There are 11 ways to get from Chester to Alicante by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), train, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Liverpool
best- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane LPL - ALC
6h 13m€62–242Train to Manchester Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Chester to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane MAN - ALC
6h 41m€51–177Train
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Montpellier Sud De Francetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Sud De France to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain Eur / ...
21h 7m€472–772Train, bus
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Barcelonabus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacantbus
30h 51m€394–624Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Chester to Plymouthcar
- Take the carferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Alicantecar
33h 47m€316–1,050Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Chester to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane BHX - ALC
7h 9m€76–198Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Chester to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane LBA - ALC
8h 39m€62–201Train to East Midlands Airport, fly
- Take the train from Crewe to Long Eatontrain
- Fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane EMA - ALC
8h 23m€78–230Train via Perpignan
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain Eur / ...
21h 19m€479–767Bus
- Take the bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Victoriabus
- 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
38h 55m€178–296Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Chester to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Alicantecar
23h 14m€487–661
Chester to Alicante by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chester to Alicante is to train and fly which costs €50 - €180 and takes 6h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Chester to Alicante is to fly which takes 6h 13m and costs €60 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Chester to Alicante. However, there are services departing from Chester Bus Interchange and arriving at Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant via London Victoria and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Chester to Alicante. However, there are services departing from Chester and arriving at Alacant/Alicante Terminal via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Montpellier Sud De France and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 7m.
The distance between Chester and Alicante is 1735 km.
The best way to get from Chester to Alicante without a car is to train which takes 21h 7m and costs €470 - €800.
It takes approximately 6h 13m to get from Chester to Alicante, including transfers.
Chester to Alicante bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Chester Bus Interchange station.
Chester to Alicante train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Chester station.
The best way to get from Chester to Alicante is to fly which takes 6h 13m and costs €60 - €250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €470 - €800 and takes 21h 7m, you could also bus, which costs €170 - €300 and takes 38h 55m.
What companies run services between Chester, England and Alicante, Spain?
Ryanair, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Chester to Alacant/Alicante Terminal via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Montpellier Sud De France, and Barcelona-Sants in around 21h 7m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Liverpool to Alicante-Elche Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Saturday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Liverpool to Alicante-Elche Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Liverpool to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Liverpool to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Liverpool to Alicante-Elche Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–420
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Chester to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Chester to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Chester to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Chester to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Montpellier Sud De France
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €190–280
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Montpellier Sud De France to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €220–330
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Montpellier Sud De France
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Chester to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12–35
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Chester to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Crewe to Long Eaton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- 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
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- ALSA
- 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
- €120–200
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–750
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €110–230
- Car Single Ticket
- €290–750
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Booking & Getting There
Chester to Alicante bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Alicante is 1h ahead of Chester. It is currently 1:00 PM in Chester and 2:00 PM in Alicante.
Chester to Alicante train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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