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Santiago de Compostela to Alicante

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante. From €69.17, fastest 4h 41m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Santiago de Compostela to Alicante runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:21 and the last around 18:44. One passenger pays between €69.17 and €79.79, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 41m over 872 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€69.17 to €79.79

  • 120%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Santiago de Compostela

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:21First departure
  • 18:44Last departure
  • 10Services per day
  • 80%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €138.20Mon21
  2. about €139.38Tue22
  3. about €116.37Wed23
  4. about €155.90Thu24
  5. about €136.43Fri25
  6. about €134.66Sat26
  7. about €104.57Sun27
  8. about €99.85Mon28
  9. about €95.72Tue29
  10. about €96.90Wed30
  11. about €112.24Thu1
  12. about €106.93Fri2
  13. about €105.75Sat3
  14. about €82.15Sun4
  15. about €72.71Mon5
  16. about €69.17Tue6
  17. about €82.15Wed7
  18. about €95.13Thu8
  19. about €93.36Fri9
  20. about €89.82Sat10
  21. about €82.15Sun11

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 flight 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 flight gets in

Sort by distance from Alicante Terminal and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Santiago de Compostela to Alicante

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

  1. €89.2390 days
  2. €79.2060 days
  3. €62.6845 days
  4. €67.4030 days
  5. €82.1521 days
  6. €82.1514 days
  7. €104.577 days
  8. €116.373 days
  9. €138.201 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €62.68.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 120 percent. The most expensive point is €138.20, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€138.20€62.68137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Santiago de Compostela to Alicante and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

872 km

847 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

99,536348,901

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de CompostelaAlicanteAlicante
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 872 km against 847 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Madrid, A Coruña, Vigo, Valencia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.

The fare from ALC into Alicante is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Alicante

Settled in advance, so the ride into Alicante costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Alicante Terminal

Most of the points near Alicante Terminal open before the first train and close after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Santiago de Compostela 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 it take to get from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante?

The fastest journey from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante takes 4h 41m door to door, of which 1h 32m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 46m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante?

The cheapest fare from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante is €69.17, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €117.55. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante?

The cheapest way from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante is by flight, at €69.17 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 42m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Santiago de Compostela to Alicante?

Fares from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €62.68. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 120 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Santiago de Compostela to Alicante?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante, at €82.15. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Santiago de Compostela to Alicante?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante, at €62.09 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante?

No operator record names Santiago de Compostela to Alicante directly. Ryanair, Vueling Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante?

67 percent of the services we sell from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante are direct. The rest connect at Madrid, A Coruña, Vigo, Valencia, with about 60 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante use?

Services from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante by flight leave from Santiago de Compostela SCQ and arrive at Alicante ALC. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Santiago de Compostela to Alicante allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Santiago de Compostela to Alicante on September 20, 2026: 872 km of route against 847 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €69.17, and 4h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Alicante a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Alicante and across Spain

Day trips that leave Alicante in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Santiago de Compostela reaches 48 places in 10 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 2,745 km. Alicante reaches 231 places in 32 countries, from 19 to 3,667 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Santiago de Compostela

  • 48Places you can leave for
  • 10Countries
  • 15Operators

Arriving in Alicante

Leaving Alicante

  • 231Places you can leave for
  • 32Countries
  • 58Operators

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