There are 5 ways to get from Málaga to Cartagena by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Málaga Airport to Cartagena
best- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Cartagena (CTG)plane AGP - CTG
14h 52m$601–1,102Train, train to Seville Airport, fly to Cartagena
cheapest- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Cordoba-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Cordoba-Central to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Cartagena (CTG)plane SVQ - CTG
18h 23m$367–898Fly Málaga Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, bus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ)plane AGP - BAQ
- Take the bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
20h 27m$969–1,027Train to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport, fly to Cartagena
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granadatrain
- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Cartagena (CTG)plane GRX - CTG
21h 37m$446–1,040Train, train to Jerez Airport, fly to Cartagena
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Antequera-Santa Anatrain
- Take the train from Antequera-Santa Ana to Dos Hermanastrain
- Take the train from Dos Hermanas to La Parratrain
- Fly from Jerez Airport (XRY) to Cartagena (CTG)plane XRY - CTG
22h 9m$539–1,266
Málaga Airport (AGP) to Cartagena (CTG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Málaga to Cartagena is to train and fly which costs $360 - $900 and takes 18h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Málaga to Cartagena is to fly which takes 14h 52m and costs $600 - $1,100.
The distance between Málaga and Cartagena is 7650 km.
It takes approximately 14h 52m to get from Málaga to Cartagena, including transfers.
Cartagena is 7h behind Málaga. It is currently 9:07 AM in Málaga and 2:07 AM in Cartagena.
There are 3268+ hotels available in Cartagena.
What companies run services between Málaga, Spain and Cartagena, Colombia?
Air Europa, World 2 Fly, and five other airlines fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Cartagena (CTG) twice daily.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cartagena via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cartagena via Lisboa, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Málaga Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Cartagena via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Seville Airport to Cartagena via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Seville Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
Flights from Seville Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Jerez Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Jerez Airport to Cartagena via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Seville Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
Flights from Jerez Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Seville Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
Flights from Jerez Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- w2fly.es
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cartagena via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–800
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Cartagena via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,000
Flights from Seville Airport to Cartagena via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–800
Flights from Jerez Airport to Cartagena via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–950
Flights from Málaga Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Málaga Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 24m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
Flights from Seville Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–950
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–950
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Cordoba-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Cordoba-Central to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–29
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Antequera-Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Antequera-Santa Ana to Dos Hermanas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–30
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Dos Hermanas to La Parra
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Cordoba-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Cordoba-Central to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Antequera-Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Cordoba-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Cordoba-Central to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–30
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Cordoba-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Cordoba-Central to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Website
- Ouigo
- 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
- $18–25
- 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
- $9–20
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $14–20
- 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
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