How much is a taxi from Alicante Airport to Alicante city?
A rank taxi is reported at about €33 on the published tariff; our own fixed fare is €27 in a saloon for up to four people, €39 in a minivan and €49 in an 8-seater, per vehicle.
Alicante-Elche (ALC) · One terminal, to and from
Taxi to and from Alicante Airport, one car, one figure, no meter.
Alicante-Elche is one terminal, about 9 kilometres south-west of Alicante and about 10 from Elche, and it carried close to twenty million people last year. Two things make a transfer here different. The taxi meter is regulated and its fares are published, so you can compare honestly rather than guess. And the tariff jumps to its higher column from three on a Saturday afternoon, which is exactly when the holiday flights land. Benidorm, Torrevieja, Calpe, Javea, Denia, the Orihuela Costa urbanisations, Murcia or a villa with a gate code: one vehicle, one figure, either direction. Below: the published meter, the airport supplement, the rank, and where the bus stops being the answer.
Every flight, around the clock- Flight followedThe aircraft itself, not the schedule
- Figure agreedSettled on the booking page, no meter running
- Name board waitingHeld inside Arrivals as you come through
In brief
Taxi to and from Alicante Airport: the nine facts that decide a booking
Each of these is taken further below. The last three are the ones almost no other page about this airport mentions.
The short answer Alicante-Elche is a single-terminal airport inside the Elche municipality, about 9 kilometres south-west of Alicante and about 11 by road from the city centre, where the taxi meter is regulated and its fares published, and where the higher tariff column begins at 15:00 on a Saturday rather than at night.
- Where it is
- In the Elche municipality, about 9 km from Alicante and 10 km from Elche, or about 11 km by road to the city centre
- Codes
- ALC, and LEAL for air traffic
- Terminals
- One. The NAT terminal, open since 23 March 2011
- Passengers
- A reported 19,950,394 in 2025, up 8.5 per cent
- Who flies here
- A reported 6,553,349 British passengers in 2025, about a third of the airport
- Our fares
- Fixed per vehicle: €27 to Alicante city, €26 to Elche, €74 to Benidorm
- The taxi meter
- Regulated, and its fares published, so a rank journey can be compared honestly
- The catch
- The higher tariff starts at 15:00 on a Saturday, not at night
- Rail
- None. Space was built for a station in 2011 and nothing has been connected
What a journey costs depends on the date, the hour and the vehicle. The booking page works yours out and shows it before the payment step, and it does not move once you accept it.
Quick answers
Nine questions people ask before booking an Alicante transfer
The answer itself, and nothing else. Each one is taken further in its own section below, and all nine are answered at length in the question list at the end.
Is Alicante Airport actually in Alicante?
No. It stands in the municipality of Elche, about 9 kilometres south-west of Alicante and about 10 kilometres east of Elche, which works out at about 11 kilometres by road to the city centre.
Where is the taxi rank at Alicante Airport?
On the arrivals road at level P0, outside the terminal, staffed around the clock.
Why is the taxi fare higher at night and at the weekend?
Because the tariff switches to its special column from 22:00 on weekdays, from 15:00 on a Saturday, and all day on Sunday and public holidays.
What is the airport supplement on an Alicante taxi?
A reported €4.35 on the ordinary tariff and €5.65 on the special one, added to a metered journey that starts at the airport.
How much is a taxi from Alicante Airport to Benidorm?
A rank taxi is reported at about €90 on the ordinary tariff and €98 at night or at the weekend; our fixed fare is €74 in a saloon for up to four, €92 in a minivan for up to six and €118 in an 8-seater for up to eight, per vehicle.
How much is a taxi from Alicante Airport to Torrevieja?
Reported at about €72 on the ordinary tariff and €79 on the special one.
Is there a train or tram to Alicante Airport?
No. Space for a railway station and a tram stop was built into the terminal in 2011 and neither has been connected since.
How does the airport bus compare with a taxi?
The C-6 runs to Alicante city 24 hours a day, reported every 15 to 20 minutes through the day and about hourly overnight, at a reported €4.60 a single.
Start here
Booking a private taxi at Alicante: what to do first
Five steps, in order, and the first one is not the booking form. Get these right and the rest of the journey asks nothing of you.
The short answer To arrange a private taxi at Alicante Airport, settle the exact address first, then count the large bags including golf clubs, then put the flight number on the booking, ask for child seats or an accessible vehicle while you book, and accept the figure shown before the payment step.
- Settle the address, not the resortThe urbanisation, the street and the number, plus a gate code or a key-holder office if there is one. On this coast a resort name alone is not an address: half the Orihuela Costa shares a name with a golf course and a commercial centre.
- Count the bags, not the seatsLarge cases, cabin bags, pushchairs, golf clubs, a bike, a wheelchair. Each of the bulky ones counts as a bag. This is what decides the vehicle, and it is the single commonest reason an airport transfer goes wrong at the kerb.
- Put the flight number inThat is what turns the booking from a time into a watched aircraft. The collection then follows the real landing, and 60 minutes of waiting are counted from touchdown rather than from whatever hour you typed.
- Ask for the extras while you bookChild seats, an accessible vehicle, an English-speaking driver, an animal, a second stop. None of them adds to the figure and every one of them has to be on the booking, because the request is what sends the right car and the right driver.
- Accept the figure and keep the confirmationThe fare is calculated for your date and vehicle and shown before the payment step. The email that follows carries the driver’s name, the vehicle, the meeting point and a mobile number. That email is the only thing you need on the day.
Why the order matters
Each step decides the next. The address sets the fare, the bag count sets the vehicle, the flight number sets the time, and the requests set the driver. Do them in that order and nothing is left to be improvised in an arrivals hall with a trolley and a tired child.
What you do when you land
Nothing, beyond walking out. There is no rank to join, no app to open and no price to agree, because all of that happened before you flew. If the board is not where you expect it, ring the number in the confirmation while you are still inside the building.
The fares in this section are ours, per vehicle rather than per person, and they are what we hold you to once you accept them. They are reviewed from time to time and seasonal and out-of-hours work can differ, so the booking page settles your own journey before the payment step.
Our fares
Alicante Airport taxi fares, fixed by vehicle and by destination
Eleven routes with a standing figure, each one beside the published meter for the same journey so the comparison is yours to make rather than ours to assert.
The short answer A fixed-price taxi from Alicante Airport is €27 to Alicante city, €26 to Elche, €74 to Benidorm, €84 to Altea and €96 to Calpe in a saloon for up to four people, per vehicle rather than per person, with the airport supplement and any toll already inside the figure.
| Where | Saloon, up to 4 | Minivan, up to 6 | 8-seater, up to 8 | Rank taxi, reported | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arenales del Sol and Gran Alacant | €22 | €33 | €42 | reported €25 | about 7 km |
| Elche | €26 | €38 | €48 | reported €33 | about 12 km |
| Alicante city centre | €27 | €39 | €49 | reported €33 | about 11 km |
| Santa Pola | €27 | €39 | €49 | reported €31 | about 17 km |
| Playa de San Juan | €34 | €46 | €58 | reported €40 | about 18 km |
| El Campello | €48 | €53 | €66 | reported €46 | about 24 km |
| Villajoyosa | €62 | €78 | €94 | reported €79 | about 40 km |
| Benidorm | €74 | €92 | €118 | reported €90 | about 55 km |
| Albir | €80 | €99 | €118 | reported €97 | about 60 km |
| Altea | €84 | €104 | €124 | reported €99 | about 62 km |
| Calpe | €96 | €118 | €140 | reported €115 | about 75 km |
Per vehicle, not per person
Four people in a saloon pay the saloon fare between them. It is why the bag count decides the booking as much as the head count: four adults fit a saloon and four adults with four large cases do not, and the vehicle rather than the number of passengers is what you are paying for.
How they sit against the meter
Under it, on ten of the eleven. Benidorm is a reported €90 from the rank against €74 here, Calpe a reported €115 against €96, Elche a reported €33 against €26. The honest exception is El Campello, reported at €46 on the ordinary tariff against €48 of ours, so by day the rank is a couple of euros cheaper on that one run. On the special tariff it is reported at €53 and ours does not move, which is the whole point of a fixed figure.
Everywhere else is quoted rather than listed
The eleven above are the routes asked for most often. Torrevieja, Guardamar del Segura, La Zenia, Moraira, Javea, Denia and the rest of the 49 destinations on this page are priced the same way, against the address you type, because a fare to “Torrevieja” covers La Mata at one end and Punta Prima at the other and they are not the same journey.
Priced on request, against your address
TorreviejaGuardamar del SeguraLa ZeniaMorairaJaveaDeniaMurciaCartagenaAlcoyValencia Airport
The rank column is the reported public meter and belongs to the authorities, not to us. They are reviewed by the authorities and the page you are reading may be behind them.
The fares in this section are ours, per vehicle rather than per person, and they are what we hold you to once you accept them. They are reviewed from time to time and seasonal and out-of-hours work can differ, so the booking page settles your own journey before the payment step.
Our vehicles
Nine classes, and the one your luggage needs
Nine classes run from a saloon to a 50-seater coach. The figure buys the vehicle rather than a seat inside it, so on this coast the number that decides the choice is usually the golf bags.
Example of the class: Volkswagen Passat or similarSaloon taxi
4 passengers, 2 large bags
One or two people with ordinary cases.
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Example of the class: Mercedes E-Class or similarExecutive car
3 passengers, 2 large bags
A better car when the arrival is the point.
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Example of the class: An estate taxiEstate taxi
4 passengers, 3 large bags
Four people whose luggage will not go in a saloon.
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Example of the class: 6-seater MPV people carrierPeople carrier
Carries 5 or 6, with 4 to 5 large bags
Five or six in one family, pushchair and all.
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Example of the class: A 7 seater taxi7 seater taxi
7 passengers, 7 cabin bags
Seven who packed sensibly.
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Example of the class: An 8 seater taxi8 seater taxi
Carries 8, with 6 to 8 large bags
Eight passengers, or six with clubs between them.
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Example of the class: A 16 seater minibus16 seater minibus
Sixteen aboard, and roughly 14 large bags
Wedding parties, golf societies and touring groups.
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Example of the class: A 30-seater coach30-seater coach
30 seats
Corporate parties arriving together.
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Example of the class: A 50-seater coach50-seater coach
50 seats
Large groups and incentive trips settled months ahead.
View vehicle →| Extra | What to know |
|---|---|
| Child seats | Infant, child and booster seats are fitted on request without charge. Spain requires a seat for children under 135 cm, with a narrow exemption for taxis on urban journeys, so each child’s age belongs on the booking form. |
| Golf clubs, bikes, boards | No difficulty at all, so long as it appears on the booking. State the item and how long it is, and a vehicle with the load space is sent. |
| Wheelchair-accessible vehicles | Put it on the booking and we verify a suitable vehicle is free for that route on that date. |
Every vehicle is shown on our fleet page. Each photograph represents its class rather than naming the exact car, and the quote states what is on offer. Give the party size and the bag count on the booking.
Reviews
What our passengers have written
The scores below are the ones our review widget publishes, checked on 14 October 2026. Each of these came from somebody we carried at one of the airports on our network. A selection appears here, and every one stays published wherever its author left it.
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- Paul Phillips22 Sep 2026Google
Excellent service...arrived at terminal and driver was waiting...helped with luggage to the car...smooth drive...perfect overall
Very reliable and easy to get a hold of. I was very confused leaving the airport - user error haha - and they were super helpful. My flight was also delayed and the guy who picked me up was on top of it.
Super affordable and professional service! The pricing was very clear from the start, with no hidden charges, which I really appreciated. Everything went smoothly, and the professionalism of the global airport taxi service stood out. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a hassle-free and budget-friendly option.
- Christina Bundrick20 Sep 2026Google
Amazing taxi service to the airport! Our driver was friendly, on time, and made the whole trip so easy. The car was clean and comfortable, and we got to the airport right on time. Would definitely use this service again!
- AnonymouslyProvenExpertProvenExpert
Excellent service , driver waited for us as flight was delayed, clean car and smooth ride
I would totally recommend Global Airport Taxi to anyone needing a taxi service for their airport commute. I decided on way to the airport that I was flying out of that I will need a cab service at LHR. They were quick to respond to and accommodated some of my last minute schedule change requests after I had landed at LHR. Totally reliable and willing to be flexible. Outstanding customer support provided by Jennifer and Root. Keep it up guys !!
- Sarah Finch22 Sep 2026Google
This was a brilliant service our driver was excellent he was friendly and helpful. Used again for the return journey and driver was professional and ensured we made it to the airport on time with heavy traffic
The service was extremely reliable. My cab arrived exactly on time for my early morning flight, which was a huge relief. Everything went smoothly, and I felt confident choosing this service. Highly recommend global airport taxi for stress-free airport transfers!
Amazing customer service, on time driver helped with cases. A pleasant experience Thank you
- BarhamK11 Apr 2026Yell
Very clean car and on time very polite driver will use them again
These scores cover the whole network rather than Alicante by itself. Trustindex supplies the widget, and every review appears as its author wrote it.
The airport in numbers
Alicante-Elche at a glance
The figures a transfer here actually turns on, with everything reported from a published source marked as such.
The short answer Alicante-Elche handled a reported 19,950,394 passengers in 2025 on 126,081 aircraft movements, from a single terminal of about 333,500 square metres that was built for 20 million passengers a year.
