There are 10 ways to get from Alicante to Cherbourg by plane, train, train (Renfe, TGV), bus, car, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Paris Orly Airport, train
best- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane ALC - ORY
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
9h€127–386Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Bournemouth Airport, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Bournemouth Airport (BOH)plane ALC - BOH
- Take the ferry from Poole to Cherbourgferry
13h 1m€87–265Train
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Santstrain Eur / ...
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
17h 6m€342–531Bus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Estació d'Autobusos de Valènciabus
- Take the bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hubbus
- Take the bus from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub to Rennes - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Garebus
25h 13m€99–167Drive 1,522.5 km
- Drive from Alicante to Cherbourgcar 1,522.5 km
16h 48m€248–358Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA)plane ALC - BVA
- Take the bus from Aéroport Paris Beauvais to Paris Porte Maillotbus
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
10h 15m€139–398Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane VLC - CDG
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
10h 58m€175–450Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane ALC - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Le Manstrain
- Take the train from Le Mans to Caentrain
- Take the train from Caen to Cherbourgtrain
11h 2m€112–342Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Caen – Carpiquet Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Caen – Carpiquet Airport (CFR)plane ALC - CFR
- Take the train from Caen to Cherbourgtrain
15h 45m€147–419Bus, train
- Take the bus from Alicante to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Caenbus 774 / ...
- Take the train from Caen to Cherbourgtrain Ter
29h 37m€184–285
Alicante to Cherbourg by train and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Alicante to Cherbourg is to bus which costs €95 - €170 and takes 25h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Alicante to Cherbourg is to fly and train which takes 9h and costs €120 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Alicante to Cherbourg. However, there are services departing from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant and arriving at Cherbourg-Gare via Estació d'Autobusos de València, Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub and Rennes-Gare Routiere. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 13m.
No, there is no direct train from Alicante to Cherbourg. However, there are services departing from Alacant/Alicante Terminal and arriving at Cherbourg via Barcelona-Sants, Gare de Lyon and Paris St Lazare. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 6m.
The distance between Alicante and Cherbourg is 1589 km. The road distance is 1522.5 km.
The best way to get from Alicante to Cherbourg without a car is to train which takes 17h 6m and costs €340 - €550.
It takes approximately 9h to get from Alicante to Cherbourg, including transfers.
Alicante to Cherbourg bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant station.
Alicante to Cherbourg train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Alacant/Alicante Terminal station.
The best way to get from Alicante to Cherbourg is to train which takes 17h 6m and costs €340 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €170 and takes 25h 13m.
What companies run services between Alicante, Spain and Cherbourg, Normandy, France?
You can take a train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cherbourg via Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare De Lyon, Gare de Lyon, Saint-Lazare, and Paris St Lazare in around 17h 6m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Cherbourg-Gare via Estació d'Autobusos de València, Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub, and Rennes-Gare Routiere in around 25h 13m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bournemouth Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bournemouth Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Thursday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Caen – Carpiquet Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €21–120
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Caen – Carpiquet Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Caen – Carpiquet Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Caen – Carpiquet Airport via Palma Mallorca, Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bournemouth Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to Le Mans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Le Mans to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Caen to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Caen to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Caen to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €210–320
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Nantes to Le Mans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Estació d'Autobusos de València
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Estació d'Autobusos de València
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub to Rennes - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub to Rennes - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Alicante to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cap Cotentin
Bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Schedules at
- Cap Cotentin
- Pre-purchased ticket
- €1
- On board ticket
- €2
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- [email protected].
- Website
- Aérobus Paris - Beauvais
Bus from Aéroport Paris Beauvais to Paris Porte Maillot
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12
- Schedules at
- Aérobus Paris - Beauvais
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Ferry from Poole to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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Booking & Getting There
Alicante to Cherbourg bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Estació d'Autobusos de València station.
Alicante to Cherbourg train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Barcelona-Sants station.
Yes, the driving distance between Alicante to Cherbourg is 1523 km. It takes approximately 16h 48m to drive from Alicante to Cherbourg.
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