There are 6 ways to get from Cuenca to Loja by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Cuenca, bus
best- Take the train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Cuenca (CUE)plane MAD - CUE
- Take the bus from Cuenca to Lojabus
20h 27m$671–2,887Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Mariscal Sucre International Airport, car, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)plane MAD - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quitocar
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Lojabus
27h 34m$436–1,123Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Loja
- Take the train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Loja (LOH)plane MAD - LOH
18h 58m$470–1,579Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane MAD - GYE
- Drive from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Lojacar
20h 52m$584–1,200Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Loja
- Take the train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Valencia Joaquin Sorollatrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Loja (LOH)plane VLC - LOH
24h 12m$522–1,687Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Santa Rosa Regional Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Santa Rosa Regional Airport (ETR)plane MAD - ETR
- Take the bus from La Avanzada to Catamayobus
27h 46m$473–1,422
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Cuenca (CUE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cuenca to Loja is to train and fly and car and bus which costs $430 - $1,200 and takes 27h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Cuenca to Loja is to train and fly which takes 18h 58m and costs $470 - $1,600.
The distance between Cuenca and Loja is 9395 km.
It takes approximately 20h 27m to get from Cuenca to Loja, including transfers.
Loja is 6h behind Cuenca. It is currently 11:58 PM in Cuenca and 5:58 PM in Loja.
There are 113+ hotels available in Loja.
What companies run services between Cuenca, Spain and Loja, Ecuador?
There is no direct connection from Cuenca to Loja. However, you can take the train to Madrid Chamartín, take the train to Madrid-Aeropuerto T4, walk to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) airport, fly to Cuenca (CUE), walk to Cuenca, then take the bus to Loja. Alternatively, you can take the train to Madrid Chamartín, take the train to Madrid-Aeropuerto T4, walk to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) airport, fly to Loja (LOH), walk to Catamayo, then take the bus to Loja.
- Website
- go2sky.aero
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Loja via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Loja via Bogota, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Valencia Airport to Loja via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Valencia Airport to Loja via Amsterdam Schiphol, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Valencia Airport to Loja via Palma Mallorca, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Bogota, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Panama City, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Loja via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Loja via Bogota, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Valencia Airport to Loja via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Valencia Airport to Loja via Amsterdam Schiphol, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Valencia Airport to Loja via Palma Mallorca, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Bogota, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Panama City, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cuenca via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cuenca via Bogota, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–950
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,000
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cuenca via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cuenca via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 48m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cuenca via Bogota, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 38m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $380–800
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cuenca via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–800
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–900
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–900
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–900
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–800
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–70
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Valencia Joaquin Sorolla
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Valencia Joaquin Sorolla
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–70
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Valencia Joaquin Sorolla
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–70
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–65
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Cuenca Fernando Zobel to Valencia Joaquin Sorolla
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–50
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +59 07 257 1861
- cooploja@loja.telconet.net
- Website
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
Bus from Cuenca to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Schedules at
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
Bus from La Avanzada to Catamayo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Schedules at
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
Bus from Cuenca to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064276830053
- Phone
- +593 99 144 1474
- sanluisejecutivo@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Cuenca to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- ecuabuses.com
- Phone
- +593 96 890 4208
- info@unioncariamanga.com.ec
- Website
- unioncariamanga.ec
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Loja
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Schedules at
- unioncariamanga.ec
- Book at
- unioncariamanga.ec
- Phone
- +593 98 414 6312
- fantasytravelecuador@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Car from Quito Airport to Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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