- Operator
- Aena, the Spanish airport authority
- Municipality
- Elche, in the province of Alicante and the Valencian Community
- Terminal size
- A reported 333,500 square metres, with 16 baggage carousels
- 2024 traffic
- A reported 18,387,387 passengers
- The old terminals
- T1 and T2 closed in 2011, reported for demolition between 2027 and 2031
- The name
- Renamed after the poet Miguel Hernández in 2021
Published traffic is restated from time to time; check anything you are planning around on Aena’s own pages.
Who flies here
Who Alicante Airport actually carries, and what each group needs from a taxi
Nine in ten passengers in the peak months are international, and the shape of that traffic explains everything about the arrivals hall, the passport queue and the rank.
The short answer Alicante-Elche is overwhelmingly a leisure airport for British and northern European travellers: a reported 6,553,349 passengers from the United Kingdom in 2025, about a third of the total, then Germany at 1,242,657, the Netherlands at 1,235,605, Belgium at 1,035,375 and Poland at 1,023,583.
| Market | Passengers in 2025 | What it looks like here |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6,553,349 | About a third of everyone who passed through in 2025 |
| Germany | 1,242,657 | The largest market after the British one |
| Netherlands | 1,235,605 | Amsterdam, Eindhoven and Rotterdam between them |
| Belgium | 1,035,375 | Brussels and Charleroi |
| Poland | 1,023,583 | Warsaw, Kraków and Katowice |
British and Irish holiday families
The largest single group by a distance, and the one the Saturday changeover is built around. A reported 6,553,349 British passengers came through in 2025, about a third of the whole airport. Benidorm, Torrevieja and the Orihuela Costa take most of them, in parties of four and five with a fortnight’s luggage.
Residents and second-home owners
This coast has one of the largest foreign resident populations in Spain, concentrated around Torrevieja, the Orihuela Costa, Elche’s beaches and the Alfaz and Albir side of the north. They fly out of season as much as in it, book both legs at once, and are the people for whom parking at the airport stops making arithmetic sense.
Northern European winter visitors
Germans, Dutch, Belgians, Poles and Nordic travellers, together comfortably more than a quarter of the traffic, and weighted towards the months the British are not here. They are why the terminal is busy in February at all.
Golf societies
Between autumn and spring this airport fills with four- to eight-person societies heading for Villamartín, Las Colinas, Font del Llop, La Finca and the Orihuela Costa courses. They come outside the holiday weeks, which is why the shoulder season here is nothing like as quiet as the beaches suggest.
Business and conference travel
The EUIPO, the European Union Intellectual Property Office, sits in Alicante; the Elche business park is on the airport’s doorstep at Torrellano; and the city has its own congress centre. Midweek mornings here are busier than any holidaymaker expects.
Students and university traffic
The University of Alicante is at San Vicente del Raspeig and the Universidad Miguel Hernández, named after the same poet as the airport, is in Elche. Term-time arrivals are the quiet, year-round half of this airport’s work.
People in transit to a ship
Alicante and Cartagena both take cruise ships and Denia sails to the Balearics, so a share of the people who land here are not staying on this coast at all. They are crossing it, on somebody else’s timetable.
People visiting family
The quietest group and the steadiest. They arrive at odd hours, go to residential addresses rather than hotels, and need a vehicle that can find an urbanisation in the dark.
Traffic figures are reported from published annual data and are restated from time to time; treat them as the picture rather than the ledger.
Fares follow the date, the hour and the vehicle. Yours is worked out on the booking page and shown before the payment step, and it does not move after you accept it.
Airlines and routes
Which flights land at Alicante, and from where
Eighteen named carriers, four of them based here, and a route list weighted towards Britain, Ireland and the Low Countries.
The short answer Ryanair, easyJet, Norwegian and Vueling base aircraft at Alicante and Jet2.com, TUI Airways and British Airways fly in alongside them; the busiest single route is Manchester, reported at 848,435 passengers, ahead of London Gatwick and Amsterdam.
The airlines you will see
RyanaireasyJetNorwegianVuelingJet2.comTUI AirwaysBritish AirwaysAer LingusWizz AirEurowingsTransaviaKLMSASFinnairLOTVoloteaAir EuropaIberia
And from the United Kingdom alone
London GatwickStanstedLutonManchesterBirminghamBristolLeeds BradfordNewcastleGlasgowEdinburghBelfastEast MidlandsLiverpool
| Route | Passengers, reported for 2023 | The transfer side of it |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester to Alicante | 848,435 | The single busiest route at this airport, and we cover the other end of it too. |
| London Gatwick to Alicante | 737,258 | Gatwick runs to Alicante all day and all year, and the same is true of our service at that end. |
| Amsterdam to Alicante | 519,059 | The largest non-British route, and the reason the Dutch and Belgian share of this airport is so high. |
Four airlines base aircraft here
Ryanair, easyJet, Norwegian and Vueling, with Ryanair much the largest and a reported 18 aircraft based at Alicante in the summer of 2025. A based fleet is what gives this airport a serious winter schedule as well as a summer one, and it is why the terminal never entirely empties.
Why the traffic arrives in waves
Low-cost networks bank their flights. Aircraft come and go in clusters rather than evenly, so the hall alternates between echoing and overwhelmed within the same hour. That rhythm, more than the annual total, is what decides whether the rank is a two-minute wait or a forty-minute one.
Where the Schengen line falls
Flights from inside the Schengen area and flights from outside it board from different parts of the building, and a British arrival meets a passport desk that a German arrival walks past. The expansion under way is adding a purpose-built non-Schengen boarding area, which tells you where the growth is. Read your gate letter off the screens on the day rather than off any page.
Airline schedules change every season and some of these routes are summer-only. Your own booking is the authority, not a list on a page.
The meter
What a rank taxi costs at Alicante, and when the rate changes
The regulated tariff, published rather than guessed at, and the hours that decide which half of it you pay.
The short answer A rank taxi at Alicante runs on a regulated meter reported at €1.37 a kilometre between towns on the ordinary tariff and €1.59 on the special one, plus an airport supplement of €4.35 or €5.65; the special column starts at 15:00 on a Saturday.
| What | Ordinary | Special | The detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial charge | €2 | €2 | Where the meter starts |
| Minimum journey | €4.35 | €5.60 | However short the trip is |
| Per kilometre, urban | €1.23 | €1.39 | Inside the urban area |
| Per kilometre, intercity | €1.37 | €1.59 | The rate that applies to the coast runs |
| Waiting, per hour | €22.35 | €26.04 | If the meter is held |
| Airport supplement | €4.35 | €5.65 | Added to a metered journey starting here |
The hours behind the two columns
| Column | When it applies |
|---|---|
| Ordinary | Monday to Friday 06:00 to 22:00, and Saturday 06:00 to 15:00 |
| Special | Monday to Friday 22:00 to 06:00, Saturday from 15:00, and all day Sunday and on public holidays |
And the Elche hours, which also apply here
| Column | When it applies, reported |
|---|---|
| Ordinary | Weekdays from 07:00 to 21:00 |
| Special | Nights from 21:00 to 07:00, all day on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, and on the named special days |
Why this page publishes the meter at all
Because at Alicante it is published. Spanish taxi tariffs are set by the authorities rather than by the driver, and the airport’s own guidance carries indicative figures for the main destinations. Most transfer pages hide that and show only their own price. Putting the meter beside our arrangement is the only way you can actually judge which suits you.
The Saturday trap
Read the hours carefully. The higher column does not simply mean night: it starts at three in the afternoon on a Saturday and runs all day Sunday. Saturday afternoon is the busiest arrival window of the week on this coast, so a very large number of holiday flights land straight onto the higher rate without their passengers knowing.
Two ordinances meet at this airport
The indicative fares the airport publishes come from the Alicante tariff, but the terminal itself stands in Elche, and an Elche-licensed cab works to the Elche ordinance. Its special tariff is reported as running from 21:00 to 07:00, all day on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, and on named special days: 5 January, 11 to 14 August, and 24, 25 and 31 December. You cannot tell from the kerb which licence the car at the front of the queue holds, and under either reading a Saturday is a higher-rate day. That is the one fact on this page we would most like a passenger to take away from it.
What an agreed figure does instead
It has no columns, no supplement and no hours. The figure is calculated for your journey, your date and your vehicle, shown before the payment step, and does not move. Whether it beats the meter depends on the hour, the party and the distance, which is exactly why both sets of numbers belong on the same page.
The figures in this section are the regulated taxi meter, reported from published tariff guidance, not prices of ours. They are reviewed by the authorities and the page you are reading may be behind them.
What this journey costs you is settled on the booking page before you pay, against your own date and your own vehicle, and the figure is held from that point.
The published fares
Reported taxi fares from Alicante Airport, destination by destination
Thirteen journeys with a published metered figure, set beside our own road distances so you can see whether the two agree.
The short answer Published metered fares from Alicante Airport are reported at about €33 to Alicante city, €90 to Benidorm, €72 to Torrevieja, €115 to Calpe and €149 to Denia on the ordinary tariff, with the special tariff higher again on every run except the city one itself.
| Where | Ordinary | Special | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alicante city centre | €33 | €33 | about 11 km |
| Elche | €33 | €40 | about 12 km |
| Arenales del Sol | €25 | €30 | about 7 km |
| Santa Pola | €31 | €36 | about 17 km |
| Playa de San Juan | €40 | €45 | about 18 km |
| El Campello | €46 | €53 | about 24 km |
| Torrevieja | €72 | €79 | about 45 km |
| Villajoyosa | €79 | €86 | about 40 km |
| Benidorm | €90 | €98 | about 55 km |
| Albir | €97 | €104 | about 60 km |
| Altea | €99 | €107 | about 62 km |
| Calpe | €115 | €124 | about 75 km |
| Denia | €149 | €168 | about 105 km |
What these figures are
They are indicative metered fares published in the airport’s own transport guidance, reported for the current tariff. They are not our prices and we do not control them. They exclude tolls. We publish them because a transfer page that shows only its own number is asking you to compare one figure against nothing.
How they line up with the distances
Closely, which is a decent sign that both are sound. Benidorm at about 55 kilometres against a reported €90, Denia at about 105 against a reported €149: run those against the intercity rate of €1.37 a kilometre and the arithmetic holds. Where a figure looks out of step, the route rather than the distance is usually the reason.
Where a booked car tends to win
On the longer runs, at the weekend, at night, and with more than two people or more than two cases. On a short weekday hop into Alicante city with hand luggage, the rank is perfectly sensible and we will not pretend otherwise.
The figures in this section are the regulated taxi meter, reported from published tariff guidance, not prices of ours. They are reviewed by the authorities and the page you are reading may be behind them.
Our fares are reviewed from time to time. The one that binds is the one the booking page shows you before the payment step, not the one on a page you read last month.
Which kind of car
Rank taxi, booked transfer or app at Alicante
Spain keeps these genuinely separate, and the separation is why only one of them can give you a figure in advance.
The short answer A rank taxi at Alicante charges a regulated meter plus an airport supplement, a pre-booked VTC carries a figure agreed beforehand, and an app recalculates its price when demand rises; only the booked option is settled before you travel.
A taxi from the rank
White with a green stripe, waiting on the arrivals road at level P0, around the clock. You take the one at the front. The meter decides the figure and the airport supplement is added. Best when you have landed with nothing booked.
A VTC, booked in advance
Vehículo de turismo con conductor: the legal form a private transfer takes in Spain. It must be booked beforehand and carries an agreed price rather than a meter. The regional rules were revised in the Comunidad Valenciana in 2026.
An app
Uber and Cabify have had their own designated pick-up areas at this airport since 2024. The same legal form applies, but the price is recalculated when demand rises, which at a holiday airport is precisely when you need it.
| The question | Rank taxi | Booked transfer | App |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can it be taken from the rank? | Yes | No | No |
| How is the price set? | A regulated meter, plus the airport supplement | Agreed before the journey | Calculated by the app, and again when busy |
| Is it known before the journey starts? | An indicative figure is published | Yes, exactly | Only at the instant you book |
| Does the hour change it? | Yes: two tariff columns | No | Usually yes |
| What happens when the flight runs late? | You queue again | The flight number is tracked | Usually re-booked and re-priced |
Licensing and tariffs are set nationally and by region, and the Comunidad Valenciana revised its VTC rules in 2026. Applications change their terms often, so check the detail for your own date.
The terminal
Alicante-Elche terminal guide: three floors and one security search
Ten minutes of reading here saves twenty minutes of walking with a trolley, and settles which floor your driver is standing on.
The short answer Alicante-Elche has one terminal, the NAT, on three floors: arrivals, the taxi rank and the transfer bays on level P0, offices on the P1 mezzanine, and 96 check-in desks, security and every bus on level P2.
Arrivals
Baggage reclaim, customs, the public arrivals hall, the car hire desks, the taxi rank, the app and private-transfer bays, lost property and left luggage. Your driver waits on this floor.
Mezzanine
Offices, airline ticket desks and the links between the two public floors. Few passengers have any business here.
