There are 6 ways to get from Lima to Cartagena by plane, bus, or 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 to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
best- Fly from Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane LIM - 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
18h 20m€525–834Fly to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)plane LIM - GRX
- Take the bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to Cartagenabus
20h 41m€473–1,261Fly to Almería Airport, bus
- Fly from Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) to Almería Airport (LEI)plane LIM - LEI
- Take the bus from Almería to Cartagenabus
19h 12m€532–1,450Fly to Valencia Airport, train
- Fly from Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane LIM - 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
20h 51m€556–942Fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Fly from Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane LIM - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Murcia Del Carmentrain
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Cartagenatrain
17h 31m€569–1,074Fly to Murcia Corvera Airport
- Fly from Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) to Murcia Corvera Airport (RMU)plane LIM - RMU
19h 15m€566–1,522
Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lima to Cartagena is to fly and bus which costs €500 - €850 and takes 18h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Lima to Cartagena is to fly and train which takes 17h 31m and costs €550 - €1100.
The distance between Lima and Cartagena is 9825 km.
It takes approximately 18h 20m to get from Lima to Cartagena, including transfers.
Cartagena is 7h ahead of Lima. It is currently 1:35 PM in Lima and 8:35 PM in Cartagena.
There are 1832+ hotels available in Cartagena.
What companies run services between Lima, Peru and Cartagena, Spain?
Iberia, Volotea, and two other airlines fly from Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) to Murcia Corvera Airport (RMU) 6 times a week.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–950
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,000
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Almería Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Almería Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Almería Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Valencia Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,000
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,100
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €480–950
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–900
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,200
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,300
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–950
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Almería Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Almería Airport via Bogota, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Valencia Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,000
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €480–950
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,200
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €400–850
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Valencia Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–900
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Valencia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Valencia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,100
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,100
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Valencia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,100
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
- Website
- plusultra.com
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €420–700
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Jorge Chávez International Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
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 Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
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
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- 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
- Phone
- +34 950 25 95 61
- [email protected]
- Website
- busbam.com
Bus from Almería to Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Schedules at
- busbam.com
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