Cheapest€19.43
- Alsa A118906:105h 31m11:41Carabanchel bus stationAlicante Muelle de Poniente
Door to door 6h 15mCO2 11.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Carabanchel to Alicante bus
Buses from Carabanchel to Alicante start at €23.28 and take 6h 15m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Carabanchel to Alicante on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Carabanchel to Alicante starts at €23.28 and takes 6h 15m door to door, run by 4 operators over 414 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 6h 15mDoor to door
- 5h 31mMoving
- €23.28 to €45.28From
- 06:02 to 14:52First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 11.2 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€23.28 to €45.28 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 €45.28Mon14
- about €33.18Tue15
- about €35.93Wed16
- about €38.13Thu17
- about €33.73Fri18
- about €34.83Sat19
- about €32.63Sun20
- about €23.28Mon21
- about €23.83Tue22
- about €24.38Wed23
- about €30.43Thu24
- about €27.68Fri25
- about €28.78Sat26
- about €27.13Sun27
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 September 29, 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Alsa | €19.43 | 6h 11m |
 BlaBlaCar | €20.53 | 6h 10m |
| Buses in Cantabria | €20.53 | 6h 12m |
 Samar | €19.98 | 6h 10m |
The bus gets you into Alicante. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Alicante for the night the bus gets in
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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.
- €23.2890 days
- €19.9860 days
- €17.2345 days
- €16.6830 days
- €22.7321 days
- €27.1314 days
- €32.637 days
- €35.933 days
- €45.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €16.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 171 percent. The most expensive point is €45.28, 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.
- €27.13Sun
- €23.28Mon
- €23.83Tue
- €24.38Wed
- €30.43Thu
- €27.68Fri
- €28.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Alicante
Bus
- Alicante Muelle de Poniente
- Estació de Autobusos
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 06:02 and the last at 14:52, across 8 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 56m | 3h 12m | 44m | €53.14 | 13.7 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 6h 15m | 5h 31m | 44m | €23.28 | 11.2 kg | 8 |
Questions about Carabanchel to Alicante
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 15m door to door, of which 5h 31m 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 €23.28 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €21.08. 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?
Traveling from Carabanchel to Alicante by Train costs €53.14 and takes 3h 56m door to door, against 6h 15m 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 30 days ahead, at €16.68. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 171 percent, measured on September 13, 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 kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, 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 outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 15m 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 September 13, 2026: 414 km of route against 360 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €23.28, and 6h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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