Departures
Ninety-six check-in desks, security, and the departures roadway outside, which is where every bus leaves from and where cars drop off.
| Service | What to know |
|---|---|
| Left luggage | A staffed office in the terminal, for the bags you would rather not take round Alicante on a late-flight day. |
| Lost property | In the arrivals hall on level P0. Checked baggage that did not arrive is your airline’s handling agent, not the airport. |
| Fast Track | A priority lane at the security search, bought in advance. Worth it on a summer Saturday morning, pointless in February. |
| The VIP lounge | Sala VIP Costa Blanca, airside, reported open from 04:00 to 23:00 with a three-hour limit on a visit. |
| Wi-Fi | Free across the terminal. |
| Reduced mobility | Assistance is free and booked through your airline, reported as at least 48 hours ahead. Meeting points are signed at the doors and in the car parks. |
| Food and drink | Thin before security and plentiful after it, which is worth knowing if you are seeing somebody off. |
| Car parks | General P1 for short stays and for meeting somebody, and the long-stay car park for a holiday. Both are on site. |
One terminal, and the old names are gone
The building is the NAT, the Nueva Área Terminal, open since 23 March 2011. The two terminals that came before it have been shut to passengers ever since, and are reported for demolition between 2027 and 2031. If a driver, a guidebook or an old booking refers to T1 or T2 at Alicante, ignore it: there is one terminal and one security search.
The walk is the part people underestimate
Past security the building opens into a single retail and dining floor, and the boarding areas branch off it. Some gates are a long way out, and the far end of the building is a genuine walk rather than a stroll. If your gate is called and you are still buying perfume, you have less time than you think.
Arriving from Britain adds a step
A non-Schengen arrival passes a passport desk before baggage reclaim. In the peak of the summer that is the slowest part of the whole arrival, and it is the reason waiting time on a booking is counted from the landing rather than from the hour you wrote down.
Layout, services and opening hours are Aena’s and change, particularly while the expansion is under way. Check the airport’s own pages in the week you fly.
Where we meet
Arrivals at Alicante: the hall, the rank and the kerb
One terminal makes this simpler than most, and the part worth reading is which level each thing happens on.
The short answer Your driver waits inside the single arrivals hall at Alicante holding a board with your surname, the official taxi rank is on the arrivals road at level P0, and departures drop off on the level P2 lane above.
Where the driver stands
Inside the arrivals hall with a board carrying your surname. One terminal means one hall, which removes the commonest confusion at a larger airport, but this is a very busy hall in summer, so the confirmation carries the meeting point as well as a mobile number.
Where the rank and the kerb are
The official taxi rank is on the arrivals road at level P0, outside the terminal. Drop-offs for departures happen upstairs on the level P2 lane. Uber and Cabify have had their own designated areas since 2024. Knowing which is which saves a walk with a loaded trolley.
When the board is nowhere to be seen
Ring the number on your confirmation while you are still inside. Stepping out to search is what makes it difficult, since you then end up looking for each other through a window.
How the forecourt works, and what stopping on it costs, is Aena’s to decide and has changed before. Look at the airport’s site in the week you fly.
Nothing here is a quote. Your own figure is calculated for your date, your party and your luggage, shown before you pay, and fixed from that moment.
Bus and rail
The airport bus against a taxi, and the train that was never built
The C-6 is the real competition for a journey into the city, so this section says what it does well before saying where it stops.
The short answer The C-6 bus runs between Alicante Airport and the city 24 hours a day, reported every 15 to 20 minutes through the day at €4.60 a single, and leaves from the departures roadway on level P2; no train or tram reaches the terminal despite space for both having been built into it in 2011.
| Option | What runs | The detail |
|---|---|---|
| The C-6 bus to Alicante city | Reported every 15 to 20 minutes through the day and about hourly overnight, 24 hours a day | A single reported at €4.60. It leaves from the departures roadway on level P2, not from the arrivals floor, and reaches the city in roughly 25 to 35 minutes, calling at the station, the market and the port |
| Intercity coaches | Operator by operator, in the table below | Benidorm, Calpe, Denia, Javea, Torrevieja, Orihuela, Santa Pola, Almoradí, Cartagena and Murcia |
| Elche buses | Lines R10 and R11 | Elche city, Torrellano and the industrial park, and the El Altet beaches |
| Train | None at the airport | Space for a station was built into the terminal in 2011; nothing has been connected |
| Tram | None at the airport | A stop was allowed for in the same plan and has not been built |
| The rank | Level P0, around the clock | Metered, plus the airport supplement |
The coach operators, and where each one goes
| Operator | Where it runs, reported |
|---|---|
| ALSA | Benidorm, Calpe, Denia and Javea, and Murcia |
| Avanza | Torrevieja on line L40, and Orihuela and Alicante station on line L630, where only some departures call at the airport |
| Vectalia | Santa Pola on line 8, which also serves San Vicente del Raspeig |
| Bus Sigüenza | Almoradí on line 3 and other Vega Baja towns |
| Busbam | Cartagena |
The bus is good, into the city
The C-6 runs to Alicante city around the clock, is reported every 15 to 20 minutes through the day and at a reported €4.60 a single it is excellent value for one or two people with light bags. A car on that trip is an indulgence. We sell transfers, so weigh that against our interest, but a comparison that concedes nothing is worth nothing.
The part that catches people out
It does not leave from arrivals. The stop is on the departures roadway on level P2, so you come off the belt on level P0 and then go up a level with your trolley to find it. The bay is marked for the C-6.
Where it stops being the answer
It goes to the city. The coast is a different problem: Benidorm, Torrevieja, Calpe, Javea, the Orihuela Costa urbanisations. A coach reaches some of them, to a bus station rather than to your door, which with two cases and a villa address at the end is the first leg of a journey rather than the journey.
Fifteen years without a train
The terminal opened in 2011 with space for a railway station and a tram stop. A feasibility study was funded in 2019 and a link has been tendered as part of the Cercanías plan. Neither has been built. For an airport approaching twenty million passengers that is the single most striking thing about getting away from it.
Timetables and fares belong to the operators and change, and only some line L630 departures call at the airport at all. Check the current timetable against your own date.
Figures move with the season and with the hour. Yours is the one you are shown ahead of the payment step, and accepting it is what fixes it.
Parking
Parking at Alicante Airport, and when a taxi costs less than leaving the car
Two car parks, one forecourt rule worth knowing, and one piece of arithmetic that catches residents out every summer.
The short answer Alicante Airport has General P1 for short stays and for meeting a flight, reported as about a minute from the terminal, and a long-stay car park for holidays; over a fortnight the long-stay total will usually exceed two return taxi transfers for a family.
| Car park | What it suits | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| General P1 | A short stay, or meeting somebody off a flight | Covered and open bays reported as about a minute from the terminal door, open around the clock, staffed, with spaces for reduced mobility. Motorcycles are not allowed in it; there is a free motorcycle area beside the long-stay car park. |
| Larga Estancia PL | A holiday | The long-stay car park, reported as covered. This is the one whose total surprises people on a fortnight away. |
| The level P2 departures lane | Putting somebody down and leaving | The lane closest to the building is for buses and coaches. Cars use the outer lane, and the police here do enforce it. |
| Booking ahead | Anything beyond a day or two | Aena sells its own car parks online, and the online figure is normally below the rate at the barrier. |
The one genuine expense trap here
Not the taxi and not the coffee: the long-stay car park on a fortnight’s holiday. Two weeks of it will comfortably pass two return transfers for a family, and the car sits in the sun the whole time. For anybody who lives on this coast and flies several times a year, running that arithmetic honestly is usually the end of driving themselves to the airport.
The lane that gets people fined
On the level P2 departures roadway the lane closest to the building is reserved for buses and coaches. Cars pull into it, get moved on, and occasionally get a ticket. Use the outer lane, which is signed, a few metres further out.
Meeting somebody off a flight
Use General P1 rather than circling. It is reported as about a minute from the terminal door, it is staffed and it runs around the clock, which is the difference between waiting inside the hall and waiting in a queue of cars at a kerb where you cannot stop.
Car park products, tariffs and the forecourt rules are Aena’s and are revised; read the airport’s own parking pages for the figures that apply to your dates.
Treat the numbers here as the shape of it. The booking page prices your journey against the address, the date and the vehicle, and that is the figure we hold you to.
Where we go
Taxi from Alicante Airport: every destination, distance and time
49 journeys, from Torrellano four kilometres away to Valencia Airport at the far end. These are our own road figures, and each row opens the price for your date.
The short answer The shortest journey on this list is Torrellano at about 4 kilometres; Alicante city is about 11 kilometres and 15 minutes; Benidorm, the most-asked-for resort run, is about 55 kilometres and 45 minutes.
Showing all 49 destinations
| Destination | Area | Distance and time | Rank taxi, reported | Our saloon fare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alicante city centre | Alicante · The Explanada, the old town and the hotels | about 11 km, 15 min | reported €33 | €27 to Alicante city centre |
| Alicante railway station | Alicante · Estación de Alicante, for the AVE to Madrid | about 12 km, 18 min | — | Get price to Alicante railway station |
| Playa de San Juan | Alicante · The long city beach north of Alicante | about 18 km, 22 min | reported €40 | €34 to Playa de San Juan |
| El Campello | Alicante · The fishing town at the end of the tram line | about 24 km, 25 min | reported €46 | €48 to El Campello |
| San Vicente del Raspeig | Alicante · The university town inland of the city | about 18 km, 20 min | — | Get price to San Vicente del Raspeig |
| Elche | Elche area · The palm groves, and the city the airport sits in | about 12 km, 15 min | reported €33 | €26 to Elche |
| Torrellano | Elche area · The business park on the airport doorstep | about 4 km, 7 min | — | Get price to Torrellano |
| Arenales del Sol | Elche area · The nearest beach to the runway | about 7 km, 10 min | reported €25 | €22 to Arenales del Sol |
| Gran Alacant | Elche area · The hillside resort above the dunes | about 10 km, 12 min | reported €25 | €22 to Gran Alacant |
| Santa Pola | Elche area · The fishing port and the Tabarca boats | about 17 km, 20 min | reported €31 | €27 to Santa Pola |
| Villajoyosa | North · The painted houses and the chocolate town | about 40 km, 35 min | reported €79 | €62 to Villajoyosa |
| Benidorm | North · The towers, the two beaches and the old town | about 55 km, 45 min | reported €90 | €74 to Benidorm |
| Finestrat | North · Above Benidorm, with the villas and the Cala | about 52 km, 45 min | — | Get price to Finestrat |
| La Nucia | North · The hill town behind the coast | about 58 km, 50 min | — | Get price to La Nucia |
| Polop | North · Inland of Benidorm, under the Ponoch | about 60 km, 52 min | — | Get price to Polop |
| Albir | North · The quieter end of the Alfaz bay | about 60 km, 50 min | reported €97 | €80 to Albir |
| Altea | North · The blue dome and the stepped old town | about 62 km, 50 min | reported €99 | €84 to Altea |
| Benissa | North · The coast road between Calpe and Moraira | about 80 km, 65 min | — | Get price to Benissa |
| Calpe | North · The Peñón de Ifach and the two bays | about 75 km, 60 min | reported €115 | €96 to Calpe |
| Moraira | North · The marina and the villa country around it | about 90 km, 70 min | — | Get price to Moraira |
| Javea | North · Xàbia: the arenal, the port and the Montgó | about 95 km, 75 min | — | Get price to Javea |
| Denia | North · The castle town and the Balearic ferries | about 105 km, 80 min | reported €149 | Get price to Denia |
| Oliva | North · The long beach at the Valencia border | about 120 km, 90 min | — | Get price to Oliva |
| Guardamar del Segura | South · The pine dunes and the river mouth | about 30 km, 25 min | — | Get price to Guardamar del Segura |
| La Mata | South · The quiet beach north of Torrevieja | about 40 km, 32 min | — | Get price to La Mata |
| Torrevieja | South · The salt lakes and the seafront | about 45 km, 35 min | reported €72 | Get price to Torrevieja |
| Villamartin | South · The golf course and the plaza | about 56 km, 45 min | — | Get price to Villamartin |
| La Zenia | South · Orihuela Costa, and the boulevard | about 55 km, 45 min | — | Get price to La Zenia |
| Playa Flamenca | South · The Saturday market and the coves | about 57 km, 46 min | — | Get price to Playa Flamenca |
| Cabo Roig | South · The strip, the marina and the cliff path | about 58 km, 47 min | — | Get price to Cabo Roig |
| Campoamor | South · Dehesa de Campoamor and its golf | about 60 km, 48 min | — | Get price to Campoamor |
| Mil Palmeras | South · The last beach before Murcia | about 63 km, 50 min | — | Get price to Mil Palmeras |
| Pilar de la Horadada | South · The town at the provincial line | about 68 km, 52 min | — | Get price to Pilar de la Horadada |
| San Pedro del Pinatar | Murcia · The mud baths and the Mar Menor shore | about 75 km, 55 min | — | Get price to San Pedro del Pinatar |
| Los Alcázares | Murcia · The Mar Menor beaches and the air base | about 85 km, 60 min | — | Get price to Los Alcázares |
| La Manga del Mar Menor | Murcia · The strip between two seas | about 100 km, 75 min | — | Get price to La Manga del Mar Menor |
| Cartagena | Murcia · The Roman theatre and the cruise port | about 105 km, 70 min | — | Get price to Cartagena |
| Murcia | Murcia · The cathedral city and the Segura | about 70 km, 50 min | — | Get price to Murcia |
| Orihuela | Inland · The old city inland of its own costa | about 45 km, 40 min | — | Get price to Orihuela |
| Ciudad Quesada | Inland · Rojales, the urbanisations and the golf | about 38 km, 32 min | — | Get price to Ciudad Quesada |
| Alcoy | Inland · The mountain town of the Moors and Christians | about 60 km, 50 min | — | Get price to Alcoy |
| Villena | Inland · The castle and the wine country | about 65 km, 50 min | — | Get price to Villena |
| Terra Mítica | Day out · The theme park above Benidorm | about 53 km, 44 min | — | Get price to Terra Mítica |
| Guadalest | Day out · The castle village and the reservoir | about 70 km, 65 min | — | Get price to Guadalest |
| Tabarca ferry at Santa Pola | Port or ferry · The crossing to the island | about 17 km, 20 min | — | Get price to Tabarca ferry at Santa Pola |
| Alicante cruise terminal | Port or ferry · Where the ships berth in the city port | about 12 km, 18 min | — | Get price to Alicante cruise terminal |
| Denia ferry port | Port or ferry · The sailings to Ibiza, Formentera and Mallorca | about 105 km, 80 min | — | Get price to Denia ferry port |
| Murcia Airport | Airport · Corvera (RMU): one page serves either direction | about 75 km, 55 min | — | Get price to Murcia Airport |
| Valencia Airport | Airport · The long run north, booked rather than metered | about 175 km, 110 min | — | Get price to Valencia Airport |
Every destination here is priced in both directions, and the last column opens the booking page with that journey already filled in. Anywhere missing can be priced by typing the address; every Alicante Airport route gathers the same list.
