There are 11 ways to get from Alicante to Mérida by train (Renfe), bus, car, plane, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train (Renfe)
best- 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 Meridatrain Alv / ...
7h 32m€123–198Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Estació d'Autobusos de Valènciabus Alsa - 710 / ...
- Take the bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to Meridabus BlaBlaCar Bus
11h 59m€56–106Drive 609.3 km
- Drive from Alicante to Méridacar 609.3 km
7h 6m€100–144Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Seville Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Seville Airport (SVQ)plane ALC - SVQ
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Meridatrain
7h 24m€82–186Train via Ciudad Real (Renfe)
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Ciudad Real-Centraltrain 18183 / ...
- Take the train from Ciudad Real-Central to Meridatrain Re / ...
8h 31m€88–126Bus via Córdoba
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Cordobabus ALSA - Gan-Sev
- Take the bus from Córdoba, Estación de Autobuses to Méridabus Córdoba
13h 25m€85–108Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Badajoz Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Badajoz Airport (BJZ)plane ALC - BJZ
- Take the train from Badajoz to Meridatrain
8h 55m€191–719Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane ALC - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Meridatrain
8h 3m€80–194Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Seville Airport, train
- 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 train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Meridatrain
9h 30m€93–178Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport, bus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane ALC - LIS
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Méridabus
8h 46m€75–293Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane VLC - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Meridatrain
10h 4m€109–206
Alicante to Mérida by train (Renfe)
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Alicante to Mérida is to bus which costs €55 - €110 and takes 11h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Alicante to Mérida is to drive which takes 7h 6m and costs €95 - €150.
No, there is no direct bus from Alicante to Mérida. However, there are services departing from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant and arriving at Merida via Estació d'Autobusos de València. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 59m.
No, there is no direct train from Alicante to Mérida. However, there are services departing from Alacant/Alicante Terminal and arriving at Merida via Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 32m.
The distance between Alicante and Mérida is 885 km. The road distance is 609.3 km.
The best way to get from Alicante to Mérida without a car is to train which takes 7h 32m and costs €120 - €200.
It takes approximately 7h 32m to get from Alicante to Mérida, including transfers.
Alicante to Mérida bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant station.
Alicante to Mérida train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Alacant/Alicante Terminal station.
The best way to get from Alicante to Mérida is to train which takes 7h 32m and costs €120 - €200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €110 and takes 11h 59m.
What companies run services between Alicante, Spain and Mérida, Spain?
You can take a train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Merida via Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes in around 7h 32m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Merida via Estació d'Autobusos de València in around 11h 59m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Badajoz Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €150–410
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Badajoz Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–140
Flights from Valencia Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €19–160
Flights from Valencia Airport to Seville Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Valencia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
Flights from Valencia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–140
Flights from Valencia Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €19–160
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Valencia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
Flights from Valencia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–160
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Seville Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Valencia Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–95
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Valencia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- 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
- €70–130
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Ciudad Real-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Badajoz to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- 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
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- 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
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- 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
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Cordoba
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Mérida
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–60
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- 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 Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 (0) 957 42 90 30
- [email protected]
- Website
- autocaressansebastian.es
Bus from Córdoba, Estación de Autobuses to Mérida
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €41
- Schedules at
- autocaressansebastian.es
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Mérida
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- [email protected]
- Website
- gipsyy.com
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Mérida
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Schedules at
- gipsyy.com
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Booking & Getting There
Alicante to Mérida bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Cordoba station.
Alicante to Mérida train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
Yes, the driving distance between Alicante to Mérida is 609 km. It takes approximately 7h 6m to drive from Alicante to Mérida.
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