There are 7 ways to get from Cartagena to Altea by plane, shuttle, bus, or train
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Fly Cartagena to Alicante-Elche Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane CTG - ALC
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández ALC to Parada De Bus Bar Restaurante Granada
17h 12m€368–913Bus to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport, shuttle
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquillabus
- Fly from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane BAQ - ALC
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández ALC to Parada De Bus Bar Restaurante Granada
18h 14m€411–1,241Bus to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, fly to Valencia Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquillabus
- Fly from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane BAQ - VLC
- Take the bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to Benidormbus
21h 14m€439–1,344Fly Cartagena to Valencia Airport, bus
- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane CTG - VLC
- Take the bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to Benidormbus
19h 57m€390–982Fly Cartagena to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train, shuttle
- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane CTG - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández ALC to Parada De Bus Bar Restaurante Granada
16h 24m€644–1,439Bus to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train, shuttle
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquillabus
- Fly from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane BAQ - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández ALC to Parada De Bus Bar Restaurante Granada
18h 17m€623–1,278Fly Cartagena to Almería Airport, bus, shuttle
- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Almería Airport (LEI)plane CTG - LEI
- Take the bus from Aeropuerto Almeria to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuertobus
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández ALC to Parada De Bus Bar Restaurante Granada
23h 45m€569–1,397
Cartagena (CTG) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cartagena to Altea is to fly and shuttle which costs €360 - €950 and takes 17h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Cartagena to Altea is to fly and train and shuttle which takes 16h 24m and costs €600 - €1500.
The distance between Cartagena and Altea is 8058 km.
It takes approximately 17h 12m to get from Cartagena to Altea, including transfers.
Altea is 7h ahead of Cartagena. It is currently 10:44 PM in Cartagena and 5:44 AM in Altea.
There are 8824+ hotels available in Altea.
What companies run services between Cartagena, Colombia and Altea, Spain?
There is no direct connection from Cartagena to Altea. However, you can take the bus to Iglesia Cristo Rey, walk to Cartagena (CTG) airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC), walk to Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández ALC, then take the shuttle to Parada De Bus Bar Restaurante Granada. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla, take the taxi to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC), walk to Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández ALC, then take the shuttle to Parada De Bus Bar Restaurante Granada.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Cartagena to Alicante-Elche Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,100
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Valencia Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,300
Flights from Cartagena to Valencia Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,100
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
Flights from Cartagena to Almería Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Cartagena to Almería Airport via Bogota, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €490–2,000
Flights from Cartagena to Almería Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Melilla
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,400
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Cartagena to Alicante-Elche Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,100
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Valencia Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,300
Flights from Cartagena to Valencia Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,100
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
Flights from Cartagena to Almería Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Cartagena to Almería Airport via Bogota, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–2,000
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Cartagena to Alicante-Elche Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,100
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Valencia Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,300
Flights from Cartagena to Valencia Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,100
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Cartagena to Alicante-Elche Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €340–900
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Valencia Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,300
Flights from Cartagena to Valencia Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,000
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cartagena to Alicante-Elche Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Cartagena to Valencia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Valencia Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,300
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Cartagena to Almería Airport via Bogota, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cartagena to Valencia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cartagena to Valencia Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,200
- Website
- w2fly.es
Flights from Cartagena to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,200
- Website
- plusultra.com
Flights from Cartagena to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,100
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- 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
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- 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
- 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
- €40–65
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 965 850 790
- reservas@beniconnect.com
- 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
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
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
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
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
- 01 800 051 8001
- contactenos@expresobrasilia.com
- Website
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- €15–22
Bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- €15–22
Bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- €15–22
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8002
- servicioalcliente@unitransco.com
- Website
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
- 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
Bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to Benidorm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–14
- Website
- Bilman
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Aeropuerto Almeria to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- ALSA
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