The fourth column is the reported public meter where the airport publishes one, for comparison only. The last column is our own fixed saloon fare where there is a standing one, in a vehicle for up to four people, and a link on the routes we price against the address instead. Minivan and minibus figures are in the fares section above, and what each class holds is on the fleet page and the executive car page.
Fares follow the date, the hour and the vehicle. Yours is worked out on the booking page and shown before the payment step, and it does not move after you accept it.
In Alicante
Taxi from Alicante Airport to the city, the station and the beaches
The shortest and most frequent journeys at this airport, and the ones where the bus is a real alternative.
The short answer Alicante city centre is about 11 kilometres from the terminal and roughly 15 minutes, the railway station about 12 kilometres, and Playa de San Juan about 18.
Alicante city centre
About 11 km, roughly 15 minutes. The Explanada, the old town below the castle and most of the city hotels sit in a small area, so the booking wants the street rather than the district.
Alicante railway station
About 12 km, roughly 18 minutes. The AVE to Madrid leaves from here, which makes this a common onward leg for people who flew into Alicante and are going inland.
Playa de San Juan and El Campello
About 18 and 24 km. The long city beach and the town at the end of the tram line, both popular for longer stays within reach of Alicante itself.
San Vicente del Raspeig
About 18 km, roughly 20 minutes. The university town, and a steady source of term-time journeys rather than holiday ones.
Two addresses on the same street can price differently, so give the booking page the address itself rather than the quarter.
What this journey costs you is settled on the booking page before you pay, against your own date and your own vehicle, and the figure is held from that point.
Elche and the near coast
Taxi from Alicante Airport to Elche, Santa Pola and the nearest beaches
The journeys measured in minutes rather than hours, and the reason the airport carries two city names.
The short answer Torrellano is about 4 kilometres from the terminal, Arenales del Sol about 7, Gran Alacant about 10, Elche about 12 and Santa Pola about 17, which makes these the shortest transfers at this airport.
| Where | Distance | Time | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torrellano | about 4 km | about 7 min | The business park on the airport doorstep, and the shortest run on this page |
| Arenales del Sol | about 7 km | about 10 min | The nearest beach to the runway |
| Gran Alacant | about 10 km | about 12 min | The hillside resort above the dunes |
| Elche | about 12 km | about 15 min | The palm groves, and the city the airport legally sits in |
| Santa Pola | about 17 km | about 20 min | The fishing port, the salt flats and the Tabarca boats |
The airport is in Elche, not Alicante
This surprises people every week. The terminal stands inside the Elche municipality, which is why the full name is Alicante-Elche. It has a practical consequence: a booking that says only “Alicante” is ambiguous between a city, a province and an airport, and the address is what resolves it.
The short runs, and the minimum fare
Torrellano at about 4 kilometres and Arenales at about 7 are the shortest journeys here. On a trip that short a metered fare runs into the minimum charge rather than the distance, reported at €4.35 on the ordinary tariff and €5.60 on the special one, before the airport supplement is added.
Every distance and time here is our own road estimate under ordinary conditions.
Our fares are reviewed from time to time. The one that binds is the one the booking page shows you before the payment step, not the one on a page you read last month.
Costa Blanca north
Taxi from Alicante Airport to Benidorm, Altea, Calpe, Javea and Denia
The resorts north of the city, where most of the long transfers at this airport are heading.
The short answer Benidorm is about 55 kilometres from Alicante Airport and roughly 45 minutes, Altea about 62, Calpe about 75, Javea about 95 and Denia about 105 at the far end of the Costa Blanca north.
| Where | Distance | Time | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villajoyosa | about 40 km | about 35 min | The painted houses, and the chocolate |
| Benidorm | about 55 km | about 45 min | The busiest single destination at this airport |
| Finestrat | about 52 km | about 45 min | The villas above Benidorm and the Cala |
| Albir | about 60 km | about 50 min | The quieter end of the Alfaz bay |
| Altea | about 62 km | about 50 min | The blue dome and the stepped old town |
| La Nucia | about 58 km | about 50 min | The hill town behind the coast |
| Polop | about 60 km | about 52 min | Inland of Benidorm, under the Ponoch |
| Calpe | about 75 km | about 60 min | Under the Peñón de Ifach, between two bays |
| Benissa | about 80 km | about 65 min | The coast road between Calpe and Moraira |
| Moraira | about 90 km | about 70 min | The marina and the villa country around it |
| Javea | about 95 km | about 75 min | Xàbia: the arenal, the port and the Montgó |
| Denia | about 105 km | about 80 min | The castle town, and the Balearic ferries |
| Oliva | about 120 km | about 90 min | The long beach at the Valencia border |
Benidorm is the journey this airport runs on
About 55 kilometres and roughly 45 minutes, with a metered fare reported at €90 by day and €98 on the special tariff. More of our Alicante work goes there than anywhere else, and the Saturday changeover is the heaviest single movement of the week.
The far north is a different kind of journey
Calpe at about 75 kilometres, Javea at about 95 and Denia at about 105 are an hour or more each way. A metered fare to Denia is reported at €149 on the ordinary tariff and €168 on the special one, which is where an agreed figure stops being a nicety.
Addresses, not resort names
The hillsides above Benidorm, Altea and Moraira are villa country, and many urbanisations share a name with a road, a plaza and a commercial centre. Give the urbanisation, the street and the number, and say if there is a gate code.
Distances and times are our own road estimates. The coast road in August is not an ordinary condition.
Nothing here is a quote. Your own figure is calculated for your date, your party and your luggage, shown before you pay, and fixed from that moment.
Costa Blanca south
Taxi from Alicante Airport to Torrevieja and the Orihuela Costa
The southern strip, where the addresses are harder than the distances and the booking goes wrong more often than anywhere else on this coast.
The short answer Torrevieja is about 45 kilometres from Alicante Airport and roughly 35 minutes, with the Orihuela Costa urbanisations from La Zenia to Mil Palmeras a further ten to twenty minutes beyond it.
| Where | Distance | Time | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guardamar del Segura | about 30 km | about 25 min | The pine dunes and the river mouth |
| La Mata | about 40 km | about 32 min | The quiet beach north of Torrevieja |
| Torrevieja | about 45 km | about 35 min | The salt lakes and the seafront |
| La Zenia | about 55 km | about 45 min | Orihuela Costa, and the boulevard |
| Villamartin | about 56 km | about 45 min | The golf course, the plaza and the urbanisations |
| Playa Flamenca | about 57 km | about 46 min | The Saturday market and the coves |
| Cabo Roig | about 58 km | about 47 min | The strip, the marina and the cliff path |
| Campoamor | about 60 km | about 48 min | Dehesa de Campoamor and its golf |
| Mil Palmeras | about 63 km | about 50 min | The last beach before the Murcia line |
| Pilar de la Horadada | about 68 km | about 52 min | The town at the provincial boundary |
The urbanisation problem
South of Torrevieja the map is a lattice of urbanisations, many of them built at the same time by the same developers and named after the same golf courses. A resort name on its own is not an address here. Give the urbanisation, the street and the number, and if the property is managed by a key-holder office, name it: the collection can then be set around their hours rather than around a guess.
Why the south is busy with us
It is the part of this coast with the most self-catering and the most golf, which means parties of four to eight with more luggage than seats. Torrevieja is about 45 kilometres from the terminal with a metered fare reported at €72 by day, and the strip beyond it adds ten to twenty minutes.
These are our own road figures, taken under ordinary conditions rather than at a summer changeover.
Figures move with the season and with the hour. Yours is the one you are shown ahead of the payment step, and accepting it is what fixes it.
Murcia and the Mar Menor
Taxi from Alicante Airport to Murcia, Cartagena and La Manga
A second region served from the same terminal, and the one destination on this page where the last few kilometres take the longest.
The short answer Murcia is about 70 kilometres from Alicante Airport and roughly 50 minutes, Cartagena about 105, La Manga about 100 and Los Alcázares about 85.
| Where | Distance | Time | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Pedro del Pinatar | about 75 km | about 55 min | The mud baths and the northern Mar Menor |
| Los Alcázares | about 85 km | about 60 min | The Mar Menor beaches and the air base |
| La Manga del Mar Menor | about 100 km | about 75 min | The strip between two seas |
| Cartagena | about 105 km | about 70 min | The Roman theatre and the cruise port |
| Murcia | about 70 km | about 50 min | The cathedral city on the Segura |
A second region, served from the same terminal
The Region of Murcia has its own airport at Corvera, but a great many of its visitors fly into Alicante because the schedule is better. Murcia city is about 70 kilometres from this terminal and La Manga about 100.
La Manga takes longer than it looks
The strip is long and there is one road down it. An address at the far end can add twenty minutes to what the map promises, so give the kilometre marker or the complex name rather than just La Manga.
Treat the numbers here as the shape of it. The booking page prices your journey against the address, the date and the vehicle, and that is the figure we hold you to.
Inland
Taxi from Alicante Airport to Orihuela, Alcoy and the inland towns
Three journeys that leave the coast behind, and the one fiesta large enough to close a town.
The short answer Orihuela is about 45 kilometres from Alicante Airport, Ciudad Quesada about 38, Alcoy about 60 and Villena about 65, all of them inland of the coast strip.
Orihuela and the Vega Baja
Orihuela is about 45 km, with Ciudad Quesada and Rojales at about 38. Inland of the costa that carries the same name, and a steady source of year-round journeys rather than holiday ones.
Alcoy
About 60 km, roughly 50 minutes into the mountains. Its Moors and Christians fiesta is among the largest in Spain and closes the town for days at a time.
Villena and the wine country
About 65 km. The castle, and the vineyards of the Alto Vinalopó behind it.
Fiesta dates are the towns’ own and move between years. Check before fixing a collection time.
Fares follow the date, the hour and the vehicle. Yours is worked out on the booking page and shown before the payment step, and it does not move after you accept it.
Days out
Taxi from Alicante Airport to Terra Mítica, Guadalest and Tabarca
Three places people head for straight off the aircraft, and all three are easier with somebody driving.
The short answer Terra Mítica is about 53 kilometres from Alicante Airport, Guadalest about 70, and Tabarca is reached by boat from Santa Pola, about 17 kilometres from the terminal.
Terra Mítica
About 53 km, roughly 44 minutes, above Benidorm. The park empties all at once at closing, so the return leg wants booking rather than hoping.
Guadalest
About 70 km, roughly 65 minutes. The castle village above the reservoir, on a road that is slow by design rather than by traffic.
Tabarca
The island is reached by boat from Santa Pola, about 17 km from the terminal. The crossing times rather than the distance decide the collection.
Opening and sailing times belong to the attractions and operators and change by season.
What this journey costs you is settled on the booking page before you pay, against your own date and your own vehicle, and the figure is held from that point.
Ports and ferries
Taxi from Alicante Airport to the cruise terminals and the Denia ferries
Three journeys where the thing at the far end leaves on a schedule of its own, which changes how the collection should be set.
The short answer The Alicante cruise terminal is about 12 kilometres from the airport and roughly 18 minutes, and Denia, for the ferries to Ibiza, Formentera and Mallorca, about 105 kilometres.
Alicante cruise terminal
About 12 km, roughly 18 minutes. The ships berth in the city port below the castle. A ship will not wait, so on a sailing day take the earlier collection and give us the vessel name.
Denia ferry port
About 105 km, roughly 80 minutes. The sailings from here reach Ibiza, Formentera and Mallorca, and we cover those islands at the other end as well.
Cartagena
About 105 km. A cruise port as well as a city, so say which one the booking means.
Operators set their own sailing times and change them with the season and the weather. Fix yours first, then count backwards.
