Alicante Airport to Benidorm: bus, taxi or private transfer

Getting from Alicante Airport to Benidorm is a short run up the Costa Blanca, and the right way to do it depends less on price than on three things: what time you land, how much luggage you have, and how many of you are travelling. Benidorm’s official tourism site puts the town 58 km from the airport, with a road transfer of 40 to 60 minutes.

There is a direct ALSA bus, a taxi rank outside arrivals, app-booked cars and pre-booked transfers. There is no tram from the airport, whatever the map of the coast might suggest. This guide uses the timetables and fares published by the airport operator (Aena), by ALSA and by Benidorm’s tourist board.

The short answer

The ALSA bus: direct, cheap, and on a fixed timetable

Aena lists one direct bus to Benidorm, run by ALSA, and describes it as a direct connection without stops. It leaves from the bus stop on the departures roadway; ALSA gives the stop as the second floor, departures.

In Benidorm the bus calls at two stops:

• Benidorm Bus Station, calle Francisco Llorca Antón 6, about 45 minutes after leaving the airport;
• Avenida Europa 8, about 55 minutes after leaving.

The 07:00 departure, for example, is timetabled at 07:45 at the bus station and 07:55 at Avenida Europa.

Check which of the two is nearer your hotel before you board. Neither is a door-to-door drop: from the stop, the last stretch to your hotel is up to you.

Timetable. ALSA’s timetable starts with a 07:00 departure on weekdays only. The 08:00 runs every day, so at weekends that is your first bus. The last bus leaves the airport at 23:00 on weekdays and at 21:00 at weekends. ALSA runs the route every day of the week. Rather than rely on a headline frequency, open the day’s timetable on alsa.com before you fly and note the departure after your landing time plus the passport and baggage queue.

Fare. ALSA’s route page shows a best fare of €7.99 for each month from September to December 2026. Fares vary by date and departure, and the best fare is not guaranteed on every bus, so check the price for your date when you book. Tickets can be bought up to six months ahead, and you do not need to print them: a digital ticket on your phone is accepted, together with the identity document you used when buying.

Luggage. The fare includes one suitcase or backpack up to 20 kg, plus a small bag that fits in the rack above the seats. An extra piece of up to 25 kg costs from €5 per trip. Wheelchair spaces must be booked at least 36 hours in advance.

One catch if your flight is late. ALSA is plain about it: if you miss the bus, you lose the ticket and are not entitled to a refund. Many tickets can be changed or cancelled up to two hours before departure, depending on the fare. If you buy a ticket for a specific bus before you fly and the flight is delayed, change it before that deadline.

Going back. From Benidorm the first bus leaves Avenida Europa at 06:00 and the bus station at 06:10, on weekdays only, arriving at the airport at 06:55. At weekends the first departures are 07:00 and 07:10, arriving at 07:55. The last bus leaves Benidorm bus station at 22:10 on weekdays and 20:10 at weekends, reaching the airport at 22:55 and 20:55, and ALSA runs no night services in this direction. For an early morning flight, that timetable decides the question for you. ALSA asks passengers to be at the stop 15 minutes before departure.

The taxi: at the kerb, at any hour

The airport’s official taxi service is run by two companies, Radio Taxi Elche, with 85% of the fleet, and Servitaxi Elche. The cars are easy to identify: a green stripe along the length of the vehicle and the coat of arms of the city of Elche on the front doors. The rank is on the arrivals roadway, and Radio Taxi Elche has an information point in the arrivals hall, open from 09:00 to 01:00.

The fare. For trips outside the municipality of Elche, Aena points to the intercity taxi fares published in the Valencian government’s official gazette, and Benidorm is one of those trips. Aena adds that airport fares carry a supplement of €4.25 on top of the regulated fare. Benidorm’s tourist board estimates the taxi at €75 to €85; it does not say whether that figure includes the supplement. Either company can be booked through its website, and Radio Taxi Elche’s site shows the price in advance, with discounts for paying ahead.

According to the tourist board, taxis are available around the clock, and its advice is worth repeating: make sure the driver takes cards before you set off.

Uber, Cabify and Bolt

Aena lists all three ride-hailing apps at Alicante-Elche, with pick-up points on floor 0 of the terminal. Bolt, according to the airport, shows an estimated fare before you confirm and lets you book up to 90 days in advance.

What about the tram?

Look at a map of the TRAM d’Alacant network and it seems the obvious answer: Aena describes it as running along the Costa Blanca, connecting Alicante, Benidorm and Dénia. But the tram does not reach the airport.

Aena’s own suggestion is a two-step journey. The C6 bus runs every day between the terminal and the centre of Alicante, calling at the railway station. At Alfonso X El Sabio and Plaza de los Luceros it connects with the tram, and Luceros station is part of the TRAM network that serves Benidorm.

That works if you are spending a night in Alicante first or travelling with a small bag and plenty of time. With suitcases, it means two separate tickets, a change in the city centre and a tram timetable to plan around, in exchange for a route the direct bus covers in one leg. Check the tram leg in TRAM d’Alacant’s journey planner before you commit to it.

Which one, depending on your trip

• Landing between 07:00 and 23:00 on a weekday (08:00 and 21:00 at a weekend), one or two of you, one suitcase each: the ALSA bus. It is direct, its luggage allowance covers a normal holiday case, and the ride is under an hour.
• Landing at a weekend before 08:00, or on a weekday before 07:00: there is no bus yet. The choice is waiting at the airport, a taxi from the rank, or a car booked in advance.
• Landing after 23:00 on a weekday, or after 21:00 at a weekend: the last bus has gone. At that hour a taxi, an app-booked car or a pre-booked transfer is the only direct way to Benidorm.
• A family of four: four tickets at the €7.99 best fare come to €31.96 (our calculation, and only if that fare is available on your bus), before the walk or local taxi from the Benidorm stop to your hotel. Set that against one car for the whole family, straight to the hotel entrance.
• Flying home early: the first bus from Benidorm reaches the airport at 06:55 on weekdays and 07:55 at weekends. For anything earlier, plan on a taxi or a booked car.
• A tight connection or a flight prone to delays: remember the bus rule on missed departures. A booked driver instead waits 60 minutes free from your booked pickup time, and you can message them in the LocalsRide chat if the flight runs late.

The private transfer: booked in advance, priced by drivers

Like a taxi, a pre-booked transfer goes from the terminal to your accommodation in one step. The difference is that it is arranged, and priced, before you land. The road journey takes 40 to 60 minutes, going by the tourist board’s figure.

Here is how it works on LocalsRide:

1. You enter the airport, your address in Benidorm, the date, the time and the number of passengers.
2. Local drivers send offers showing the vehicle and a price, with a star rating from past passengers once the driver has completed rides.
3. You choose the offer that suits you and pay online. The price of the offer you accept does not change, and it already includes tolls and taxes. No cash is needed at pickup.

For an airport pickup, what matters is what happens when things go wrong:

• 60 minutes of free waiting at airports, from your booked pickup time.
• Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the pickup time.

Child seats and a note about your luggage go in your request, so drivers see them before they make an offer, and each offer’s details show the vehicle’s luggage capacity: compare it before you choose, especially if you are travelling with a pushchair, golf clubs or more than one case each. Transfers are booked ahead rather than hailed on the spot, which is exactly what you want for a flight that lands after the last bus.

Book your Alicante transfer

Alicante-Elche is among the Spanish airports on our Spain destinations page. Enter your landing time and your Benidorm address, and compare the drivers’ offers before you fly.