There are 12 ways to get from Athens to Alicante by plane, train, bus, car ferry, car, or tram
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Valencia Airport, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane ATH - VLC
- Take the train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
9h 45m€96–259Fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane ATH - ALC
6h 49m€70–214Train, bus via Barcelona
- Take the train from Athens to Larissatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Larisa to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Santsbus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain Eur / ...
43h 42mBus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Igoumenitsabus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Igoumenitsa to Port of Baricarferry
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain Eur / ...
46h 2m€424–745Drive 3,472.5 km
- Drive from Athens to Alicantecar 3,472.5 km
35h 30m€633–915Fly to Murcia Corvera Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Murcia Corvera Airport (RMU)plane ATH - RMU
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
13h 25m€108–361Fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane ATH - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
10h 11m€125–352Fly to Ibiza Airport, car ferry, tram
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Ibiza Airport (IBZ)plane ATH - IBZ
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ibiza to Port of Deniacarferry
- Take the tram from Dénia to Benidormtram
- Take the tram from Benidorm to Mercadotram
13h 32m€124–426Fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane ATH - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
12h 56m€120–284Bus via Barcelona
- Take the bus from Athens to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Alicantebus
2d 3hTrain, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Alicantebus
2d 8h€151–216Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Alicantebus
2d 10h€178–218
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Valencia Airport (VLC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Alicante is to fly which costs €70 - €220 and takes 6h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Alicante is to fly which takes 6h 49m and costs €70 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Alicante. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Alicante via Tirana and Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3h.
The distance between Athens and Alicante is 2341 km. The road distance is 3472.5 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Alicante without a car is to train and bus via Barcelona which takes 43h 42m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 45m to get from Athens to Alicante, including transfers.
Athens to Alicante bus services, operated by Tourist Service Holding AD, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Athens to Alicante is to fly which takes 6h 49m and costs €70 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus via Barcelona, which costs and takes 2 days 3h.
Athens to Alicante bus services, operated by Tourist Service Holding AD, arrive at Sofia station.
Alicante is 1h behind Athens. It is currently 7:28 PM in Athens and 6:28 PM in Alicante.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Alicante, Spain?
easyJet flies from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) once a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Alicante via Tirana, Tirana, and Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord in around 2d 3h.
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Athens International Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–460
Flights from Athens International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ibiza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ibiza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ibiza Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Valencia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Murcia Corvera Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–350
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ibiza Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ibiza Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bari Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–300
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- 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 Mercado
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.tramalacant.es/en/
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Larisa to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- info@ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Book at
- ktelbus.gr
- Phone
- +302110120492
- saimiritoursandtravels@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Alicante
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Alicante
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- en.tourist-service.com
Bus from Athens to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €68
- Website
- https://en.tourist-service.com/
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- ventourisferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Igoumenitsa to Port of Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Port of Ibiza to Port of Denia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
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