Our fares are reviewed from time to time. The one that binds is the one the booking page shows you before the payment step, not the one on a page you read last month.
Airport to airport
Between Alicante, Murcia and Valencia airports
There is no slack in a journey between two airports, which is why nobody should improvise one.
The short answer Murcia Airport at Corvera is about 75 kilometres from Alicante-Elche and roughly 55 minutes, and Valencia Airport about 175 kilometres, a journey of close to two hours.
Murcia Airport (RMU)
About 75 km, roughly 55 minutes to Corvera. A single page covers the journey either way, which is the booking most often made when a flight left from, or landed at, the wrong one of the two.
Valencia Airport
About 175 km, roughly 110 minutes. A long drive rather than a transfer in the ordinary sense, and one where an agreed figure matters more than anywhere else on this page.
Nothing here is a quote. Your own figure is calculated for your date, your party and your luggage, shown before you pay, and fixed from that moment.
All routes
Every Alicante Airport taxi route, in both directions
Every name below opens the booking page with that journey already in it, so a figure for your date takes one click. Each one is booked the same way in reverse for the journey back, and the table above carries the distance and the time for all of them.
Alicante and around
Elche and the near coast
Costa Blanca north
- Alicante Airport to Villajoyosa
- Alicante Airport to Benidorm
- Alicante Airport to Finestrat
- Alicante Airport to La Nucia
- Alicante Airport to Polop
- Alicante Airport to Albir
- Alicante Airport to Altea
- Alicante Airport to Benissa
- Alicante Airport to Calpe
- Alicante Airport to Moraira
- Alicante Airport to Javea
- Alicante Airport to Denia
- Alicante Airport to Oliva
Costa Blanca south
- Alicante Airport to Guardamar del Segura
- Alicante Airport to La Mata
- Alicante Airport to Torrevieja
- Alicante Airport to Villamartin
- Alicante Airport to La Zenia
- Alicante Airport to Playa Flamenca
- Alicante Airport to Cabo Roig
- Alicante Airport to Campoamor
- Alicante Airport to Mil Palmeras
- Alicante Airport to Pilar de la Horadada
Murcia and the Mar Menor
Inland towns
Ports and ferries
Not on the list? The booking page prices any address you type into it. The destination table above carries the same names with their distances, and our team will answer whatever it leaves out. Pages of their own for each of these destinations are being built; until they are, the names here go straight to the price rather than to a page that does not yet exist.
Figures move with the season and with the hour. Yours is the one you are shown ahead of the payment step, and accepting it is what fixes it.
The bad hours
When Alicante Airport is at its worst, and what is being built
A single terminal running at the capacity it was designed for has one reliably bad day a week in summer. It is predictable, which means it can be planned around.
The short answer The worst hours at Alicante-Elche are the Saturday changeovers of July and August, when the rank queue is reported at twenty to forty minutes against under five out of season, and a terminal built for 20 million passengers a year handles its heaviest arrival and departure waves at once.
The worst day is Saturday
The holiday week on this coast runs Saturday to Saturday, which puts the heaviest arrivals and the heaviest departures of the week into the same hours of the same day. In July and August a terminal built for 20 million a year is handling close to that, and the queue at the rank on a Saturday evening in August is the single best argument for having something booked.
The queue is not random
It is reported at under five minutes out of season and anywhere from twenty to forty at a July or August evening peak. Nothing about the airport changes between those two states except how many aircraft have just parked, which is why the hour of your landing predicts the wait better than the month does.
What is being built
An expansion reported at €868 million is due to complete in 2031, adding a boarding area for flights from outside the Schengen area, which is where a large share of this airport’s traffic now comes from. The closed Terminals 1 and 2 are reported for demolition between 2027 and 2031 as part of the same work, so expect hoardings and changed walking routes in the meantime.
A late flight asks nothing of you, because it is being watched. The single case worth a message is a diversion, which no flight number will tell us about.
Arriving
Landing at Alicante: from the wheels to the back seat
Five steps, and the one worth noticing is which of them the included hour is measured from.
The short answer After landing at Alicante you pass passport control only if the flight came from outside the Schengen area, collect your bags from one of sixteen carousels, and walk into the single arrivals hall where the driver is already waiting.
- The aircraft landsThe included hour starts here, at touchdown, rather than at the time written on your booking.
- Passport control, if it appliesOnly on a flight from outside the Schengen area. From Germany or the Netherlands you walk straight through.
- Baggage reclaimSixteen carousels, and a screen names yours. Belts overrun more reliably than aircraft, which is why the hour runs from the wheels.
- Into the hallOne terminal, one arrivals hall, and your surname already on a board held by somebody who watched the flight come in.
- Out to the carYour cases are carried and the drive goes to the address on the booking. Nothing is owed at the end, because it was paid online.
There is a wider description of how all this works in our guide to airport meet and greet.
Border checks
Passport control at Alicante, and why it does not move your collection
Nothing on an international arrival is harder to forecast, and nothing worries passengers more. It makes no difference whatever to the car.
The short answer Only flights from outside the Schengen area pass through passport control at Alicante, which since Brexit means most British arrivals; however long that queue takes, the collection does not move, because the included hour is counted from touchdown.
| Your flight | What happens | The detail |
|---|---|---|
| Arriving from inside the Schengen area | No passport desk | Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and most of the EU |
| Arriving from outside it | A passport desk | The United Kingdom, Ireland on some routes, Norway outside Schengen rules in places, Morocco |
| EU and Schengen passports | Separate lanes, usually quicker | Electronic gates, where they are working |
| Everyone else | The all-passports lane | Ninety days in any 180 across the Schengen area, for most short-stay visitors |
| Whatever the queue does | The collection does not move | The hour began at the landing, so a slow desk eats into it and not into your evening |
Why this matters more here than at most airports
Alicante carries a very large British traffic, and since the United Kingdom left the EU those passengers queue at a passport desk that Schengen arrivals walk past. The expansion now under way is specifically adding capacity for exactly this, which tells you how much of it there is.
Entry rules are being changed
New entry and exit checks are being introduced across the member states and the detail has been redrawn more than once. Last year’s trip is not a guide: read the current official guidance and ask your airline.
Entry requirements are set by Spain and the EU and are revised periodically; read the airport’s own guidance and check with your airline before you travel.
Flying out
Taxi to Alicante Airport: working back from the bag-drop deadline
Most of this page is about arriving. This is the outbound half, and how the collection time actually gets decided. Every destination in the table is priced in this direction too.
The short answer Set a collection for a flight from Alicante by working back from the airline’s bag-drop deadline: two hours inside the terminal, then the drive, then a margin, with extra for any summer Saturday.
- Fill in the bookingPut your own address as the starting point, Alicante Airport as the end, and the time of the flight. A figure appears ahead of the payment step.
- Settle the collection timeWork back from the bag-drop deadline: the terminal time, then the drive, then a margin. The table below does the arithmetic.
- Meet the carThe car is there at the hour agreed, and it is the vehicle your confirmation names. The same email holds a mobile number for anything that moves on the day.
- Walk in and check inNinety-six desks, and a long walk to some gates. Allow more on a summer Saturday than the distance suggests.
When to be collected
| Starting from | The drive | Collect this long before departure |
|---|---|---|
| Torrellano | about 7 min | 2 h 45 min |
| Arenales del Sol | about 10 min | 2 h 45 min |
| Alicante city centre | about 15 min | 2 h 45 min |
| Santa Pola | about 20 min | 3 h 00 min |
| Guardamar del Segura | about 25 min | 3 h 00 min |
| Torrevieja | about 35 min | 3 h 15 min |
| Benidorm | about 45 min | 3 h 15 min |
| Calpe | about 60 min | 3 h 30 min |
| Denia | about 80 min | 4 h 00 min |
The arithmetic
The drive, then two hours inside the terminal, then half an hour of margin, rounded up to the next quarter hour. Add an hour for a long-haul connection, and add more again for a Saturday in August, when the check-in hall is at its worst and the coast road is carrying every other departing family at the same time.
Where the margin goes
Onto the N-332 and the AP-7 in summer, and into the terminal itself. Ninety-six check-in desks sound like plenty until a dozen charter flights are called within the same hour.
Bag-drop deadlines differ by airline. Treat the drive column as typical rather than guaranteed, and the collection column as a recommendation.
Treat the numbers here as the shape of it. The booking page prices your journey against the address, the date and the vehicle, and that is the figure we hold you to.
Lounges and Fast Track
The lounge at Alicante, and whether it is worth the collection time
One lounge, one priority lane, and a straightforward rule about which departures justify either.
The short answer Alicante has one lounge, the Sala VIP Costa Blanca, airside and reported open from 04:00 to 23:00 with a three-hour limit, plus a separately sold Fast Track lane at security; both are worth buying for a summer Saturday departure.
Sala VIP Costa Blanca
The airport’s own lounge, airside, after the security search, reported open from 04:00 to 23:00 with a three-hour limit on any one visit. It takes both Schengen and non-Schengen passengers. Access is bought from the airport directly, and comes with some bank cards and some airline tickets.
Fast Track at security
A priority lane at the search, bought in advance and sold separately from the lounge. The case for it is a summer Saturday morning, when every charter departure is called inside the same two hours. In February it buys you nothing.
What this has to do with a transfer
Everything, on the way out. If you are paying for a lounge you want to be inside the building in time to use it, and that is decided by the collection time rather than by the departure time. Tell us you have lounge access and the collection is set earlier rather than tighter.
If you would rather not pay for either
The dining is almost all airside, so a long wait is more comfortable after security than before it. Wi-Fi is free throughout, and the left-luggage office means a late flight does not have to be spent sitting on your cases.
Lounge and Fast Track access, hours and prices are set by the airport and by the card and airline programmes, and all of them change. Confirm yours before you count on it.
Early and late
Night arrivals and dawn departures at Alicante
An airport with no curfew and a summer charter schedule produces a great many journeys at hours nobody chooses.
The short answer Alicante has no night curfew, so arrivals in the small hours and departures before dawn are ordinary bookings; what changes after 22:00 is the taxi tariff column and the thinning of both the rank and the airport bus.
There is no curfew here
Alicante runs around the clock, which is why the summer schedule produces arrivals at two in the morning and departures before five. Both are ordinary bookings at this airport rather than exceptions, and the rank is staffed at those hours too, if thinly.
What changes after dark
The tariff, for one: the special column runs from 22:00 on a weekday and all day Sunday. The supply of cars at the rank, for another. And the C-6 bus drops to hourly overnight, which turns a missed connection into a long wait on a bench.
How an agreed booking handles it
It watches the aircraft rather than the clock. A collection pinned to a booked time is the only arrangement that cannot absorb a delay, and a 01:30 landing that becomes 02:40 is exactly where that shows.
Operating hours and tariffs are set by the authorities and the operators and are revised. Confirm the current position for your date.
Compared honestly
Transfer, rank taxi, bus or hire car from Alicante
Our interest here is not hidden, which is why the table names the journeys where the bus wins outright and the rank is perfectly reasonable.
The short answer For one or two people with light bags going into Alicante city the C-6 bus is hard to beat; a car wins on luggage, on groups, on any coast resort or urbanisation, and on a landing in the small hours.
The trip we would talk you out of booking
One or two people with cabin bags going into Alicante city on a weekday afternoon: take the C-6. It runs around the clock, it costs a fraction of a car, and a transfer is an indulgence on that trip. We sell transfers, so weigh that against our interest, but a comparison that concedes nothing is worth nothing.
The trips where nothing else works
A villa on the Orihuela Costa with a gate code. Four people and four cases plus clubs. A 01:40 landing. Benidorm, Calpe, Javea, Denia, La Manga. In each of those the question stops being what it costs and becomes whether the journey works at all.
| Option | Cost | Directness | Best for | Our view |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-booked transfer | Fixed per vehicle, from €22, agreed before you pay | Direct to the address | Groups, luggage, urbanisations, late landings, either direction | Our service A driver in the hall with your name, a vehicle sized to the party, and the figure settled first. |
| Rank taxi | The regulated meter, plus the €4.35 airport supplement | Direct, once you reach the front | Arriving with nothing booked | Published Honest and regulated, but the hour and the day decide the total. |
| The C-6 bus | A reported €4.60 a single | Reported every 15 to 20 minutes into the city | One or two people with light bags going into Alicante | Cheapest Excellent into the city. It does not go to the coast. |
| Intercity coach | A coach fare, per person | Operator by operator | Benidorm, Torrevieja, Murcia on a budget | Slow Station to station, with the last leg still to solve. |
| An app | Recalculated when demand rises | From the marked pick-up area, once one accepts | A short off-peak run into the city | Variable Often cheapest off-peak, and the first thing to fail in a flight bank. |
| Hire car | A daily rate plus fuel and parking | Add the desk queue at both ends | Touring the Costa Blanca over a week or more | Depends Sensible for a fortnight in a villa, poor for three nights in a hotel. |
Bus, coach and hire fares belong to their operators, and the taxi meter to the authorities. Ours are reviewed from time to time, and the booking page settles your own journey before you pay. Agreed fares against app pricing are covered at greater length in fixed-price taxis against ride-hailing apps.
The calendar
The dates when an Alicante transfer needs booking early
Eleven dated pressures, from the Three Kings in January to the Vuelta in October, and the fiestas large enough to shut a city centre to cars.
