There are 13 ways to get from Cambridge to Alicante by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), train, bus, car, car train, or car 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 London Stansted Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
best- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane STN - ALC
5h 45m€44–256Bus to Luton Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Parkside to Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane LTN - ALC
6h 27m€32–486Train
- Take the train from Cambridge to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Camp De Tarragonatrain
- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain Eur / ...
19h 50m€427–653Train, bus
- Take the train from Cambridge to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Paris to Alicantebus
28h 44m€340–529Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cambridge to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Alicantecar
20h 38m€441–585Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Take the train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane LGW - ALC
6h 59m€86–185Train to East Midlands Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Take the train from Cambridge to Leicestertrain
- Fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane EMA - ALC
8h 10m€98–248Fly London Stansted Airport to Valencia Airport, train
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane STN - VLC
- Take the train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
8h 38m€104–461Train, train to London Southend Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Take the train from Cambridge to London Liverpool Streettrain
- Take the train from London Liverpool Street to Southend Airporttrain
- Fly from London Southend Airport (SEN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane SEN - ALC
7h 53m€119–388Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Take the train from Cambridge to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane BHX - ALC
7h 40m€106–278Train via Narbonne
- Take the train from Cambridge to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Narbonnetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Narbonne to Camp De Tarragonatrain
- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain Eur / ...
19h 51m€432–668Bus
- Take the bus from Parkside to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 491
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacantbus
35h 50m€151–264Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cambridge to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Alicantecar
22h€335–550
Cambridge to Alicante by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cambridge to Alicante is to bus and fly which costs €30 - €490 and takes 6h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Cambridge to Alicante is to fly which takes 5h 45m and costs €40 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Cambridge to Alicante. However, there are services departing from Parkside and arriving at Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant via London Victoria and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Cambridge to Alicante. However, there are services departing from Cambridge and arriving at Alacant/Alicante Terminal via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Montpellier Saint-Roch and Camp De Tarragona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 50m.
The distance between Cambridge and Alicante is 1565 km.
The best way to get from Cambridge to Alicante without a car is to train which takes 19h 50m and costs €420 - €700.
It takes approximately 5h 45m to get from Cambridge to Alicante, including transfers.
Cambridge to Alicante bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Parkside station.
Cambridge to Alicante train services, operated by Great Northern, depart from Cambridge station.
The best way to get from Cambridge to Alicante is to fly which takes 5h 45m and costs €40 - €260. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €420 - €700 and takes 19h 50m, you could also bus, which costs €150 - €270 and takes 35h 50m.
What companies run services between Cambridge, England and Alicante, Spain?
Ryanair, Ryanair UK, and Jet2.com fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Cambridge to Alacant/Alicante Terminal via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Montpellier Saint-Roch, and Camp De Tarragona in around 19h 50m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Luton Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–55
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–390
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–85
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–100
Flights from London Southend Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Luton Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €22–180
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Valencia Airport via Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Great Northern
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–70
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €190–280
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €210–310
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Narbonne to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €139
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €139
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cambridge to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Cambridge to London Liverpool Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from London Liverpool Street to Southend Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Greater Anglia
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Alicante
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Parkside to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Parkside to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Cambridge to Alicante bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Alicante is 1h ahead of Cambridge. It is currently 4:47 PM in Cambridge and 5:47 PM in Alicante.
Cambridge to Alicante train services, operated by Great Northern, arrive at King's Cross station.
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