Carabanchel to Alicante bus

Buses from Carabanchel to Alicante start at €22.73 and take 6h 13m at their fastest.

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Aerial view of Alicante marina with boats and historic architecture under a clear blue sky.

The Buses from Carabanchel to Alicante starts at €22.73 and takes 6h 13m door to door, run by 4 operators over 414 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 13mDoor to door
  • 5h 29mMoving
  • €22.73 to €46.38From
  • 06:01 to 14:43First and last departure
  • 8Per day
  • 11.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€22.73 to €46.38 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

  1. about €40.88Wed16
  2. about €46.38Thu17
  3. about €40.88Fri18
  4. about €34.83Sat19
  5. about €32.63Sun20
  6. about €28.23Mon21
  7. about €28.78Tue22
  8. about €24.38Wed23
  9. about €30.43Thu24
  10. about €27.68Fri25
  11. about €28.78Sat26
  12. about €27.13Sun27
  13. about €23.83Mon28
  14. about €22.73Tue29

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€18.88
  1. Buses in Cantabria BC776606:196h 11m12:30Carabanchel bus stationAlicante Muelle de Poniente

Door to door 6h 55mCO2 11.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Alsa€20.536h 12m
BlaBlaCar€19.436h 10m
Buses in Cantabria€18.886h 12m
Samar€19.986h 10m

The coach gets you into Alicante. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Alicante for the night the coach gets in

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Booking window

When to book Carabanchel to Alicante

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €19.9890 days
  2. €19.4360 days
  3. €19.4345 days
  4. €21.0830 days
  5. €20.5321 days
  6. €22.7314 days
  7. €28.787 days
  8. €40.883 days
  9. €40.881 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.43.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 110 percent. The dearest point is €40.88, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €27.13Sun
  2. €23.83Mon
  3. €22.73Tue
  4. €24.38Wed
  5. €30.43Thu
  6. €27.68Fri
  7. €28.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Alicante

Coach
  • Alicante Muelle de Poniente
  • Estació de Autobusos
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 414 km against 360 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Murcia, Cartagena, Albacete, Valencia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Carabanchel at 06:01 and the last at 14:43, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 54m3h 10m44m€42.1413.7 kg8
Coach6h 13m5h 29m44m€22.7311.2 kg8

Questions about Carabanchel to Alicante

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 Carabanchel to Alicante take?

The Coach from Carabanchel to Alicante takes 6h 13m door to door, of which 5h 29m is spent moving. The route runs 414 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 Carabanchel to Alicante cost?

The Coach from Carabanchel to Alicante starts at €22.73 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €20.26. 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 Carabanchel to Alicante?

4 operators run the Coach from Carabanchel to Alicante: Alsa, BlaBlaCar, Buses in Cantabria, Samar. Between them they file around 8 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 Carabanchel to Alicante use?

The Coach from Carabanchel to Alicante leaves from Carabanchel bus station and arrives at Alicante Muelle de Poniente. 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 Carabanchel to Alicante?

Travelling from Carabanchel to Alicante by Train costs €42.14 and takes 3h 54m door to door, against 6h 13m 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 Carabanchel to Alicante?

Fares for the Coach from Carabanchel to Alicante bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.43. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 110 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Carabanchel to Alicante produce?

The Coach from Carabanchel to Alicante produces about 11.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 414 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 Carabanchel to Alicante?

Operators on the Coach from Carabanchel to Alicante publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 13m 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.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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 Carabanchel to Alicante on 15 September 2026: 414 km of route against 360 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €22.73, and 6h 13m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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