The short answer The dates that matter most at Alicante are Hogueras de San Juan in Alicante from 24 to 29 June, the Nit de l’Albà and Misteri d’Elx in Elche from 13 to 15 August, the second and third weeks of August, Benidorm Fest in late winter and the Moors and Christians at Alcoy in late April.
| What | When | Where it bites | What it means for the drive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabalgata de Reyes | 5 and 6 January | Alicante, Elche and every town on the coast | The Three Kings parades close town centres to traffic in the early evening, and the airport takes a heavy return wave on the 6th and 7th. |
| Benidorm Fest | Late January or February | Benidorm | Spain’s Eurovision selection fills Benidorm in what used to be a dead month, on the one road in. |
| Fallas, in Valencia | 15 to 19 March | The AP-7 north | Valencia’s festival pulls visitors north and a good many of them fly into Alicante instead, which loads the northbound motorway. |
| Semana Santa | March or April | Alicante, Elche, Orihuela and Crevillent | Orihuela’s Holy Week is among the most important in Spain. Old-town streets close for hours and a drop-off moves to the nearest open avenue. |
| Moors and Christians, Alcoy | Late April | Alcoy, about 60 km inland | The largest fiesta of its kind in the country. The run from the airport takes about 50 minutes on an ordinary day and longer during it. |
| Hogueras de San Juan | 24 to 29 June | Alicante city | Alicante’s own festival: the monuments, the daily mascletas, and everything burnt on the Nit de la Crema. The centre is effectively closed to cars. |
| The festival summer | June to September | Benidorm and the Vega Baja coast | Low Festival in Benidorm, Medusa on the southern coast and a long run of open-air concerts, which fill the late-night arrivals when the rank is thinnest. |
| Nit de l’Albà and the Misteri d’Elx | 13 to 15 August | Elche, 15 minutes from the terminal | Fireworks over the palm groves on the 13th, then the UNESCO-listed mystery play on the 14th and 15th. The busiest civic night of Elche’s year, and the closest one to the runway. |
| The peak of the peak | The second and third weeks of August | The terminal and the whole coast | The hardest days of the year to leave this airport without a booking. Flights bank up, the rank drains and the shared shuttles run full. |
| Road races and the Vuelta | September and October | Alicante, Benidorm and the coast road | Coastal roads close in blocks on race mornings, which matters more for a departure than for an arrival. |
| Business and conference travel | All year, midweek | Alicante and Elche | The EUIPO is based in Alicante, the Elche business park sits on the airport doorstep and the city has its own congress centre, so midweek mornings are busier than holidaymakers expect. |
Booking during a fiesta
Send the nearest large landmark or hotel as well as the street address. A driver can plan around a closed street if he knows about it before he sets out, and cannot improvise once he is inside a road-closure box with a boot full of cases.
The two that close a city outright
Hogueras de San Juan effectively pedestrianises central Alicante around the June solstice, and the Nit de l’Albà does the same to Elche in the middle of August, fifteen minutes from the runway. For an address inside either, the drop-off moves to the ring road side and the walk is the last part of the journey.
Fiesta dates are the towns’ own and move between years. Check with the organisers before fixing a collection time.
What people go to see
The Costa Blanca from Alicante Airport: what is actually worth the drive
Transfers are the job, but a good share of what we drive is day trips, harbour runs and inland excursions, which are miserable by bus and expensive by hire car for a single day.
The short answer The main things people are driven to from Alicante Airport are Santa Bárbara castle and the Explanada in Alicante, the UNESCO palm grove at Elche, Benidorm and its parks, the pink lagoon at Torrevieja, the Peñón de Ifach at Calpe, Guadalest and the Algar falls inland, and Denia for the Balearic ferries.
Alicante city
Santa Bárbara castle on Mount Benacantil, reached by a lift cut up through the rock from Postiguet beach, the palm-lined Explanada, the tiled Santa Cruz quarter, the MARQ archaeology museum and the Mercado Central.
Elche and the Palmeral
The largest palm grove in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage site, planted under the Moors and still watered by the original channels, with the Huerto del Cura garden and the blue-domed basilica beside it. Closer to the terminal than Alicante is.
Benidorm
Levante and Poniente, the old town between them, and the parks around the edge: Terra Mítica, Terra Natura, Aqualandia and Mundomar.
Torrevieja and the lagoons
Two lagoons in the natural park at La Mata, one green and one an improbable pink from the algae and the salt works, with trails round both and flamingos that are entirely real.
Calpe
The Peñón de Ifach, a limestone monolith rising straight out of the sea and climbable with a permit, above an old town, salt flats and a working fishing port.
Guadalest and the Algar falls
The classic inland day: a castle village of a few dozen residents on a crag above a turquoise reservoir, reached through a tunnel in the rock, paired with the swimmable cascades at Les Fonts de l’Algar. Difficult without a car.
Villajoyosa
Rows of fishermen’s houses painted every colour along the seafront, and a chocolate-making tradition that goes back to the cacao trade.
Altea and Albir
A whitewashed hillside town under a blue-tiled dome, an artists’ quarter and a pebble seafront, with the lighthouse walk along the Sierra Helada next door.
Denia and the Marina Alta
A castle above a working port, ferries to Ibiza, Formentera and Mallorca, the Montgó behind the town, and a UNESCO City of Gastronomy title the red prawn earned. Javea’s coves and Moraira’s bays are on the same run.
Tabarca, the island
The only inhabited island off this coast and a marine reserve, with a walled village, clear water and a handful of restaurants. The boat goes from Santa Pola or from Alicante harbour.
Opening hours, sailings, permits for the Peñón and park access are each operator’s own and change by season.
Fares follow the date, the hour and the vehicle. Yours is worked out on the booking page and shown before the payment step, and it does not move after you accept it.
Hotels and areas
Hotels near Alicante Airport: where people stay, and the taxi distance to each
Twelve areas, from the airport hotels four kilometres out to a villa at a hundred and five, which is why the address matters as much as the resort.
The short answer The airport hotels at Torrellano are about 4 kilometres from the terminal, Arenales del Sol and Gran Alacant about 7 to 10, Elche about 12, Alicante city about 11, Benidorm about 55, the Orihuela Costa from about 55 and Denia about 105.
| Where | From the terminal | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| Torrellano and the El Altet side | About 4 km, roughly 7 min | The airport hotels proper. Business stock rather than holiday stock, and the right answer for a flight out before six |
| Arenales del Sol and Gran Alacant | About 7 to 10 km | The nearest beaches to the runway, apartments more than hotels, and short enough that a dawn departure is bearable |
| Elche | About 12 km, roughly 15 min | A small, good hotel stock beside the palm groves, in the city the airport actually stands in. Quieter and cheaper than the coast |
| Alicante city | About 11 km, roughly 15 min | Most of the city hotel stock, around the Explanada, the port and the old town, and the one area the airport bus reaches |
| Playa de San Juan and El Campello | About 18 to 24 km | The long city beach and the town at the end of the tram line: resort hotels within reach of Alicante itself |
| Benidorm | About 55 km, roughly 45 min | By far the largest concentration of hotel beds on this coast, and our single busiest destination. Give the hotel name and the street: several share a name |
| Albir, Altea and Villajoyosa | About 40 to 60 km | Quieter hotels and a large year-round resident population, with the Alfaz and Albir side busy out of season |
| Calpe, Moraira, Javea and Denia | From about 75 to 105 km | Villas and apartments as much as hotels, and the longest common runs at this airport. An hour or more each way |
| Torrevieja and La Mata | About 40 to 45 km | Apartments, long-stay lets and one of the biggest foreign resident communities in Spain |
| The Orihuela Costa | From about 55 km | La Zenia, Playa Flamenca, Cabo Roig, Campoamor and Mil Palmeras: almost all self-catering, which is why the address matters far more than the resort name |
| The golf resorts | From about 56 km | Villamartín, Las Colinas, Font del Llop, La Finca and the Orihuela Costa courses, where the hotel, the clubhouse and the urbanisation often share one name |
| Murcia and the Mar Menor | From about 75 km | Los Alcázares, San Pedro and La Manga, plus the Murcia and Cartagena city hotels, all served from this terminal |
A hotel name is an address. An urbanisation name is not
City and resort hotels are straightforward: the name and the street are enough. Self-catering is where bookings go wrong, because a great many developments on this coast share a name with a road, a plaza, a commercial centre and a golf course. Give the urbanisation, the street and the number, plus the gate code if there is one.
Late arrivals and key-holders
If the keys come from a management office rather than a reception desk, say so on the booking and give the office’s hours. The collection can then be arranged around them, including a stop on the way, instead of being discovered at eleven at night outside a locked door.
Staying near the terminal on purpose
For a flight out before six, or a landing after midnight with children, a night at Torrellano, Arenales or Gran Alacant turns a brutal journey into a short one. Several of our Alicante bookings are exactly that: airport to a nearby bed, then back the next morning.
Hotel and key-holder arrangements are each property’s own and change, so none is named here. Give us the property and the address when you book and the collection is set around it.
What this journey costs you is settled on the booking page before you pay, against your own date and your own vehicle, and the figure is held from that point.
Beyond the standard run
Golf, villas, changeovers and ships
Four kinds of Alicante journey that need a vehicle chosen rather than assumed.
The short answer Golf parties with clubs, villa arrivals on the Orihuela Costa, Saturday changeovers and cruise or ferry passengers are the four Alicante journeys that most often need something other than a standard saloon.
Golf parties
The Orihuela Costa and the inland courses bring four to eight people with clubs on a very large share of our Alicante bookings. A set of clubs is luggage, not hand baggage, and it decides the vehicle. Put the number of bags on the booking.
Villa and urbanisation arrivals
Self-catering is the norm south of Torrevieja and on the hillsides north of Benidorm. Give the urbanisation, the street and the number, plus any gate code or key-holder office, and the collection is set around them.
Changeover Saturdays
The week runs Saturday to Saturday on much of this coast, which concentrates arrivals and departures into the same hours. Book both legs together; the homeward one is what cannot be arranged on the day.
Cruise and ferry passengers
Alicante and Cartagena both take cruise ships, and Denia sails to the Balearics. None of them waits, so on a sailing day take the earlier collection and send the vessel name with the booking.
Our fares are reviewed from time to time. The one that binds is the one the booking page shows you before the payment step, not the one on a page you read last month.
Special requirements
Children, wheelchairs, animals and golf clubs
Not one of these adds to the figure. Every one of them has to be on the booking, because the request is what sends the right vehicle and the right driver. An English-speaking driver sits on the same list: ask for one and it is confirmed before the day.
The short answer Child seats, an accessible vehicle, an animal, golf clubs and an English-speaking driver all cost nothing extra on an Alicante booking, but each has to be requested on it, because the request is what decides the vehicle.
Children
Infant, child and booster seats cost nothing when they are on the booking. Spain requires a seat for children under 135 cm, with a narrow exemption for taxis on urban journeys, so every age belongs on the form.
Wheelchair users
Ask for an accessible vehicle on the booking and give the chair’s dimensions and whether it folds. Assistance inside the terminal is arranged through your airline or the airport, and the meeting point is set around whatever you have booked with them.
Animals
No licensed driver may refuse an assistance dog or charge for one. Every other animal depends on the driver agreeing, so put it on the booking and bring a carrier or a lead.
Golf clubs and bulky luggage
Clubs, bikes, boards, instruments and pushchairs all travel, provided they are on the booking. Give the item and how long it is and a vehicle with the room is allocated.
Groups and luggage
Seats and luggage: what each vehicle on this coast actually holds
Four adults fit a saloon. Four adults, four large cases and two sets of clubs do not, and that is the Alicante booking that goes wrong.
The short answer Vehicles here are chosen by the boot rather than the seat count: a saloon manages four people and two or three large bags, a people carrier five or six, an 8-seater takes golf clubs as well, and a minibus carries sixteen with about fourteen bags.
| Class | Seats and bags | Suits |
|---|---|---|
| Saloon | Four aboard, two or three large bags | Two people with ordinary cases |
| Estate | Four aboard, three or four large bags | Four whose luggage defeats a saloon boot |
| People carrier | Five or six aboard, four or five large bags | A family with a pushchair still aboard |
| 8-seater | Eight aboard, six to eight large bags | Eight, or six with golf clubs between them |
| 16-seater minibus | Sixteen aboard, about fourteen large bags | A golf society or a touring group |
Five of the nine classes are here, which are the five these journeys use; the executive car, the 7-seater and the two coaches are on the fleet pages. Count a pushchair, a set of clubs, a bike or a mobility scooter as one bag each and include them in the total. Parties of 10 to 16 belong in the 16-seater minibus.
Safety and licensing
Licensing at Alicante, and how to know the car is the right one
Spain regulates this closely, and the regulation only helps if you know what to look for.
The short answer Taxis at Alicante are white with a green stripe and licensed, VTCs must be pre-booked, and a booked transfer names the driver, the vehicle and a mobile number on your confirmation before the day.
Licensed, and checkable
Every taxi and VTC working legally in Spain holds a licence, and the vehicle carries the corresponding plate. A licensed cab at this airport is white with a green stripe along the body and carries the municipal crest on the door, and it is taken from the rank rather than arranged with somebody indoors.
