Which City to Travel From

Geography decides this one, and it is not close.

Valencia: 40 minutes

Buñol sits about 38 km west of Valencia. You sleep in a bed, leave after breakfast, fight tomatoes at eleven, and are back in the city for a shower and an early dinner. The featured departure runs this road at 4.8/5 across 65 bookings - the strongest record of the three, on the shortest journey. If your trip can be arranged around a Valencia night, arrange it.

Barcelona: about four hours

A genuine overnight-coach shape: leave in the small hours, arrive for the fight, return late and wrecked. People do it every year and enjoy it - but understand that you are buying an 18-hour day for one hour of tomatoes. The Barcelona listing’s record (3.8/5 across 12 bookings) is thinner and more mixed than the Valencia one; we would rather show you that than hide it.

Madrid: about four hours

Same shape as Barcelona, across the meseta instead of the coast. Only sensible if Madrid is already your base - nobody should travel to Madrid in order to reach Buñol. The listing is new enough (4.7/5 across 3 bookings) that the rating carries little weight yet.

The one-line verdict

Valencia if you possibly can. The other two are for travellers whose itinerary is already fixed elsewhere - and for them the coach is a fair trade, provided nobody has promised them a restful day.