Cheapest€19.43
- Buses in Cantabria BC397606:025h 56m11:58Alicante Muelle de PonienteBarcelona Nord
Door to door 6h 40mCO2 11.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Alicante to Barcelona bus
Buses from Alicante to Barcelona start at €22.73 and take 6h 5m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Alicante to Barcelona on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Alicante to Barcelona starts at €22.73 and takes 6h 5m door to door, run by 4 operators over 407 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 6h 5mDoor to door
- 5h 21mMoving
- €22.73 to €40.33From
- 06:02 to 18:54First and last departure
- 16Per day
- 11.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€22.73 to €40.33 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €40.33Mon14
- about €34.83Tue15
- about €35.93Wed16
- about €35.38Thu17
- about €33.73Fri18
- about €33.73Sat19
- about €31.53Sun20
- about €23.83Mon21
- about €22.73Tue22
- about €24.38Wed23
- about €29.88Thu24
- about €27.68Fri25
- about €28.23Sat26
- about €26.03Sun27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Alsa | €20.53 | 6h 4m |
 BlaBlaCar | €19.98 | 6h 5m |
| Buses in Cantabria | €19.43 | 6h 4m |
 Samar | €19.98 | 6h 4m |
The coach gets you into Barcelona. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Barcelona for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Alicante to Barcelona
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.2890 days
- €19.4360 days
- €17.2345 days
- €16.1330 days
- €22.1821 days
- €26.0314 days
- €31.537 days
- €35.933 days
- €40.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €16.13.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 150 percent. The dearest point is €40.33, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €26.03Sun
- €23.83Mon
- €22.73Tue
- €24.38Wed
- €29.88Thu
- €27.68Fri
- €28.23Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Alicante
Coach
- Alicante Muelle de Poniente
- Estació de Autobusos
Barcelona
Coach
- Barcelona Nord
- Estació d'Autobusos Barcelona Nord
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 407 km against 407 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Alicante at 06:02 and the last at 18:54, across 16 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 43m | 2h 59m | 44m | €52.59 | 13.4 kg | 8 |
| Flight | 4h 9m | 59m | 3h 10m | €49.11 | 103.1 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 6h 5m | 5h 21m | 44m | €22.73 | 11.0 kg | 16 |
Questions about Alicante to Barcelona
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Alicante to Barcelona take?
The Coach from Alicante to Barcelona takes 6h 5m door to door, of which 5h 21m is spent moving. The route runs 407 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Alicante to Barcelona cost?
The Coach from Alicante to Barcelona starts at €22.73 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €23.01. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Alicante to Barcelona?
4 operators run the Coach from Alicante to Barcelona: Alsa, BlaBlaCar, Buses in Cantabria, Samar. Between them they file around 16 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Alicante to Barcelona use?
The Coach from Alicante to Barcelona leaves from Alicante Muelle de Poniente and arrives at Barcelona Nord. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Alicante to Barcelona?
Travelling from Alicante to Barcelona by Train costs €52.59 and takes 3h 43m door to door, against 6h 5m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Alicante to Barcelona?
Fares for the Coach from Alicante to Barcelona bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €16.13. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 150 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Alicante to Barcelona produce?
The Coach from Alicante to Barcelona produces about 11.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 407 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Alicante to Barcelona?
Operators on the Coach from Alicante to Barcelona publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 5m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Alicante to Barcelona on 13 September 2026: 407 km of route against 407 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €22.73, and 6h 5m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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