There are 14 ways to get from England to Cartagena by plane, train, bus, car ferry, ferry, car, 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 Manchester Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Murcia Corvera Airport (RMU)plane MAN - RMU
7h 16m€60–611Fly Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane BRS - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagenabus
8h 34m€43–190Train, bus
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Perpignan to Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagenabus
24h 12m€370–598Train, bus via Alicante
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacantbus
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmentrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Cartagenatrain Ic
25h 13m€375–603Train, car ferry
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth & Southseatrain
- Take the carferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santandercarferry
- Take the train from Santander to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain Alv
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cartagenatrain Ic
2d€257–866Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Murcia Corvera Airport
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Murcia Corvera Airport (RMU)plane LGW - RMU
7h 20m€91–190Fly Bristol Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport, bus
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Murcia Corvera Airport (RMU)plane BRS - RMU
- Take the bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagenabus
7h 24m€79–347Fly Birmingham Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Murcia Corvera Airport (RMU)plane BHX - RMU
7h 3m€79–321Fly Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane BHX - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagenabus
8h 18m€58–144Train 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
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmentrain
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Cartagenatrain
11h 54m€90–358Bus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris to Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagenabus
36h 30m€146–288Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbourtrain
- Take the ferry from Portsmouth to Santanderferry
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagenabus
2d 3h€348–425Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from London to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Cartagenacar
21h 3m€449–597Drive, car ferry
- Drive from London to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Cartagenacar
22h 25m€343–553
England to Cartagena by subway, foot, train, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from England to Cartagena is to fly and bus which costs €40 - €190 and takes 8h 34m.
The fastest way to get from England to Cartagena is to fly which takes 7h 3m and costs €75 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from England to Cartagena. However, there are services departing from Whitehall / Trafalgar Square and arriving at Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena via London Victoria, Paris and Estación de Autobuses de Murcia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 30m.
The distance between England and Cartagena is 1785 km.
The best way to get from England to Cartagena without a car is to train and bus which takes 24h 12m and costs €370 - €600.
It takes approximately 7h 16m to get from England to Cartagena, including transfers.
England to Cartagena bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from London Victoria station.
The best way to get from England to Cartagena is to fly which takes 7h 16m and costs €55 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €140 - €290 and takes 36h 30m.
England to Cartagena bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Cartagena is 1h ahead of England. It is currently 4:36 AM in England and 5:36 AM in Cartagena.
What companies run services between England and Cartagena, Spain?
Ryanair flies from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Murcia Corvera Airport (RMU) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Whitehall / Trafalgar Square to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena via Victoria Coach Station, London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Paris, Murcia, and Estación de Autobuses de Murcia in around 36h 30m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
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
- vueling.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–370
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- 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 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 Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €220–330
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €220–330
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santander to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–170
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- 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 Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth & Southsea
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Southern
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Perpignan to Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Perpignan to Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris to Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 900 842 202
- [email protected]
- Website
- interbusmurcia.es
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €1–4
- Schedules at
- interbusmurcia.es
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- 902 999 748
- Website
- Bilman
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Bilman
- 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
Ferry from Portsmouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €244
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- 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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