There are 7 ways to get from Santiago de Compostela to Altea by plane, shuttle, train, tram, bus, or car
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Fly to Alicante-Elche Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane SCQ - ALC
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández ALC to Parada De Bus Bar Restaurante Granada
4h 22m€101–311Fly to Valencia Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane SCQ - VLC
- Take the bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to Benidormbus
7h 22m€89–314Train, tram via Madrid
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain Ave
- Take the tram from Alicante - Luceros to Benidormtram 1
8h 38m€107–272Bus
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus ALSA - S-San-Mad / ...
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Alteabus ALSA - S Gi-Ma-De / ...
15h 25m€96–151Drive 1,046.7 km
- Drive from Santiago de Compostela to Alteacar 1,046.7 km
10h 36m€171–247Train, tram
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Ourensetrain Avn / ...
- Take the train from Ourense to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain Ave
- Take the tram from Alicante - Luceros to Benidormtram 1
9h 22m€144–268Bus via Ourense
- Take the bus from Santiago de Compostela Estación de Autobuses to Ourense Estación de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Ourense, Estación de Autobuses to Madrid-Moncloabus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Gandiabus
- Take the bus from Gandia to Alteabus
21h 14m€113–159
Santiago de Compostela to Altea by train, foot, and tram
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Altea is to bus which costs €95 - €160 and takes 15h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Altea is to fly and shuttle which takes 4h 22m and costs €100 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Santiago de Compostela to Altea. However, there are services departing from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela and arriving at Altea via Estación Sur de Autobuses. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Santiago de Compostela to Altea. However, there are services departing from Santiago De Compostela and arriving at Altea via Madrid Chamartín, Alicante - Luceros and Benidorm. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 38m.
The distance between Santiago de Compostela and Altea is 915 km. The road distance is 1046.7 km.
The best way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Altea without a car is to train and tram via Madrid which takes 8h 38m and costs €100 - €280.
It takes approximately 4h 22m to get from Santiago de Compostela to Altea, including transfers.
Santiago de Compostela to Altea bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela station.
Santiago de Compostela to Altea train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Santiago De Compostela station.
Santiago de Compostela to Altea bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Estación Sur de Autobuses station.
What companies run services between Santiago de Compostela, Spain and Altea, Spain?
You can take a bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Altea via Estación Sur de Autobuses in around 15h 25m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Valencia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €14–170
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Ourense to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 72 04 72
- Website
- Alicante Metro Tram
Tram from Alicante - Luceros to Benidorm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- Alicante Metro Tram
Tram from Alicante - Luceros to Benidorm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- Alicante Metro Tram
- Phone
- +34 965 850 790
- [email protected]
- Website
- Beniconnect
Shuttle from Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández ALC to Parada De Bus Bar Restaurante Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- Beniconnect
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Altea
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Gandia to Altea
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- 902 999 748
- Website
- Bilman
Bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to Benidorm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–14
- Website
- Bilman
- Phone
- +34 900 92 91 92
- [email protected]
- Website
- Monbus
Bus from Santiago de Compostela Estación de Autobuses to Ourense Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- Monbus
Bus from Ourense, Estación de Autobuses to Madrid-Moncloa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–45
- Website
- Monbus
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- [email protected]
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Gandia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Schedules at
- avanzabus.com
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Booking & Getting There
Santiago de Compostela to Altea train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
Yes, the driving distance between Santiago de Compostela to Altea is 1047 km. It takes approximately 10h 36m to drive from Santiago de Compostela to Altea.
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