Madrid
The capital, the country’s rail and air hub, with two stadiums (Bernabéu, Metropolitano): Madrid will be the transit point for almost every travelling fan.
Santiago Bernabéu · Metropolitano
Spain · Portugal · Morocco · 8 June – 21 July 2030
Transport, prices, highlights: plan every stop.
The capital, the country’s rail and air hub, with two stadiums (Bernabéu, Metropolitano): Madrid will be the transit point for almost every travelling fan.
Santiago Bernabéu · Metropolitano
The Camp Nou under reconstruction (104,600 seats targeted) and the RCDE Stadium in Cornellà: Barcelona, the most visited city in Spain, will be under pressure in 2030.
Camp Nou · RCDE Stadium
La Cartuja (70,000 seats), 2 h 40 min from Madrid by AVE. Extreme heat in June and July and a poorly served stadium: plan ahead.
La Cartuja
San Mamés sits in the city centre, but there is no high-speed line from Madrid (4 h 45 min at best) and the city’s participation is still conditional.
San Mamés
Anoeta expanded to 42,247 seats, a city of 190,000 with limited hotel capacity, and a council that is still hesitating.
Anoeta
Halfway between Madrid and Barcelona (1 h 35 min and 1 h 30 min by AVE), Zaragoza is building a brand-new 43,110-seat stadium for 2027.
Nueva Romareda
The only island host city, a 3-hour flight from Madrid. The stadium is to be expanded to around 44,000 seats, but the works contract had not been awarded by the summer of 2026.
Estadio de Gran Canaria
Put forward in March 2026 to replace Málaga, with a 70,044-seat Nou Mestalla due in the summer of 2027. FIFA has to inspect it and decide.
Nou Mestalla
Put forward alongside Valencia in March 2026, Vigo has to take Balaídos above 42,000 seats — without the funding in place.
Balaídos
Two neighbouring stadiums (the Luz and Alvalade), a city-centre airport that will remain the only one until 2035, and some of the most expensive hotels on the peninsula in summer.
Estádio da Luz · Estádio José Alvalade
The Estádio do Dragão has its own metro station; Lisbon is 2 h 50 min away on the Alfa Pendular and Vigo about 2 h 20 min (to be confirmed).
Estádio do Dragão
The Grand Stade Hassan II is being built at Benslimane, 40 km away. A new airport terminal (2029) and a high-speed line to Marrakech (2029): Casablanca is changing scale for 2030.
Grand Stade Hassan II
The capital opened a brand-new 69,500-seat stadium in 2025 and hosted the final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations: the most “ready” city in Morocco.
Stade Prince Moulay Abdellah
An hour by ferry from Tarifa, Tangier is Morocco’s gateway for fans coming from Spain. Its 75,600-seat stadium reopened in November 2025.
Grand Stade de Tanger
Morocco’s most touristy city (and its most expensive for hotels) will be 1 h 10 min from Casablanca by high-speed rail from late 2029. Its stadium is in phase 2 of works until 2028.
Grand Stade de Marrakech
The spiritual capital and its thousand-year-old medina; the stadium is going up to 55,800 seats for 2028, 10 km from the centre.
Stade de Fès
The southern seaside resort, with a new trambus since 2026 and the Adrar stadium in phase 2 (46,000 seats, 2028).
Grand Stade d’Agadir
Where it all began in 1930: the Centenario is due to host the ceremony and the first centenary match, on 8 June 2030 (provisional date).
Estadio Centenario
The Monumental, under construction until 2029 to reach 101,000 seats, will host Argentina’s centenary match.
Estadio Monumental
Olimpia’s new stadium (46,000 seats, opening announced for July 2029) will host Paraguay’s centenary match.
Estadio Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb