Getting to Benidorm

Getting to Alicante Airport (El Altet)

To get to Benidorm by plane, you have to fly to Alicante airport. (El Altet). The airport is 60 kms from Benidorm. You will find several ways to get from Alicante airport to Benidorm listed on this page. Since airlines have a dreadful habit of constantly change their routes, if you spot an error, please let us know. We constantly revise the airline list, but as a traveller, you may well know before we do.

By plane: From England... Bmibaby - Birmingham, East Midlands, Manchester. British Airways - London Gatwick. EasyJet - Bristol, East Midlands, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle. First Choice Airways - Bristol, London-Gatwick, Manchester. Flybe - Birmingham, Exeter, Norwich, Southampton.. Flyglobespan - Durham Tees Valley. Jet2 - Blackpool, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester. Monarch Airlines - Birmingham, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester. Ryanair - Birmingham, Bournemouth, Doncaster/Sheffield, Durham Tees Valley, East Midlands, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London-Stansted, London-Gatwick, Newquay. Thomas Cook Airlines - Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle. Thomsonfly - Birmingham, Coventry, Doncaster/Sheffield, Durham Tees Valley, East Midlands, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle. From Scotland... EasyJet - Edinburgh, Glasgow-International. First Choice Airways - Glasgow-International. Flyglobespan - Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International. Monarch Airlines - Glasgow-International. Ryanair - Edinburgh. Thomas Cook Airlines - Glasgow-International. Thomsonfly - Glasgow-International. From Wales... Bmibaby - Cardiff. Thomsonfly - Cardiff. From Ireland... Aerlingus - Cork, Dublin. EasyJet - Belfast-International. Ryanair - Dublin. Thomas Cook Airlines - Belfast-International. From anywhere in Spain... There are some amazing rates on internal flights. Make sure you check them all, they can vary from 50€ to 200€ for the same round trip! Vueling - Clickair - Spanair - Air Europa - Iberia If you travel from within Spain, join the above airline's mailing lists. They often have very low cost special offers. Know of an airline from your town/country to Alicante? Please share it with us and your fellow travellers.

Getting to Benidorm from Alicante Airport

Book your bus or taxi transfer right here, from Alicante airport to Benidorm, Albir, La Cala de Finestrat, Calpe, Denia and many other locations on the Costa Blanca. A2B Transfers

By Bus: Every day. Bus company: Alsa. Price: 8.00€ per person, one way. From Alicante Airport to Benidorm: 08:00, 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 19:00, 21:00, 23:00. From Benidorm to Alicante Airport: 06:00, 08:00, 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00, 22:00.

By taxi: The cost from Alicante Airport (El Altlet) to Benidorm is approximately 70.00€ (supplements on sunday & bank holidays).

By car: Google Maps directions to Benidorm. As we all know, just getting out of any airport by car is one of the most fun things to start a holiday, but once you've got over the excitement of that, its more straightforward than it appears on the Google map. If you see a sign for Valencia, follow that and you can't miss Benidorm. If you should get lost, make sure to always keep the sea on your right, then you must be heading in the right direction, and sooner or later, you can't help but merge with the AP-7 motorway. The main thing is to stay calm and enjoy your little 'diversion'. Its the norm in Spain to arrive anywhere late, so don't worry if you're not bang on shedule. You're on holiday, enjoy it! Of course, that doesn't apply if you are returning to the airport to get home. Best thing to do in that case, is panic!

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Driving to Benidorm

From the north by car: From Barcelona, take the AP-7 toll road. Expect the toll to be around 50€ in a car, more in a van. There is currently no viable alternative, although there are plans to construct an alternative free motorway by 2012. Distance 514 kms. Approximate time 4 hours 40 minutes.

Parking in Benidorm

Where to park once you arrive: On the Street: You will find White zones, Blue zones & Yellow zones. White zones are free. Blue zones you must find the machine to put your money in, take a ticket and put it in the windscreen of your car. The maximum you can take a ticket for is 2 hours. Summer and winter parking times are different. Read the time table on the machine carefully. If you don't display a ticket, or it has run out of time, you will be fined *60€. Parking wardens pass by regularly. Do not park in a Yellow zone, unless you perfectly understand the sign and abide by it. Warning: Be very careful where you park. Read the signs carefully. Be very wary of Yellow zones, where you will very likely be towed away by one of the many tow trucks that constantly patrol the steets. Also watch out for 15 minute maximum Blue zones. You'll be towed from one of them if you take any longer. I warn you now, the police are very hot on towing in Benidorm. I nearly got towed while I was standing right next to my car with the door open! If you are unlucky enough to get towed, you will see a flourescent green ticket on the pavement where your car was, with details of how to get it back. It will cost you 113€, plus the expense of taking a taxi to the pound on the outskirts of town. *If you do find a fine on your car, go to the parking machine, press the red button that says 'mutua' and you can void the fine for a 3€ on-the-spot payment. Public Car Parks: Aljamil SA. Mercado, 1. 03501 Benidorm. Tel: 965869137 (Town centre) Extremely tight parking spaces. Aparcamiento Ametlla De Mar. Avinguda Ametlla Del Mar, s/n, 03503 Benidorm. Tel: 966800756 (Rincón de Loix) Parking Ruzafa. Avenida Ruzafa, 10. 03501 Benidorm. Tel: 965854244 (Town centre) Stones Parking SL. Avenida Doctor Severo Ochoa, 48, 03503 Benidorm. Tel: 966803648? (Rincón de Loix)

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