Named before the day
Before the day you already hold the driver’s name, the vehicle and a number to ring. No informal arrangement puts that in your hand.
Settled beforehand, through a gateway
Payments by card, PayPal or Google Pay pass through certified gateways, so no money is owed when the car stops.
If somebody approaches you inside
A licensed driver holds a board with your name and can produce the booking. Anyone touting for a fare in the arrivals hall is doing something else, and the moment to decline is there rather than in the car park.
Licensing runs through national and regional authorities. Ask us before the day if you want the licence particulars for your own journey.
What is included
What the Alicante figure already covers
Everything a meter adds as it runs, and everything an app adds when demand climbs, sits inside the quoted figure. The conditions behind each line are in our terms and in your confirmation email.
A driver at Arrivals
At the arrivals meeting point your driver holds a board with your surname and takes the cases.
Your flight, followed
Your inbound flight is followed on the day, so a delay moves the collection to the hour the aircraft lands.
An hour of free waiting
The first hour after touchdown costs nothing on an airport arrival, which covers the walk through a large terminal and the baggage belt (booking terms apply).
One fixed fare
What you agree at booking buys the car itself, not a seat in it. VAT, airport charges and any road toll each appear as their own line in the summary.
Child seats at no cost
Ask and a baby, toddler or booster seat is fitted. Spain requires a seat below 135 cm, with a narrow exemption for taxis on urban journeys.
Licensed drivers
Every journey has a licensed driver at the wheel, and your confirmation carries both the driver and the vehicle.
Free cancellation
There is no charge to cancel while you are more than a day out; inside that, and for a no-show, the terms apply.
Someone to call
By phone, by WhatsApp or by email, from the booking to the moment you arrive.
Luggage up to the vehicle’s capacity is already paid for. An additional stop, or time beyond the free hour, is priced separately on request.
Trust
The company behind an Alicante booking, and what it undertakes
Who arranges the journey, the undertakings that come with it, and where each one is set down.
Our details
Bookings are arranged by QMH Technologies Ltd, trading as Global Airport Taxi: company number 13506378, VAT GB 469 6859 13, registered in England and Wales, offices at 10-16 Tiller Road, London E14 8PX. Email bookings@globalairporttaxi.com or use WhatsApp.
Who does the driving
We arrange the booking; a driver licensed in Spain carries out the journey, and both are named on the confirmation.
Payment
Card, PayPal and Google Pay all pass through certified gateways, and personal data is processed under the GDPR.
Each undertaking, and where to check it
| Promise | What it means | Where to check |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed fare | Whatever the booking page quotes is what leaves your account. | Booking page |
| Flight following | Your flight number steers the collection, which shifts with the aircraft. | Booking confirmation |
| Free waiting | Sixty minutes, measured from the wheels touching down. | Your booking terms |
| Child seats | No charge when asked for, provided the age is on the form. | Booking notes |
| Licensed driver | Licensed in Spain, and named on your confirmation before the day. | Booking confirmation |
| Free cancellation | Any time while you are still more than a day away. | Terms, “Cancellations & refunds” |
| Late cancellations and no-shows | Refunded in the case, and only the case, where the provider was at fault. | Terms, “Cancellations & refunds” |
| Right details | An incorrect flight number, address or phone number can attract extra charges. | Terms, “General booking terms” |
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How it works
Booking an Alicante transfer, in four steps
A few minutes on the form. This is the rest of it.
Give us the flight number
Nothing else on the form earns its place so thoroughly. It identifies the aircraft to follow, which is why neither an early landing nor a late one needs anything from you.
Read the driver’s details
Shortly before the collection you are sent a name, a mobile number and the meeting point. Switch the phone on the moment the wheels are down.
Find your surname
Passport desks and baggage belts both run over, and the included hour from touchdown exists for exactly that. Beyond it, a single message to the driver is enough.
Pay once, online
The secure booking page takes the payment and the confirmation follows once it clears. That email is final: no meter runs and nothing is owed at the kerb.
Everything else
Alicante Airport taxi questions, answered
65 of them, phrased the way passengers phrase them, and each answer leads with the answer.
How much is a taxi from Alicante Airport to Alicante city?
A rank taxi is reported at about €33 on the published tariff; our own fixed fare is €27 in a saloon for up to four people, €39 in a minivan and €49 in an 8-seater, per vehicle. The meter here is regulated rather than free, which is why an indicative figure can be published at all. The city is about 11 kilometres from the terminal, roughly 15 minutes. Fares are reviewed from time to time, so the booking page settles yours before the payment step.
Is Alicante Airport actually in Alicante?
No. It stands in the municipality of Elche, about 9 kilometres south-west of Alicante and about 10 kilometres east of Elche, which works out at about 11 kilometres by road to the city centre. That is why its full name is Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández. It matters for a booking because “Alicante” as a destination can mean the airport, the city or the province, and the three are not the same place. Put the street address on the booking rather than the city name.
Where is the taxi rank at Alicante Airport?
On the arrivals road at level P0, outside the terminal, staffed around the clock. Drop-offs happen upstairs on the departures lane at level P2. The cars are white with a green stripe and you take the one at the front rather than choosing. The rank is the right answer when you land with nothing booked; the queue at the back of a summer evening wave is the reason most people do not leave it to chance.
Why is the taxi fare higher at night and at the weekend?
Because the tariff switches to its special column from 22:00 on weekdays, from 15:00 on a Saturday, and all day on Sunday and public holidays. The Saturday afternoon switch is the one that surprises people, since a flight landing at four on a Saturday is already on the higher rate. A pre-booked transfer has no columns: the figure is settled before the day whatever the hour.
What is the airport supplement on an Alicante taxi?
A reported €4.35 on the ordinary tariff and €5.65 on the special one, added to a metered journey that starts at the airport. It is set by the authorities rather than the driver, so it applies whichever taxi you take from the rank. On a booked transfer there is nothing of this kind to add afterwards: anything that genuinely applies to your journey is itemised in the booking summary.
How much is a taxi from Alicante Airport to Benidorm?
A rank taxi is reported at about €90 on the ordinary tariff and €98 at night or at the weekend; our fixed fare is €74 in a saloon for up to four, €92 in a minivan for up to six and €118 in an 8-seater for up to eight, per vehicle. Benidorm is about 55 kilometres from the terminal and roughly 45 minutes by road, and it is the single most asked-for journey at this airport. On a run of that length the difference between the two tariff columns is real money, which is the argument for agreeing a figure beforehand. Ours are reviewed from time to time; the booking page settles yours before you pay.
How much is a taxi from Alicante Airport to Torrevieja?
Reported at about €72 on the ordinary tariff and €79 on the special one. Torrevieja is about 45 kilometres south of the terminal, roughly 35 minutes. The whole Orihuela Costa strip beyond it, from La Zenia to Mil Palmeras, is another ten to twenty minutes further on.
Is there a train or tram to Alicante Airport?
No. Space for a railway station and a tram stop was built into the terminal in 2011 and neither has been connected since. A feasibility study was funded in 2019 and a rail link has been tendered as part of the Cercanías plan, but nothing runs today. The public link is the C-6 bus, so anybody arriving with luggage is choosing between that bus, the rank and a booked car.
How does the airport bus compare with a taxi?
The C-6 runs to Alicante city 24 hours a day, reported every 15 to 20 minutes through the day and about hourly overnight, at a reported €4.60 a single. For one or two people with light bags going into the city it is hard to argue with. It leaves from the departures roadway on level P2 rather than from the arrivals floor, so there is a level to climb with the trolley, and it serves the city and not the coast: for Benidorm, Torrevieja, Calpe or any of the urbanisations it is the first leg of a journey rather than the journey, and with cases, children or a late landing the arithmetic turns over entirely.
Which terminal do I need at Alicante Airport?
There is only one. The NAT terminal opened on 23 March 2011 and the old Terminals 1 and 2 have been closed ever since. Everybody arrives into the same hall, so there is no building to get wrong on a booking. The old terminals are reported to be scheduled for demolition between 2027 and 2031 as part of the expansion.
How busy is Alicante Airport?
A reported 19,950,394 passengers in 2025, close to twenty million, up 8.5 per cent on the year before. That was a record, on 126,081 aircraft movements, and it is remarkable for a single terminal built for 20 million a year. The practical effect is that the arrivals hall at a summer changeover is as full as any airport in Spain.
Is Alicante Airport being expanded?
Yes. An expansion reported at €868 million is due to finish in 2031, adding a boarding area for flights outside the Schengen area. The terminal is already running above the twenty million it was designed for, which is what the work is answering. Expect hoardings and changed walking routes inside the building, and read the airport’s own notices in the week you fly.
Why is it called Miguel Hernández?
The airport was renamed Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández in 2021, marking 110 years since the birth of the poet, who was from Orihuela. You will see all three parts of the name used: Alicante Airport in English, Alicante-Elche on official documents, and ALC on a boarding pass. They are the same place.
Taxi or VTC in Spain: what is the legal difference?
A taxi can be taken from a rank and charges by a regulated meter; a VTC has to be booked in advance and carries an agreed price. VTC stands for vehículo de turismo con conductor, and the rules differ by region, with the Comunidad Valenciana having revised its own in 2026. Uber and Cabify have had their own designated pick-up areas at this airport since 2024. The practical difference for you is that only the pre-booked option can tell you the figure before you travel.
Can I book a transfer to a villa or an urbanisation?
Yes, and on this coast it is the normal booking rather than the unusual one. Give the urbanisation name, the street and the number, because the Orihuela Costa and the Benidorm hillsides are a maze of similarly named developments and a resort name on its own is not an address. If there is a gate code or a key-holder office, say so and the collection is arranged around it.
How far is Benidorm from Alicante Airport?
About 55 kilometres and roughly 45 minutes by road. The AP-7 and the N-332 both run north from the airport and the traffic decides which is quicker on the day. In July and August, and on a Benidorm Fest weekend, allow more than the map suggests.
Do you cover the Costa Blanca north, Javea and Denia?
Yes. Javea is about 95 kilometres from the terminal and Denia about 105, roughly 75 and 80 minutes. Calpe, Moraira, Altea and Albir all sit between them. These are long runs where an agreed figure matters more than it does on a short hop, and where a metered fare is reported at well over a hundred euros.
Do you drive to the Orihuela Costa and the golf resorts?
Yes. La Zenia is about 55 kilometres, Villamartin about 56, Cabo Roig about 58 and Campoamor about 60. The golf urbanisations south of Torrevieja are the ones where an exact address matters most, because several share a name with a course, a plaza and a commercial centre.
Can you take me to Murcia or the Mar Menor?
Yes. Murcia is about 70 kilometres from the terminal and La Manga about 100. Cartagena, Los Alcázares and San Pedro del Pinatar are all on the list. Murcia has its own airport at Corvera, so if you are connecting between the two, one page covers that journey in either direction.
My flight is delayed. Do I need to do anything?
Nothing, from your side. The flight number on the booking is tracked and the collection moves to the real landing time. Up to 60 minutes of waiting after touchdown is included on an airport arrival, which usually covers the walk through a large terminal and the baggage belt. A diversion to another airport is the one case worth a message, because it cannot be read from the flight number.
How much waiting is included, and from when?
Up to 60 minutes from the moment the aircraft lands, and up to 90 if your bags have gone missing and you are still at the baggage desk. It is counted from touchdown rather than from the time written on the booking, which is the whole point: a late landing spends none of it. If something holds you longer, the mobile number in your confirmation settles it, and the booking terms say what applies after that.
Whereabouts in the terminal will the driver be?
Inside the arrivals hall, holding a board with your surname. Your landing time is already known at that end. The terminal is large and busy, so the confirmation carries the meeting point and a mobile number; with one terminal there is at least no building to confuse.
Will I pass through passport control at Alicante?
Only on a flight from outside the Schengen area. A flight from Germany, the Netherlands or France walks straight through; one from the United Kingdom does not. The expansion now under way is specifically adding capacity for non-Schengen arrivals, which tells you how much of that traffic this airport carries. Either way the included hour runs from touchdown.
What do British passengers need to enter Spain?
A passport valid for the stay, and compliance with the Schengen short-stay rules. Most non-EU visitors are limited to 90 days in any 180 across the whole Schengen area, and the EU’s new entry and exit checks are being introduced across member states. Requirements are revised, so read the current official guidance and ask your airline rather than relying on a previous trip.
How early should I be collected for a flight home?
Work backwards from the airline’s bag-drop deadline: the time you want inside the terminal, then the drive, then a margin. From Benidorm or Torrevieja that usually puts the collection three and a half to four hours before departure. Add to it in July and August, when both the coast road and the check-in hall are at their worst.
Can I book the journey back at the same time?
Yes, and on this coast it is the sensible way to do it. Both legs go on one booking with their own times, and the return is priced the same way as the outward. A Saturday changeover on the Costa Blanca is the busiest movement of the week, and the homeward leg is the one that is hard to arrange at short notice.
Can I change or cancel a booking?
Free of charge up to 24 hours before the collection. After that, and for a no-show, the booking terms decide. A change of flight, a change of address or an extra passenger can usually be handled by a message as long as there is time to reallocate a vehicle.
How do I pay?
Online, securely, when you book. Card, PayPal and Google Pay go through certified gateways and the confirmation arrives once the payment clears. Whatever that email says is what you have paid, so there is no meter to watch and nothing to settle at the end of the journey.
