There are 9 ways to get from Palma to Cartagena by car ferry, car, tram, bus, plane, 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.
Car ferry, drive
best- Take the car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Deniacarferry
- Drive from Port of Denia to Cartagenacar
7h 42m€69–228Car ferry to Ibiza Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Ibizacarferry
- Fly from Ibiza Airport (IBZ) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane IBZ - 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
8h 26m€50–219Car ferry, tram, bus
- Take the car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Deniacarferry
- Take the tram from Dénia to Benidormtram 9
- Take the tram from Benidorm to Alicante - Lucerostram 1
- Take the bus from Alicante to Cartagenabus
13h 26m€53–205Fly Son Sant Joan Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane PMI - 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
5h 40m€60–151Car ferry, tram, train
- Take the car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Deniacarferry
- Take the tram from Dénia to Benidormtram 9
- Take the tram from Benidorm to Alicante - Lucerostram 1
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmentrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Cartagenatrain Ic
12h 23m€58–220Fly Son Sant Joan Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport
- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Murcia Corvera Airport (RMU)plane PMI - RMU
6h 35m€101–249Fly Son Sant Joan Airport to Almería Airport, bus
- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Almería Airport (LEI)plane PMI - LEI
- Take the bus from Almería to Cartagenabus
8h 17m€97–242Fly Son Sant Joan Airport to Valencia Airport, train
- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane PMI - 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
8h 46m€73–219Fly Son Sant Joan Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport, bus
- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)plane PMI - GRX
- Take the bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to Cartagenabus
8h 56m€63–178
Palma to Cartagena by car ferry, foot, tram, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palma to Cartagena is to fly and bus which costs €60 - €160 and takes 5h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Palma to Cartagena is to fly and bus which takes 5h 40m and costs €60 - €160.
The distance between Palma and Cartagena is 455 km.
The best way to get from Palma to Cartagena without a car is to car ferry and tram and bus which takes 13h 26m and costs €50 - €210.
It takes approximately 7h 42m to get from Palma to Cartagena, including transfers.
There are 1830+ hotels available in Cartagena.
What companies run services between Palma, Spain and Cartagena, Spain?
Air Europa, Volotea, and two other airlines fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Murcia Corvera Airport (RMU) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–120
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–130
Flights from Ibiza Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–130
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Almería Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Almería Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Almería Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €19–120
Flights from Ibiza Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €15–120
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–240
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Almería Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Almería Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Almería Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €19–120
Flights from Ibiza Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €15–120
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–240
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–110
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport via Asturias
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Phone
- +34 900 72 04 72
- Website
- tramalacant.es
Tram from Dénia to Benidorm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.tramalacant.es/en/
Tram from Benidorm to Alicante - Luceros
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.tramalacant.es/en/
Tram from Dénia to Benidorm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.tramalacant.es/en/
Tram from Benidorm to Alicante - Luceros
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.tramalacant.es/en/
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
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 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
- 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 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
- 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 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
- Phone
- +34 950 25 95 61
- [email protected]
- Website
- busbam.com
Bus from Alicante to Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Schedules at
- busbam.com
Bus from Almería to Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- busbam.com
- 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 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
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
- +34 912 66 02 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Denia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Schedules at
- balearia.com
- Seating
- €75–110
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Denia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Schedules at
- balearia.com
- Seating
- €75–110
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Denia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Schedules at
- balearia.com
- Seating
- €75–110
Car ferry from Port de Palma de Mallorca to Port of Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–95
- Schedules at
- balearia.com
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