There are 6 ways to get from Elche to Cartagena by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena
best- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Cartagena (CTG)plane ALC - CTG
15h 12m$499–1,313Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ)plane ALC - BAQ
- Take the bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
20h 37m$293–931Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Cartagena
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Cartagena (CTG)plane MAD - CTG
16h 33m$475–1,258Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Los Garzones Airport, bus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Los Garzones Airport (MTR)plane ALC - MTR
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transportes de Monteria to Coveñasbus
- Take the bus from Coveñas to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
23h 55m$332–993Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Cartagena
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Cartagena (CTG)plane VLC - CTG
18h 25m$496–1,011Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport, bus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)plane ALC - SMR
- Take the bus from Parada 1419 to Parada 1454bus
- Take the bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
25h 31m
Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Cartagena (CTG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Elche to Cartagena is to train and fly which costs $490 - $1,100 and takes 18h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Elche to Cartagena is to fly which takes 15h 12m and costs $490 - $1,400.
The distance between Elche and Cartagena is 8006 km.
It takes approximately 15h 12m to get from Elche to Cartagena, including transfers.
Cartagena is 7h behind Elche. It is currently 3:12 AM in Elche and 8:12 PM in Cartagena.
There are 2341+ hotels available in Cartagena.
What companies run services between Elche, Spain and Cartagena, Colombia?
Air Europa, World 2 Fly, and two other airlines fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Cartagena (CTG) twice a week.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cartagena via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
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
- $420–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Los Garzones Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Los Garzones Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Los Garzones Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cartagena via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–850
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–900
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–900
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Los Garzones Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- w2fly.es
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–850
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 58m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- plusultra.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cartagena via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 49m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–140
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8001
- contactenos@expresobrasilia.com
- Website
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–21
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $15–21
- Phone
- +57 323 563 9139
- servicioalcliente@copetran.com
- Website
- copetran.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–17
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $12–17
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–24
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $17–24
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8002
- servicioalcliente@unitransco.com
- Website
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $11
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
Bus from Coveñas to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
- Phone
- +57 604 782 2413
- informacion@sotracor.com
- Website
- sotracor.com
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Monteria to Coveñas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11
- Website
- https://sotracor.com/
- Phone
- +57 604 444 8888
- contactenos@rapidoochoa.com
- Website
- rapidoochoa.com.co
Bus from Terminal de Transportes de Monteria to Coveñas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–12
- Schedules at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
- Book at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
Bus from Parada 1419 to Parada 1454
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Website
- https://setpsantamarta.gov.co/
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