There are 13 ways to get from England to Alicante by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), bus, train, car ferry, car, or car train
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Fly Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
best- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane BRS - ALC
5h 23m€34–104Train via Madrid
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Avignon Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain Ave
19h 25m€467–776Bus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Alicantebus
33h 14m€180–338Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth & Southseatrain
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santandercarferry
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Alicantebus
2d 1h€190–769Fly Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane BHX - ALC
5h 25m€39–173Fly Manchester Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane MAN - ALC
5h 39m€35–163Fly Leeds Bradford International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane LBA - ALC
5h 47m€36–118Fly Liverpool to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane LPL - ALC
5h 55m€48–104Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane LGW - ALC
5h 48m€48–182Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Valencia Airport, train
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane LGW - VLC
- Take the train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
8h 36m€72–197Train
- 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 / ...
19h 29m€400–699Drive, car ferry
- Drive from London to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Alicantecar
20h 43m€302–487Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from London to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Alicantecar
20h 7m€416–554
England to Alicante by subway, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from England to Alicante is to fly which costs €30 - €110 and takes 5h 23m.
The fastest way to get from England to Alicante is to fly which takes 5h 23m and costs €30 - €110.
No, there is no direct bus from England to Alicante. However, there are services departing from Whitehall / Trafalgar Square and arriving at Alicante via London Victoria, Dover and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 14m.
No, there is no direct train from England station to Alicante. However, there are services departing from Charing Cross station and arriving at Alacant/Alicante Terminal via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Avignon Tgv and Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 25m.
The distance between England and Alicante is 1493 km.
The best way to get from England to Alicante without a car is to train via Madrid which takes 19h 25m and costs €460 - €800.
It takes approximately 5h 23m to get from England to Alicante, including transfers.
England to Alicante bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from London Victoria station.
England to Alicante train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
The best way to get from England to Alicante is to fly which takes 5h 23m and costs €30 - €110. Alternatively, you can train via Madrid, which costs €460 - €800 and takes 19h 25m, you could also bus, which costs €180 - €340 and takes 33h 14m.
What companies run services between England and Alicante, Spain?
easyJet, Ryanair, and Jet2.com fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a subway from Charing Cross station to Alacant/Alicante Terminal via Euston station, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Avignon Tgv, and Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes in around 19h 25m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–90
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–90
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €27–130
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Wednesday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Liverpool to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Liverpool to Alicante-Elche Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Liverpool to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–95
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–100
Flights from Liverpool to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–320
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €29–120
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–320
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Liverpool to Alicante-Elche Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €230–370
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth & Southsea
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Alicante
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–260
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 902 999 748
- Website
- web.bilmanbus.es
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Alicante
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Website
- https://web.bilmanbus.es/
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- €210–600
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–55
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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England to Alicante bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dover station.
Alicante is 1h ahead of England. It is currently 8:52 AM in England and 9:52 AM in Alicante.
England to Alicante train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Lille Europe station.
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