There are 14 ways to get from Folkestone to Marbella by train, plane, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to London City Airport, fly to Málaga Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane LCY - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
7h 31m€185–518Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Málaga Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane STN - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
8h 1m€86–279Train, bus via Madrid
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Perpignan to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain Ave
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
22h 16m€537–961Train, bus
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Marbellabus
31h 21m€455–795Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Folkestone to Plymouthcar
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Marbellacar
35h 37m€319–1,033Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Málaga Airport, bus
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane LHR - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
8h 7m€168–430Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Málaga Airport, bus
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane LGW - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
8h 2m€91–315Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Gibraltar International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB)plane LHR - GIB
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Marbellabus
9h 14m€211–804Train, train to London Southend Airport, fly to Málaga Airport, bus
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Southend Airporttrain
- Fly from London Southend Airport (SEN) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane SEN - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
8h 22m€129–367Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Gibraltar International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB)plane LGW - GIB
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Marbellabus
9h 9m€156–389Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
22h 42m€518–971Bus
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses to Marbellabus
32h 11m€145–323Bus via Málaga
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
33h 13m€123–359Eurotunnel, drive
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain le shuttle
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Marbellacar
21h 27m
Folkestone to Marbella by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Folkestone to Marbella is to train and fly and bus which costs €85 - €280 and takes 8h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Folkestone to Marbella is to train and fly and bus which takes 7h 31m and costs €180 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Folkestone to Marbella. However, there are services departing from Shellons Street Car Park and arriving at Marbella via Dover, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 11m.
The distance between Folkestone and Marbella is 1847 km.
The best way to get from Folkestone to Marbella without a car is to train and bus via Madrid which takes 22h 16m and costs €500 - €1000.
It takes approximately 7h 31m to get from Folkestone to Marbella, including transfers.
Folkestone to Marbella bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Dover station.
Folkestone to Marbella bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Marbella is 1h ahead of Folkestone. It is currently 9:27 PM in Folkestone and 10:27 PM in Marbella.
There are 8801+ hotels available in Marbella.
What companies run services between Folkestone, England and Marbella, Spain?
You can take a bus from Shellons Street Car Park to Marbella via Pencester Road, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses in around 32h 11m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–280
Flights from London City Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–370
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Gibraltar International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–650
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London City Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–280
Flights from London City Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–280
Flights from London City Airport to Málaga Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €160–280
Flights from London City Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–370
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from London City Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–280
Flights from London City Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–280
Flights from London City Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from London Southend Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Gibraltar International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Málaga Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €150–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Málaga Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–400
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–110
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from Folkestone Central to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €230–370
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Perpignan to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–300
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- 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
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Stratford (London) to Southend Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- 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
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Estación de Autobuses de Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- infobus@interbus.es
- Website
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–100
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–700
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €100–220
- Car Single Ticket
- €280–700
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