There are 13 ways to get from Oxford to Alicante by train, plane, bus, car, car ferry, car train, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Oxford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane BHX - ALC
6h 15m€69–183Train to Bristol Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Didcot Parkway to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane BRS - ALC
7h 29m€68–278Train, bus
- Take the train from Oxford to London Paddingtontrain
- 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
31h 27m€151–411Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Oxford to Plymouthcar
- Take the carferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Alicantecar
32h 18m€286–1,021Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Oxford to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Alicantecar
21h 1m€500–667Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Oxford to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane LGW - ALC
7h 18m€71–219Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Oxford to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane LTN - ALC
7h 4m€92–648Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Oxford to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane STN - ALC
7h 19m€92–264Train to East Midlands Airport, fly
- Take the train from Oxford to Derbytrain
- Fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane EMA - ALC
7h 47m€99–259Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Oxford to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading 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 59m€309–1,144Bus via Dover
- Take the bus from Queens Lane to Green Line Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacantbus
35h 10m€174–286Bus
- Take the bus from Queens Lane to Green Line Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris to Alicantebus
36h 33m€184–284Train, ferry
- Take the train from Oxford to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the ferry from Portsmouth to Santanderferry
- Take the train from Santander to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain Alv
46h 29m€397–475
Oxford to Alicante by train, subway, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Oxford to Alicante is to train and fly which costs €65 - €190 and takes 6h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Oxford to Alicante is to train and fly which takes 6h 15m and costs €65 - €190.
No, there is no direct bus from Oxford to Alicante. However, there are services departing from Queens Lane and arriving at Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant via London Victoria, Dover and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 10m.
The distance between Oxford and Alicante is 1691 km.
The best way to get from Oxford to Alicante without a car is to train and bus which takes 31h 27m and costs €150 - €420.
It takes approximately 6h 15m to get from Oxford to Alicante, including transfers.
Oxford to Alicante bus services, operated by Stagecoach Oxfordshire, depart from Queens Lane station.
Oxford to Alicante bus services, operated by Stagecoach Oxfordshire, arrive at Green Line Coach Station.
Alicante is 1h ahead of Oxford. It is currently 4:48 PM in Oxford and 5:48 PM in Alicante.
Book your Oxford to Alicante bus tickets online with Omio and 12go.asia.
What companies run services between Oxford, England and Alicante, Spain?
You can take a bus from Queens Lane to Estación de Autobuses de Alicante/Alacant via Green Line Coach Station, London Victoria, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 35h 10m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Luton Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–120
Flights from Luton Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–95
Flights from Luton Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–470
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–370
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Oxford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Oxford to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Oxford to Derby
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Oxford to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Oxford to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Oxford to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Oxford to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Oxford to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Oxford to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Didcot Parkway to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Oxford to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santander to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Iryo
- 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
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24
- Website
- Thameslink
- 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
- €35–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Madrid - Barajas Airport T4
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- 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
- €130–220
- 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 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Alicante
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0345 241 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stagecoach Oxfordshire
Bus from Queens Lane to Green Line Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- Stagecoach Oxfordshire
Bus from Queens Lane to Green Line Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- Stagecoach Oxfordshire
- 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
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
Ferry from Portsmouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €244
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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