There are 12 ways to get from Heathrow to Alicante by plane, train, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), bus, car ferry, car, or car train
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport, train
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane LHR - VLC
- Take the train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
6h€105–299Bus to Luton Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane LTN - ALC
6h 12m€32–486Train
- 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 54m€415–657Bus, train
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Madrid - Barajas Airport T4bus
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain Ave
30h 23m€132–388Train, car ferry
- Take the train from London Paddington to Plymouthtrain
- Take the carferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartíntrain Alv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain Ave
33h 57m€328–1,198Bus to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to South Terminal Coach Stationbus
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane LGW - ALC
6h 17m€38–127Bus to London Stansted Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Coach Stationbus
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane STN - ALC
6h 32m€41–252Train to London Southend Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Southend Airporttrain
- Fly from London Southend Airport (SEN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane SEN - ALC
7h 8m€107–380Bus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacantbus BlaBlaCar Bus
34h 45m€143–250Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 1700 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris to Alicantebus FlixBus N1131
35h 20m€178–275Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Heathrow to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Alicantecar
20h 42m€433–574Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Heathrow to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Alicantecar
22h 4m€327–539
Heathrow to Alicante by train, subway, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Heathrow to Alicante is to bus and fly which costs €30 - €490 and takes 6h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Heathrow to Alicante is to fly and train which takes 6h and costs €100 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Heathrow station to Alicante. However, there are services departing from Heathrow Central Bus Station and arriving at Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant via London Victoria and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Heathrow station to Alicante. However, there are services departing from Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 station and arriving at Alacant/Alicante Terminal via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Perpignan and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 54m.
The distance between Heathrow and Alicante is 1520 km.
The best way to get from Heathrow to Alicante without a car is to train which takes 19h 54m and costs €410 - €700.
It takes approximately 6h to get from Heathrow to Alicante, including transfers.
Heathrow to Alicante bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from London Victoria station.
Heathrow to Alicante train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
The best way to get from Heathrow to Alicante is to train which takes 19h 54m and costs €410 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €140 - €250 and takes 34h 45m.
What companies run services between Heathrow, England and Alicante, Spain?
You can take a subway from Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 station to Alacant/Alicante Terminal via King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Perpignan, and Barcelona-Sants in around 19h 54m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 34h 45m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
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 Luton Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
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
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–100
Flights from Luton Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–85
Flights from London Southend Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
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
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
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
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- jet2.com
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 Luton Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
- 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
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- 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 Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- 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
- 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 Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Stratford (London) to Southend Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Greater Anglia
- 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
- +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 Madrid - Barajas Airport T4
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- 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
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Madrid - Barajas Airport T4
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Madrid - Barajas Airport T4
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Alicante
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Oxford Bus Company
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to South Terminal Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- Oxford Bus Company
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to South Terminal Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- National Express
- 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
- 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
Heathrow to Alicante bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Alicante is 1h ahead of Heathrow. It is currently 7:28 PM in Heathrow and 8:28 PM in Alicante.
Heathrow to Alicante train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Lille Europe station.
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