There are 12 ways to get from Folkestone to Benidorm by train, plane, tram, bus, car train, car, or car ferry
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Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
best- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)LGW - ALC
7h 9m€90–227Train, tram
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-SantsTgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante TerminalEur / ...
- Take the tram from Alicante - Luceros to Benidorm1
20h 35m€206–718Bus
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)700 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris to BenidormFlixBus N1131
29h 37m€114–215Eurotunnel, drive
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthunle shuttle
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Benidorm
17h 44mTrain, train to Luton Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)LTN - ALC
7h 18m€103–198Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford International
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)STN - ALC
7h 30m€92–187Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Valencia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Valencia Airport (VLC)LGW - VLC
- Take the bus from Valencia to Benidorm
9h 31m€106–260Train, train to London Southend Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford International
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Southend Airport
- Fly from London Southend Airport (SEN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)SEN - ALC
7h 31m€123–341Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Valencia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford International
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Valencia Airport (VLC)STN - VLC
- Take the bus from Valencia to Benidorm
9h 42m€102–285Train, tram via Lyon
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille EuropeEil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part DieuTgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante TerminalEur / ...
- Take the tram from Alicante - Luceros to Benidorm1
21h 16m€224–740Bus via Shellons Street Car Park
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)700 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Benidorm - Bus StationBlaBlaCar Bus
30h 5m€113–162Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Benidorm
18h 48m€298–439
Folkestone to Benidorm by train, bus, foot, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Folkestone to Benidorm is to train and fly which costs €90 - €190 and takes 7h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Folkestone to Benidorm is to train and fly which takes 7h 9m and costs €90 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Folkestone to Benidorm station. However, there are services departing from Shellons Street Car Park and arriving at Benidorm - Bus Station via Dover and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Folkestone to Benidorm. However, there are services departing from Folkestone Central and arriving at Benidorm via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Lyon Part Dieu, Barcelona-Sants and Alicante - Luceros. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 16m.
The distance between Folkestone and Benidorm is 1649 km.
The best way to get from Folkestone to Benidorm without a car is to train and tram which takes 20h 35m and costs €200 - €750.
It takes approximately 7h 9m to get from Folkestone to Benidorm, including transfers.
Folkestone to Benidorm bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Dover station.
Folkestone to Benidorm train services, operated by Southeastern, depart from Folkestone Central station.
Folkestone to Benidorm bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
What companies run services between Folkestone, England and Benidorm, Spain?
You can take a train from Folkestone Central to Benidorm via Dover Priory, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Paris in around 29h 37m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Luton Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–90
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €22–90
Flights from Luton Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from London Southend Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–310
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Luton Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Valencia Airport via Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–70
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Folkestone Central to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–19
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 72 04 72
- Website
- tramalacant.es
Tram from Alicante - Luceros to Benidorm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.tramalacant.es/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Stratford (London) to Southend Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Benidorm
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Valencia to Benidorm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Benidorm - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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More Questions & Answers
Benidorm is 1h ahead of Folkestone. It is currently 8:08 AM in Folkestone and 9:08 AM in Benidorm.
Folkestone to Benidorm train services, operated by Southeastern, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
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