There are 7 ways to get from Murcia to Cuenca by bus, plane, train, taxi, or car
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Bus to Alicante-Elche Airport, fly to Cuenca
best- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuertobus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Cuenca (CUE)plane ALC - CUE
18h 59m$287–864Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Cuenca
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Cuenca (CUE)plane MAD - CUE
18h 26m$627–1,777Bus to Alicante-Elche Airport, fly to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuertobus
- 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 52m$437–1,104Train, train to Valencia Airport, fly to Cuenca
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Cuenca (CUE)plane VLC - CUE
21h 46m$530–913Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen 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
19h 54m$537–1,167Bus to Alicante-Elche Airport, fly to Mariscal Sucre International Airport, car, bus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuertobus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)plane ALC - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quitocar
- Take the bus from Quito to Terminal Terrestre de Ambatobus
- Take the bus from Ambato to Cuencabus
25h 20m$335–909Train, train to Valencia Airport, fly to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
- 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
25h 4m$490–1,203
Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Cuenca (CUE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Murcia to Cuenca is to bus and fly which costs $280 - $900 and takes 18h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Murcia to Cuenca is to train and fly which takes 18h 26m and costs $600 - $1,800.
The distance between Murcia and Cuenca is 9277 km.
It takes approximately 18h 59m to get from Murcia to Cuenca, including transfers.
Cuenca is 6h behind Murcia. It is currently 10:12 AM in Murcia and 4:12 AM in Cuenca.
There are 452+ hotels available in Cuenca.
What companies run services between Murcia, Spain and Cuenca, Ecuador?
There is no direct connection from Murcia to Cuenca. However, you can take the bus to Alicante Aeropuerto, walk to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) airport, then fly to Cuenca (CUE). 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, then fly to Cuenca (CUE).
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cuenca via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $280–850
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cuenca via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cuenca via Bogota, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cuenca via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
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
- $430–900
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
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
- $390–1,200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cuenca via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cuenca via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 11m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
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
- $320–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cuenca via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cuenca via Ibiza, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
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
- $300–1,100
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
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
- $340–1,200
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cuenca via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 41m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cuenca via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 11m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
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
- $270–950
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cuenca via Bogota, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 38m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cuenca via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cuenca via Amsterdam Schiphol, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
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
- $300–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- 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
- $340–1,200
Flights from Valencia Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 48m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- 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
- $320–1,300
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
- $370–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–850
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
- $350–1,000
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–850
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–75
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Básico
- $50–75
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Básico
- $23–35
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- 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
- $18–25
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–14
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +593 99 354 7653
- tacaandica@gmail.com
- Website
- tacaandina.com
Bus from Quito to Terminal Terrestre de Ambato
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- tacaandina.com
Bus from Quito to Terminal Terrestre de Ambato
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Schedules at
- transportesamazonas.com.ec
- Book at
- busplace.com
- Phone
- +593 3 252 1073
- info@cooperativasanta.ec
- Website
- cooperativasanta.ec
Bus from Ambato to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Schedules at
- cooperativasanta.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
- 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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