- Going home, Bogota is the cheapest city to leave from at about €438, against €553 from Cartagena.
- The dearest order pays €554 for Madrid to Cartagena, a flight the cheapest order never takes.
- Madrid to Medellin is 47% of what the cheapest order spends on flights, so it is the leg to watch.
Between the cities
- Medellin to Cartagena: about 460 km (290 miles) as the crow flies. Also by ground: Rapido Ochoa / Brasilia (overnight), about 13h 30m, usually €31 to €49.
- Cartagena to Bogota: about 650 km (400 miles) as the crow flies. No train or bus we would suggest instead of flying.
Entry rules for Colombia depend on your passport. Check them with the IATA Travel Centre before you book.
How much the order matters here
Getting the order right is worth €119 a person on this trip, 12% of what the cheapest way round costs. Of the 72 trips we price in full, that is number 64 for how much the order matters, one of the smaller gaps: on this trip your dates are likely to matter more than the order.
What these numbers are
Cached one-way fares, 12 of 12 legs priced from real observations, put together on October 29, 2026, from fares departing October 29, 2026 onwards. Right for comparing one order with another, not a quote for your dates.
A plan prices your own dates and weighs hours as well as fares, so it can pick a different order from this page.
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