There are 5 ways to get from Valencia to Cartagena by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Valencia Airport to Cartagena
best- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Cartagena (CTG)plane VLC - CTG
15h 1m$655–1,306Train to Alicante-Elche Airport, fly to Cartagena
cheapest- Take the train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Cartagena (CTG)plane ALC - CTG
17h 36m$367–846Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Cartagena
- Take the train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Cartagena (CTG)plane MAD - CTG
15h 2m$593–1,075Fly Valencia Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, bus
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ)plane VLC - BAQ
- Take the bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
20h 36m$413–1,131Fly Valencia Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport, bus
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)plane VLC - SMR
- Take the bus from Ruta 15 - Parada 01 to Ruta 15 - Parada 39bus
- Take the bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Oficina Transportes Marsolbus
24h 36m
Valencia Airport (VLC) to Cartagena (CTG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Valencia to Cartagena is to train and fly which costs $360 - $850 and takes 17h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Valencia to Cartagena is to fly which takes 15h 1m and costs $650 - $1,400.
The distance between Valencia and Cartagena is 8014 km.
It takes approximately 15h 1m to get from Valencia to Cartagena, including transfers.
Cartagena is 7h behind Valencia. It is currently 10:23 AM in Valencia and 3:23 AM in Cartagena.
There are 3214+ hotels available in Cartagena.
What companies run services between Valencia, Spain and Cartagena, Colombia?
Air Europa, World 2 Fly, and five other airlines fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Cartagena (CTG) 4 times a day.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cartagena via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cartagena via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,200
Flights from Valencia Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Valencia Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Valencia Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Valencia Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Valencia Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Valencia Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Valencia Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Valencia Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Valencia Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from Valencia Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 24m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,000
Flights from Valencia Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
- Website
- w2fly.es
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–850
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–800
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–800
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 13m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Valencia Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
- Website
- plusultra.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cartagena via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,000
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- 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
- $17–25
- 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
- $9–19
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $14–19
- 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
- Phone
- +57 605 431 7777
- [email protected]
- Website
- setpsantamarta.gov.co
Bus from Ruta 15 - Parada 01 to Ruta 15 - Parada 39
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- setpsantamarta.gov.co
- Phone
- +57 605 3685672
- [email protected]
- Website
- marsol.com.co
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Oficina Transportes Marsol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $32
- Schedules at
- marsol.com.co
- Book at
- marsol.com.co
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