Are child seats available?
Yes, at no extra charge, if you ask when you book. In Spain a seat is needed for children under 135 cm, with a narrow exemption for taxis on urban journeys. Put each child’s age on the booking form, because that is what decides which seat is fitted and which vehicle is sent.
Can you carry a wheelchair?
Yes, with notice. Ask for an accessible vehicle on the booking and give the chair’s dimensions and whether it folds. Assistance inside the terminal is arranged through your airline or the airport rather than through us, and the meeting point is set around whatever you have booked with them.
Can I bring a pet?
An assistance dog always, and any other animal by arrangement. A licensed driver cannot refuse an assistance dog or charge for one. Every other animal rests on the driver agreeing, so put it on the booking, travel with a carrier or a lead, and it is confirmed before the day.
Will the driver speak English?
Ask for an English-speaking driver on the booking and it is confirmed before you travel. This is a coast that carries a very large British and Irish traffic, so it is a common request rather than an awkward one, but it is still treated like any other request on a booking rather than assumed. Your confirmation carries the driver’s name and a mobile number either way.
What about golf clubs, bikes or a surfboard?
All carried, provided they are on the booking. The Costa Blanca golf courses mean clubs travel on a great many of our Alicante journeys, and a set of clubs needs load space rather than a seat. Give the item and its length and a vehicle that can take it is allocated.
How large a party can you carry?
From one up to fifty, across nine vehicle classes. The number that actually decides it is the luggage rather than the seats: four adults fit a saloon, four adults with four large cases and a golf bag do not. Give the party size and the bag count and the right vehicle is sent.
Is the figure for the car or for each passenger?
Per vehicle. Four people in one car pay one figure between them rather than four. It is why the bag count matters as much as the head count when you book: you are paying for the vehicle, so it has to be the right one.
Is a rank taxi cheaper than a pre-booked transfer?
Sometimes, and you cannot know which until the journey ends. A metered fare follows the distance, the hour and the tariff column, so the same trip costs different amounts on a Tuesday afternoon and a Saturday evening. The published figures on this page let you compare honestly, which is more than most transfer pages offer.
When is this airport at its worst?
July and August, and the Saturday changeovers through the summer. Hogueras de San Juan in June fills Alicante city, the Moors and Christians fiestas move large crowds in individual towns, and the coast fills from the start of the Spanish and northern European school holidays. Book the transfer when you book the flight for anything in those windows.
Do the fiestas affect journeys?
Yes, and more than visitors expect. Hogueras de San Juan closes streets across Alicante city around the June solstice; the Moors and Christians fiestas do the same in Alcoy, Villajoyosa and elsewhere on their own dates. The roads to the coast keep working, but an address inside a fiesta town may need a drop-off a few streets away, which is worth agreeing in advance.
Can you collect passengers off a cruise ship?
Yes. The Alicante cruise terminal is about 12 kilometres from the airport, roughly 18 minutes, and Cartagena about 105. A ship will not wait, so on a sailing day take the earlier collection and give us the vessel name and the sailing time rather than a guess.
Do you serve the Denia ferries to the Balearics?
Yes. Denia is about 105 kilometres from the terminal, roughly 80 minutes, and the ferries from there reach Ibiza, Formentera and Mallorca. The crossing times decide the collection rather than the distance does, so send the sailing time with the booking. We cover Ibiza and Mallorca at the other end as well.
Who actually drives me?
A licensed local driver, named in your confirmation along with the vehicle. We arrange the booking; the journey is driven by somebody licensed to do it in Spain. The confirmation carries the driver’s name and a mobile number before the day, which is the part no informal arrangement offers.
What does the agreed figure include?
The meeting in Arrivals, the flight tracking, the included hour of waiting, luggage the vehicle can take, child seats on request, and free cancellation up to 24 hours before. VAT, airport charges and any toll that applies are itemised in the booking summary. Extra stops and waiting beyond the included hour are quoted on request rather than added quietly.
Is there a toll on the way?
On the southern routes, yes, and our fare already carries it; the published taxi figures do not. The AP-7 north of Alicante towards Calpe, Altea and Denia has been free since January 2020, so nothing arises on those runs, and the free N-332 runs beside the motorway in any case. Tolls survive on the AP-7 south of the city, towards the Orihuela Costa, Cartagena and Murcia. On a booked transfer any toll that genuinely applies is inside the figure you accept rather than produced at the end; a metered fare has it added.
Can I arrange this for somebody else?
Yes. Put their name and mobile number on the booking as the passenger. The confirmation then reaches both of you and the driver holds a board with the passenger’s surname rather than yours. For an elderly relative or an unaccompanied arrival this is the arrangement worth making.
I cannot see my driver. What now?
Call the mobile number in your confirmation before you leave the building. The driver is inside the hall rather than at the kerb. The terminal is large, so walking outside to look is the move that makes it harder, not easier.
Do you operate all year and at every hour?
Yes, every day of the year. This airport has no night curfew, so the small-hours arrivals and the pre-dawn departures that the summer schedule produces are ordinary bookings here rather than exceptions. The rank is staffed around the clock too, but it is thinner at four in the morning than at four in the afternoon.
What is the IATA code for Alicante Airport?
ALC, and the ICAO code is LEAL. ALC is what appears on a boarding pass and a baggage tag, and it is the code to use when booking a transfer so there is no confusion with Alicante the city or the province of the same name.
How far is Elche from the airport?
About 12 kilometres and roughly 15 minutes, with Torrellano closer still at about 4. The airport stands inside the Elche municipality, so these are the shortest journeys on the whole page. A metered fare to Elche is reported at about €33 by day and €40 at night or at the weekend.
Which beach is nearest the airport?
Arenales del Sol, about 7 kilometres away and roughly 10 minutes. Gran Alacant sits just above it at about 10 kilometres, and Santa Pola is about 17. For a late arrival or an early departure these are the places people stay precisely because the transfer is short.
Do you cover journeys to the airport as well as from it?
Both directions, on the same terms. The page is written for arrivals because that is where the questions are, but a departure is the same booking in reverse: the car comes to your address, the figure is agreed beforehand, and the collection time is worked back from the airline’s bag-drop deadline. Every destination in the table is priced in either direction.
What is the cheapest fixed fare from Alicante Airport?
€22 in a saloon, to Arenales del Sol and Gran Alacant, which are the closest beaches to the runway at about 7 and 10 kilometres. Elche is €26, Alicante city and Santa Pola €27 each, and Playa de San Juan €34. All of those are per vehicle for up to four people and all of them already carry the airport supplement a metered taxi would add. Fares are reviewed from time to time, so the booking page settles yours before the payment step.
How many suitcases fit in an Alicante Airport taxi?
Two or three large cases in a saloon, four or five in a people carrier and six to eight in an 8-seater, with about fourteen in the 16-seater minibus. Four people fit a saloon; four people with four large cases do not, and that is the booking that goes wrong at the kerb more than any other on this coast. Golf clubs, a bike, a board or a pushchair each count as a bag rather than as hand baggage, and on a minivan, an 8-seater or a minibus they travel at no extra charge as long as they are declared when you book.
Do your Alicante fares include the airport supplement and the tolls?
Yes. The supplement a metered taxi would add, and any toll on your route, are both inside the figure. The AP-7 north of Alicante towards Calpe, Altea and Denia has been free since January 2020, so nothing arises there. Tolls survive on the AP-7 south of the city, at the barriers towards the Orihuela Costa, Cartagena and Murcia, and those are counted in before you accept the fare rather than produced at the end of the journey.
What should I do first to arrange a private taxi at Alicante Airport?
Fix the address and the flight number first, then book, and do it before you fly rather than after you land. Four things decide the price and the vehicle: the exact address, the number of passengers, the number of large bags including any golf clubs, and the flight number. With those on the booking the figure is calculated and held, a vehicle big enough for the luggage is allocated, a child seat is fitted if you asked for one, and the collection follows the aircraft rather than the clock. Everything after that happens on its own.
Which airlines fly into Alicante Airport?
Ryanair, easyJet, Norwegian and Vueling all base aircraft here, with Ryanair much the largest, and Jet2.com, TUI Airways, British Airways, Aer Lingus, Wizz Air, Eurowings, Transavia and KLM fly in alongside them. Ryanair is reported to have based 18 aircraft at Alicante in the summer of 2025. The schedule is reshuffled between summer and winter far more than at a hub airport, so read your own booking rather than any list, including this one.
Where do most Alicante Airport passengers come from?
The United Kingdom, by a wide margin: a reported 6,553,349 British passengers in 2025, about a third of everybody who passed through. Germany follows at a reported 1,242,657, the Netherlands at 1,235,605, Belgium at 1,035,375 and Poland at 1,023,583. Nothing else at this airport explains as much: the arrivals hall, the queue at the passport desk and the Saturday changeover are all shaped by the British and northern European holiday weeks.
What is the busiest route into Alicante Airport?
Manchester, reported at 848,435 passengers in 2023, ahead of London Gatwick at 737,258 and Amsterdam at 519,059. That is worth knowing if you are planning a transfer, because the British routes land in banks rather than evenly, and a Manchester or Gatwick arrival at the wrong hour of a summer Saturday meets the longest rank queue of the week.
Which level is arrivals at Alicante Airport?
Level P0, the ground floor, where the hall, the rank, the car hire desks and the private-transfer bays all are. Level P1 above it is the mezzanine, with the offices, and level P2 is departures: 96 check-in desks, security, and the roadway where every bus leaves from. One terminal and one security search area, so there is no building to get wrong.
Is there a lounge at Alicante Airport?
One: the Sala VIP Costa Blanca, airside, reported open from 04:00 to 23:00 with a three-hour limit on a visit. It takes Schengen and non-Schengen passengers, and access is bought from the airport, comes with some cards and with some airline tickets. Fast Track at the security search is sold separately. Both are worth buying for a summer Saturday morning departure and neither is worth it in February.
Is it cheaper to park at Alicante Airport or to be driven?
Over a fortnight, being driven usually wins; over a night or two, parking does. The car parks are General P1 for short stays and for meeting somebody, about a minute from the door, and the long-stay car park for a holiday. Long-stay charges over two weeks will comfortably pass two return transfers for a family, which is why residents on this coast who fly often tend to stop driving themselves. Aena sets the tariffs and sells the spaces online below the barrier rate, so check the figures for your own dates.
Where does the airport bus leave from, and what does it cost?
The C-6 leaves from the departures roadway on level P2, not from the arrivals floor, and a single is reported at €4.60. It runs 24 hours a day, reported every 15 to 20 minutes through the day and about hourly overnight, and reaches the city in roughly 25 to 35 minutes. Take the lift or the escalator up one level from arrivals to find it. It serves the city rather than the coast.
Are there coaches from Alicante Airport to Benidorm, Torrevieja or Murcia?
Yes. ALSA run to Benidorm, Calpe, Denia, Javea and Murcia; Avanza to Torrevieja on line L40 and to Orihuela and Alicante station on line L630; Busbam to Cartagena. Vectalia runs line 8 to Santa Pola and Bus Sigüenza serves Almoradí and the Vega Baja. All of them put you at a bus station rather than at your door, and only some L630 departures call at the airport at all. Timetables are the operators’ own and change.
Do Uber and Cabify work at Alicante Airport?
Yes, from designated pick-up areas rather than from the taxi rank, which the signs mark as VTC, and other apps operate here where they hold the licences. Off-peak they often undercut the rank on the short run into Alicante. In July and August, late at night and in the middle of a flight bank the picture turns over: supply thins, the price is recalculated upwards and short trips get declined. A fare agreed in advance is the only one that cannot move after you have landed.
How do I know a taxi at Alicante Airport is licensed?
A licensed cab here is white with a green stripe and carries the municipal crest, and it is taken from the rank rather than arranged with somebody in the hall. You take the car at the front of the queue instead of choosing. A booked driver is the other legitimate case, and holds a board with your name and can produce your booking reference. Anyone who approaches you inside the terminal offering a lift is doing neither, and the moment to decline is there rather than in the car park.
Should I tip an Alicante taxi driver?
No tip is expected in Spain, and no driver will think the worse of you. Rounding up, or a couple of euros for help with heavy cases up a flight of stairs, is normal and welcome. It is never built into a metered fare or into one of ours, so it stays entirely yours to decide.
Across Spain
The other Spanish airports we cover
Flying on from another Spanish airport? The same arrangement runs at each of these.
Ibiza Airport taxi
The island, San Antonio and Santa Eulalia.
Palma de Mallorca Airport taxi
Mallorca, the bays and the Tramuntana.
Barcelona Airport taxi
The city, Sitges and the Costa Brava.
Madrid Airport taxi
The capital and the centre of Spain.
Malaga Airport taxi
Marbella, the Costa del Sol and Granada.
Tenerife South Airport taxi
The Canary resorts and the north of the island.
An executive car from the fleet, a Mercedes E-Class or equivalent. Photographed for Global Airport Taxi.
One terminal. No meter running.
Agree the figure now and, when the aircraft lands at Alicante, somebody will be in the arrivals hall holding your surname. A late landing shifts the collection and nothing else, the hour after touchdown is free, a child seat adds nothing, and you can cancel at no cost while you are still a day out.
- Fixed price
- Free cancellation
- Free child seats
- Flight tracking