There are 11 ways to get from Alicante to Zakopane by plane, train, train (Renfe, TGV), bus, car, or shuttle
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 John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
best- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane ALC - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
9h 42mzł 319–1,099Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Katowice International Airport, shuttle, train
cheapest- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane ALC - KTW
- Take a shuttle bus from Katowice Airport to Kraków Główny Station
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
10h 28mzł 316–1,521Train
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Santstrain Eur / ...
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt (Main) Süd to Kraków Głównytrain Drf
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain Eip / ...
40h 24mBus via Lyon
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDAbus K1
45h 45mzł 1,050–1,665Drive 2,603.2 km
- Drive from Alicante to Zakopanecar 2,603.2 km
26h 15mzł 1,775–2,564Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane ALC - BUD
- Take a shuttle bus from Budapest to Zakopane
12h 1mzł 479–1,174Train to Valencia Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane VLC - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
11h 43mzł 409–1,140Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport, drive
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport (RZE)plane ALC - RZE
- Drive from Rzeszow-Airport-RZE to Zakopanecar
8h 27mzł 356–1,341Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Bratislava Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Bratislava Airport (BTS)plane ALC - BTS
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Poprad-Tatrytrain
- Take the bus from Poprad AS to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolnebus
12h 52mzł 328–1,068Bus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Mukačevobus
- Take the bus from Mukachevo to Popradbus
- Take the bus from Poprad AS to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolnebus A15
2dzł 945–1,020Bus, train, shuttle
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Arad, Autogara Transdarabus
- Take the train from Arad to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take a shuttle bus from Budapest to Zakopane
2d 5hzł 964–1,195
Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Alicante to Zakopane is to fly and train which costs 310 zł - 1 100 zł and takes 9h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Alicante to Zakopane is to fly and drive which takes 8h 27m and costs 350 zł - 1 400 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Alicante to Zakopane. However, there are services departing from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant and arriving at Zakopane ZDA via Lyon and MDA dworzec autobusowy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Alicante to Zakopane. However, there are services departing from Alacant/Alicante Terminal and arriving at Zakopane via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main) Süd and Krakow Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 24m.
The distance between Alicante and Zakopane is 2234 km. The road distance is 2603.2 km.
The best way to get from Alicante to Zakopane without a car is to train which takes 40h 24m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 42m to get from Alicante to Zakopane, including transfers.
Alicante to Zakopane bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant station.
Alicante to Zakopane train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Alacant/Alicante Terminal station.
The best way to get from Alicante to Zakopane is to train which takes 40h 24m and costs . Alternatively, you can bus via Lyon, which costs 1 000 zł - 1 700 zł and takes 45h 45m.
What companies run services between Alicante, Spain and Zakopane, Poland?
You can take a train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Zakopane via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main) Süd, Kraków Główny, and Krakow Glowny in around 40h 24m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Zakopane ZDA via Lyon and MDA dworzec autobusowy in around 45h 45m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 240–850
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- zł 240–850
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 210–650
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 210–650
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 210–650
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 340–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Katowice International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 340–1,200
Flights from Valencia Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–850
Flights from Valencia Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–850
Flights from Valencia Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–850
Flights from Valencia Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–850
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 200–550
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bratislava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 240–800
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bratislava Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 240–800
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 200–850
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 170–1,100
Flights from Valencia Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 200–800
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bratislava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 320–1,500
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 65–120
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 65–120
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 65–120
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 65–120
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–430
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 350–550
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 95–140
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 600–950
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Frankfurt (Main) Süd to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 70–130
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Arad to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 85–95
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 420–700
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 600–950
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Mukachevo to Poprad
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 100–150
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +48 669 060 060
- [email protected]
- Website
- majerbus.pl
Bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 30–45
- Schedules at
- majerbus.pl
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Budapest to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- zł 230–320
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Budapest to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- zł 230–320
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
- Phone
- +48 32 236 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Matuszek
Shuttle from Katowice Airport to Kraków Główny Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- zł 25–80
- Website
- Matuszek
- Phone
- +48 (12) 30 71 714
- [email protected]
- Website
- Koleie Malopolskie
Bus from Poprad AS to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 12–17
- Website
- Koleie Malopolskie
Bus from Poprad AS to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 12–17
- Website
- Koleie Malopolskie
- Phone
- +38 (044) 444 00 44
- Website
- Grandes Tour
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Mukačevo
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- zł 853
- Website
- Grandes Tour
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Mukachevo to Poprad
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 80–110
- Schedules at
- eurobus.sk
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Arad, Autogara Transdara
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 650–800
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
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Booking & Getting There
Alicante to Zakopane bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Lyon - Gerland Bus Station.
Alicante to Zakopane train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Barcelona-Sants station.
Yes, the driving distance between Alicante to Zakopane is 2603 km. It takes approximately 26h 15m to drive from Alicante to Zakopane.
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