There are 10 ways to get from Alicante to Zarautz by plane, bus, train, car, train (Renfe, Ouigo), or train (Renfe)
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Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
best- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane ALC - BIO
- Take the bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Zarautzbus
4h 27m€38–129Train, bus
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Burgos Rosa De Limatrain Alv / ...
- Take the train from Burgos Rosa De Lima to Vitoria/Gasteiztrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Zarautz - Suhiltzaileen Biribilguneabus
9h 14m€95–223Bus via Valencia
- 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 San Sebastián - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
11h 23m€58–96Drive 699.9 km
- Drive from Alicante to Zarautzcar 699.9 km
7h 43m€105–151Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to San Sebastián Airport
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)plane ALC - EAS
6h 43m€96–275Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane VLC - BIO
- Take the bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Zarautzbus
6h 23m€54–181Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Pamplona Airport, bus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Pamplona Airport (PNA)plane ALC - PNA
- Take the bus from Pamplona to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
7h 57m€110–668Train via Madrid
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to San Sebastian/Donostiatrain Alv / ...
9h 49m€104–221Bus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to San Sebastiánbus
11h 50m€66–75Train (Renfe)
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain Eur / ...
- Take the train from Estació del Nord to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to San Sebastian/Donostiatrain Alv
14h 47m€97–157
Alicante to Zarautz by train, foot, tram, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Alicante to Zarautz is to bus which costs €65 - €75 and takes 11h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Alicante to Zarautz is to fly and bus which takes 4h 27m and costs €35 - €130.
No, there is no direct bus from Alicante to Zarautz. However, there are services departing from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant and arriving at Zarautz - Nafarroa Kalea 25 - Udaltzaingoa via Estació d'Autobusos de València and Donostia - Maria Cristina Zubia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 23m.
No, there is no direct train from Alicante to Zarautz. However, there are services departing from Alacant/Alicante Terminal and arriving at Zarautz via Madrid Chamartín and Amara-Donostia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 49m.
The distance between Alicante and Zarautz is 686 km. The road distance is 699.9 km.
The best way to get from Alicante to Zarautz without a car is to train and bus which takes 9h 14m and costs €95 - €230.
It takes approximately 4h 27m to get from Alicante to Zarautz, including transfers.
Alicante to Zarautz bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant station.
Alicante to Zarautz train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Alacant/Alicante Terminal station.
The best way to get from Alicante to Zarautz is to bus via Valencia which takes 11h 23m and costs €55 - €100. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €95 - €280 and takes 6h 43m, you could also train via Madrid, which costs €100 - €230 and takes 9h 49m.
What companies run services between Alicante, Spain and Zarautz, Spain?
You can take a bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to Zarautz - Nafarroa Kalea 25 - Udaltzaingoa via Estació d'Autobusos de València, San Sebastián - Bus Station, and Donostia - Maria Cristina Zubia in around 11h 23m. Alternatively, Iberia, Vueling Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS) twice daily.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–230
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €18–120
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–120
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–120
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Pamplona Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–480
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Pamplona Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–650
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €30–230
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €18–120
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–120
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Pamplona Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–480
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Pamplona Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €16–80
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €16–100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Pamplona Airport via Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €11–130
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Burgos Rosa De Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Burgos Rosa De Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Burgos Rosa De Lima to Vitoria/Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid Chamartín to San Sebastian/Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Estació del Nord to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to San Sebastian/Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 121 400
- [email protected]
Bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Zarautz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Zarautz - Suhiltzaileen Biribilgunea
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
Bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Zarautz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
- 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 Pamplona to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- 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
- €12–22
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Pamplona to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 902 999 748
- Website
- Bilman
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant to San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–70
- Website
- Bilman
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Booking & Getting There
Alicante to Zarautz bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Estació d'Autobusos de València station.
Alicante to Zarautz train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
Yes, the driving distance between Alicante to Zarautz is 700 km. It takes approximately 7h 43m to drive from Alicante to Zarautz.
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