There are 5 ways to get from Elche to Cartagena by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena
best- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Cartagena (CTG)plane ALC - CTG
15h 24m$342–804Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, bus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ)plane ALC - BAQ
- Take the bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
20h 59m$385–1,036Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Cartagena
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Cartagena (CTG)plane MAD - CTG
16h 26m$603–1,119Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Cartagena
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Cartagena (CTG)plane VLC - CTG
18h 35m$682–1,352Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport, bus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)plane ALC - SMR
- Take the bus from Ruta 15 - Parada 01 to Ruta 15 - Parada 39bus
- Take the bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Oficina Transportes Marsolbus
25h 21m
Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Cartagena (CTG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Elche to Cartagena is to fly which costs $340 - $850 and takes 15h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Elche to Cartagena is to fly which takes 15h 24m and costs $340 - $850.
The distance between Elche and Cartagena is 8012 km.
It takes approximately 15h 24m to get from Elche to Cartagena, including transfers.
Cartagena is 7h behind Elche. It is currently 7:04 AM in Elche and 12:04 AM in Cartagena.
There are 3159+ hotels available in Cartagena.
What companies run services between Elche, Spain and Cartagena, Colombia?
Air Europa, World 2 Fly, and five other airlines fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Cartagena (CTG) 4 times a day.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cartagena via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–950
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cartagena via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–950
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–950
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
- Website
- w2fly.es
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–800
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–850
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- plusultra.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cartagena via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8001
- [email protected]
- Website
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–25
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $17–25
- Phone
- +57 323 563 9139
- [email protected]
- Website
- copetran.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $14–19
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8002
- [email protected]
- Website
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $13
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
- Phone
- +57 605 431 7777
- [email protected]
- Website
- setpsantamarta.gov.co
Bus from Ruta 15 - Parada 01 to Ruta 15 - Parada 39
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- setpsantamarta.gov.co
- Phone
- +57 605 3685672
- [email protected]
- Website
- marsol.com.co
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Oficina Transportes Marsol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $32
- Schedules at
- marsol.com.co
- Book at
- marsol.com.co
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