There are 7 ways to get from Elche to Cuenca by plane, taxi, train, or bus
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Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Cuenca
best- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Cuenca (CUE)plane ALC - CUE
18h 39m$282–903Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane ALC - GYE
- Take the taxi from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Cuencataxi
21h 32m$442–1,243Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Cuenca
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Cuenca (CUE)plane VLC - CUE
21h 27m$319–1,019Train to Valencia Airport, fly to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane VLC - GYE
- Take the taxi from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Cuencataxi
24h 45m$479–1,409Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport, bus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Santa Rosa Regional Airport (ETR)plane ALC - ETR
- Take the bus from Santa Rosa to Cuencabus
29h 22m$458–1,643Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane MAD - GYE
- Take the taxi from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Cuencataxi
20h 58m$562–1,237Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Loja, bus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Loja (LOH)plane ALC - LOH
- Take the bus from Catamayo to Cuencabus
26h 30m$480–1,517
Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Cuenca (CUE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Elche to Cuenca is to fly which costs $280 - $950 and takes 18h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Elche to Cuenca is to fly which takes 18h 39m and costs $280 - $950.
The distance between Elche and Cuenca is 9220 km.
It takes approximately 18h 39m to get from Elche to Cuenca, including transfers.
Cuenca is 6h behind Elche. It is currently 6:12 PM in Elche and 12:12 PM in Cuenca.
There are 443+ hotels available in Cuenca.
What companies run services between Elche, Spain and Cuenca, Ecuador?
Iberia, LATAM Chile, and two other airlines fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Cuenca (CUE) 5 times a week.
- Website
- go2sky.aero
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Barcelona, Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Loja via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Loja via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Barcelona, Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Loja via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Loja via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cuenca via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cuenca via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cuenca via Ibiza, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Valencia Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
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
- $310–1,300
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cuenca via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cuenca via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Valencia Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
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
- $430–1,000
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cuenca via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 41m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cuenca via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cuenca via Amsterdam Schiphol, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Valencia Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Valencia Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 48m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
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
- $310–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Valencia Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
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
- $370–850
- 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
- $370–850
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–70
- 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 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–90
- Website
- https://www.renfe.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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–70
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- 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
- $15–45
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +593-07 2823163
- gerencia@transportesazuay.com
- Website
- transportesazuay.com
Bus from Santa Rosa to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–15
- Schedules at
- transportesazuay.com
- Phone
- +593 7-267-7278
- catamayoexpress@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Catamayo to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +59 07 257 1861
- cooploja@loja.telconet.net
- Website
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
Bus from Catamayo to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Schedules at
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Estimated price
- $110–140
VIP Car
- Phone
- +593 9-9723-1913
- Website
- vipcar.com.ec
Ivan Car
- Phone
- +593 98 010 0100
- Website
- ivancar-ec.com
Auto Amigo
- Phone
- +593 99 317 1528
- Website
- facebook.com
Aeropuerto g y e taxis
- Phone
- +593 96 015 5142
- Website
- facebook.com
VIP Car
- Phone
- +593 9-9723-1913
- Website
- vipcar.com.ec
Ivan Car
- Phone
- +593 98 010 0100
- Website
- ivancar-ec.com
Auto Amigo
- Phone
- +593 99 317 1528
- Website
- facebook.com
Aeropuerto g y e taxis
- Phone
- +593 96 015 5142
- Website
- facebook.com
VIP Car
- Phone
- +593 9-9723-1913
- Website
- vipcar.com.ec
Ivan Car
- Phone
- +593 98 010 0100
- Website
- ivancar-ec.com
Auto Amigo
- Phone
- +593 99 317 1528
- Website
- facebook.com
Aeropuerto g y e taxis
- Phone
- +593 96 015 5142
- Website
- facebook.com
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