There are 6 ways to get from Malta to Cartagena by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
best- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane MLA - 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
10h 7m€68–168Fly to Almería Airport, bus
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Almería Airport (LEI)plane MLA - LEI
- Take the bus from Almería to Cartagenabus
13h 44m€84–300Fly to Murcia Corvera Airport
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Murcia Corvera Airport (RMU)plane MLA - RMU
12h 27m€124–346Fly to Valencia Airport, train
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane MLA - 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 13m€94–236Fly to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport, bus
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)plane MLA - GRX
- Take the bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to Cartagenabus
13h 13m€130–266Fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane MLA - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Murcia Del Carmentrain
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Cartagenatrain
10h 58m€112–338
Malta International Airport (MLA) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Malta to Cartagena is to fly and bus which costs €65 - €170 and takes 10h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Malta to Cartagena is to fly and bus which takes 10h 7m and costs €65 - €170.
The distance between Malta and Cartagena is 1491 km.
It takes approximately 10h 7m to get from Malta to Cartagena, including transfers.
There are 1652+ hotels available in Cartagena.
What companies run services between Malta and Cartagena, Spain?
easyJet and British Airways fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Murcia Corvera Airport (RMU) 5 times a week.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Malta International Airport to Almería Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Malta International Airport to Almería Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Malta International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Malta International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Malta International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Malta International Airport to Almería Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Malta International Airport to Almería Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Malta International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Malta International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Malta International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Malta International Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Malta International Airport to Valencia Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Malta International Airport to Valencia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Malta International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Malta International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–230
- Website
- airmalta.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- 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
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- busbam.com
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