There are 11 ways to get from Alicante to Albufeira by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus
best- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobeltrain Ave
- Take the train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain Ave
- Take the bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Albufeirabus
10h 36m€137–282Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Faro Airport
cheapest- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane ALC - FAO
7h 26m€70–156Bus via Málaga
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Malaga Eeaabus Alsa
- Take the bus from Malaga to Albufeirabus FlixBus 1795
14h 10m€73–120Drive 813.8 km
- Drive from Alicante to Albufeiracar 813.8 km
8h 21m€128–185Train, bus via Ciudad Real
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Ciudad Real-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Ciudad Real-Central to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain Alv
- Take the bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Albufeirabus
11h 43m€103–209Train, bus via Madrid
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Huelvatrain Alv / ...
- Take the bus from Huelva to Tavirabus
- Take the train from Tavira to Albufeira - Ferreirastrain Re / ...
12h 20m€160–266Bus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Sevilla, Estación de Autobuses (Plaza de Armas)bus ALSA - Gan-Sev
- Take the bus from Sevilla, Estación de Autobuses to Terminal Rodoviário de Albufeirabus
15h€73–130Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Seville Airport, bus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Seville Airport (SVQ)plane ALC - SVQ
- Take the bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Albufeirabus
7h 45m€79–176Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Faro Airport
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane VLC - FAO
9h 16m€96–220Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Seville Airport, bus
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Seville Airport (SVQ)plane VLC - SVQ
- Take the bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Albufeirabus
9h 51m€80–185Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane ALC - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Albufeira - Ferreirastrain
8h 37m€92–271
Alicante to Albufeira by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Alicante to Albufeira is to bus which costs €70 - €130 and takes 15h.
The fastest way to get from Alicante to Albufeira is to fly which takes 7h 26m and costs €70 - €160.
No, there is no direct bus from Alicante to Albufeira. However, there are services departing from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant and arriving at Albufeira - Centro via Malaga and Terminal Rodoviário de Albufeira. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 10m.
The distance between Alicante and Albufeira is 1145 km. The road distance is 813.8 km.
The best way to get from Alicante to Albufeira without a car is to train and bus which takes 10h 36m and costs €130 - €290.
It takes approximately 10h 36m to get from Alicante to Albufeira, including transfers.
Alicante to Albufeira bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant station.
The best way to get from Alicante to Albufeira is to bus via Málaga which takes 14h 10m and costs €70 - €120. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €70 - €160 and takes 7h 26m.
Alicante to Albufeira bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Sevilla, Estación de Autobuses (Plaza de Armas) station.
Albufeira is 1h behind Alicante. It is currently 11:36 PM in Alicante and 10:36 PM in Albufeira.
What companies run services between Alicante, Spain and Albufeira, Portugal?
You can take a bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Albufeira - Centro via Malaga Eeaa, Malaga, Albufeira, and Terminal Rodoviário de Albufeira in around 14h 10m. Alternatively, Ryanair, TAP Portugal, and three other airlines fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Faro Airport (FAO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Faro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Saturday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Faro Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–150
Flights from Valencia Airport to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Valencia Airport to Faro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Valencia Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Faro Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Valencia Airport to Faro Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €20–90
Flights from Valencia Airport to Seville Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–75
Flights from Valencia Airport to Seville Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €20–90
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €20–90
Flights from Valencia Airport to Seville Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–75
Flights from Valencia Airport to Seville Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €20–90
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Ciudad Real-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Huelva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Tavira to Albufeira - Ferreiras
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Albufeira - Ferreiras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Albufeira
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Albufeira
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Huelva to Tavira
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Sevilla, Estación de Autobuses to Terminal Rodoviário de Albufeira
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Adult
- €25–45
Bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Albufeira
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Albufeira
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Malaga Eeaa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Sevilla, Estación de Autobuses (Plaza de Armas)
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- ALSA
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Malaga to Albufeira
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Flixbus
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