One passenger pays between £13.82 and £34.22, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 363 km and are run by 9 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 9 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 20 October 2026
£13.82 to £34.22
- 139%Moves across the booking window
139%12Go issues the ticket, and you book it here on Orlero.
Buying this journey
Pick a departure for Alicante to Madrid and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.
The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.
12Go issues the ticket, and you book it here on Orlero.
Buying this journey
Pick a departure for Alicante to Madrid and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.
The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £27.48Tue6
- about £25.13Wed7
- about £30.78Thu8
- about £23.72Fri9
- about £24.65Sat10
- about £22.77Sun11
- about £19.94Mon12
- about £16.18Tue13
- about £17.11Wed14
- about £20.89Thu15
- about £19.47Fri16
- about £19.94Sat17
- about £19.01Sun18
- about £16.65Mon19
- about £13.82Tue20
- about £14.76Wed21
- about £18.06Thu22
- about £17.11Fri23
- about £17.11Sat24
- about £16.18Sun25
- about £14.29Mon26
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Madrid. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Madrid for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Alicante to Madrid
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £13.3590 days
- £16.6560 days
- £14.7645 days
- £12.8830 days
- £14.2921 days
- £16.6514 days
- £19.947 days
- £30.783 days
- £27.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £12.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 139 percent. The dearest point is £30.78, 3 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Alicante to Madrid 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
363 km
360 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
348,901 → 3,255,944
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 363 km against 360 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Madrid is large, and the road in from MAD can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Madrid
Settled in advance, so the ride into Madrid costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Madrid Puerta de Atocha
Most of the points near Madrid Puerta de Atocha open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Alicante to Madrid
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 it take to get from Alicante to Madrid?
Alicante to Madrid covers 363 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Alicante to Madrid?
The cheapest fare from Alicante to Madrid is £13.82, as of 5 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £35.00. 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 Alicante to Madrid?
The cheapest way from Alicante to Madrid is by coach, at £13.82 for one passenger on 20 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Alicante to Madrid?
Fares from Alicante to Madrid bottom out around 30 days before departure, at £12.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 139 percent, measured on 5 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Alicante to Madrid?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Alicante to Madrid, at £16.18. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 5 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Alicante to Madrid?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Alicante to Madrid, at £12.40 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 services from Alicante to Madrid?
9 operators sell services from Alicante to Madrid across 3 modes: Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Alsa, BlaBlaCar, Buses in Cantabria, Iberia Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Alicante to Madrid?
Every service we sell from Alicante to Madrid is direct. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Alicante to Madrid produce?
Travelling from Alicante to Madrid by train produces about 11.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 77.5 kg, roughly 7 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Alicante to Madrid use?
Services from Alicante to Madrid by train leave from Alicante Terminal and arrive at Madrid Puerta de Atocha. Allow about 44m 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 Alicante to Madrid?
6 of the 9 operators we sell from Alicante to Madrid allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. 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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Madrid is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Madrid and across Spain
Day trips that leave Madrid in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Alicante reaches 75 places in 19 countries on services we hold, over distances from 19 to 2,679 km. Madrid reaches 190 places in 61 countries, from 68 to 14,616 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Alicante
- 75Places you can leave for
- 19Countries
- 42Operators
19
42Arriving in Madrid
Leaving Madrid
- 190Places you can leave for
- 61Countries
- 86Operators