Location and Access to Costa Blanca, Spain

Whether leaving Liverpool, Leeds or London, or exiting Exeter or Edinburgh, you'll be in the Costa Blanca by brunch

The Costa Blanca stretches over 200km of magnificent Mediterranean coast in Spain's southeast. Its western boundaries stretch well inland, past the pleasant and palpable sea air, to the splendid slopes of the Spanish sierras. In political terms, the Costa Blanca equates to the province of Alicante.

Air

With two international airports (Alicante's El Altet and Murcia's San Javier) serving 22 nations, 20 European capitals and over a dozen cities in the UK, the Costa Blanca could not be easier to get to. There are dozens of daily flights leaving from each airport daily and thanks to many being operated by low-cost carriers, getting here is as cheap as it is convenient.

Flight times from the UK to the Costa Blanca are a paltry 2-1/2 hours.

Alicante's El Altet Airport: Airlines and European Destinations

  • Aer Lingus (Cork, Dublin)
  • Air Berlin (Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Muenster, Paderborn)
  • Air Europa (Bilbao, Paris Orly, Santiago de Compostela)
  • Air Finland (Helsinki)
  • bmi British Midland (London-Heathrow)
  • bmibaby (Birmingham, Cardiff, Durham Tees valley, Manchester, Nottingham)
  • British Airways - operated by GB Airways (London-Gatwick)
  • Easyjet (Basel, Belfast, Bristol, Dortmund, Edinburgh, Geneva, Glasgow, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Newcastle)
  • Flybe (Birmingham, Exeter, Norwich, Southampton)
  • Flyglobespan (Edinburgh, Glasgow)
  • Helvetic Airways (Zurich)
  • Iberia (Barcelona, Birmingham, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Madrid, Newcastle)
  • Iberia operated by Air Nostrum (Asturias, Bilbao, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Vigo)
  • Jet2 Leeds/Bradford, Manchester)
  •  LTU (Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich)
  • Scandanavian Airways (Bergen, Kristiansand, Oslo, Stavanger, Trondheim)
  • Monarch Airlines (Birmingham, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester )
  • Spanair (Barcelona, Gran Canaria, Madrid, Tenerife Sur)
  • Sterling Airlines (Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Oslo, Stockholm)
  • Thomsonfly (Bournemouth, Coventry, Doncaster-Sheffield, Manchester)
  • Transavia (Amsterdam, Rotterdam)

Murcia's San Javier Airport: Airlines and European Destinations

  • Easyjet (Bristol, London/Gatwick)
  • Flybe (Birmingham, Exeter, Norwich, Southampton)
  • Flyglobespan (Edinburgh)
  • Iberia operated by Air Nostrum (Barcelona, Madrid)
  • Jet2 (Belfast, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle)
  • Norwegian Air Shuttle (Bergen, Oslo, Stavanger, Trondheim)
  • Ryanair (Dublin, Glasgow/Prestwick, Liverpool, London/Luton, London/Stansted, Nottingham/East Midlands)

Getting from the Airports

Both airports have multiple local car rental agencies, as well as international operators like Avis, Europa and Europcar. Cars are usually easy to come by, though it's best to book in advance to save waiting in line and to guarantee your choice of vehicle.

There are regular bus services from Alicante's El Altet Airport into the city centre, from where it's possible to move on to various parts of the Costa Blanca by bus or train.

Rail

Costa Blanca is well connected to the rest of Spain by rail. Several daily services head north from Costa Blanca to Valencia and Barcelona, while numerous other services head inland and Accesss Madrid. Several more trains link the Costa Blanca with Murcia and the Costa Cálida to the south.

Road

Upgraded road networks and infrastructure makes getting around the Costa Blanca quick and easy. Large motorways now make for quick getaways, whether heading west towards Madrid, south to Andalucía or north to Valencia and Barcelona.

Now that you know it's cheap and easy to get to here, have a look at what your hard earned money buys in Costa Blanca.

Map of the Costa Blanca

Costa Blanca is located in the map below. You can move the map by clicking and dragging, and you can see satellite imagery of the area by clicking "Satellite", and overlay road data by clicking "Hybrid". The controls on the left allow you to zoom in and out, and you can always return to where you started by clicking in the middle of the arrows.

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