Which airport, and what the journey costs
Airports for Benalmadena
Benalmadena Costa is 12 km from Malaga-Costa del Sol and reachable by a train that leaves from a platform at the airport in eighteen minutes. That makes it the one place on this site where the public option is quicker than some of our measured drive times. The complication is that Benalmadena is two settlements at different heights, and only one of them has the station.
The airport
Getting to Benalmadena
Malaga Airport (AGP)12 km by roadBenalmadena- Driving
- 15–25 min
- Private transfer, per vehicle
- €57.77
Compare your options
Every figure here is the same one the route guide shows, read from the same record. Prices say what kind of price they are, and a coach fare charged per person is not comparable with a vehicle price without doing the arithmetic for your own group.
| Option | Fare | Journey time | Door to door |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private transfer | €57.77–€136 Recently checked price · per vehicle · checked Sep 13, 2026 · assumes 8 passengers | — | Yes |
| Taxi | €17–€31 Calculated fare · per vehicle | — | Yes |
| Train | Price unavailable Not checked yet | 18 min scheduled | No |
Book a transfer to Benalmadena
One bookable transfer for this route
Private Transfer from Malaga Airport (AGP) to Benalmadena Costa
- Door to door
- Up to 8 in one vehicle
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Two Benalmadenas, nine kilometres apart
The Costa is on the seafront and has the railway station; the pueblo is the old village up the hill. Our two routing engines agree to within twenty metres on the drive to the coast, at about 11.5 km, and both put the pueblo at around 20. That gap is a hill rather than a routing disagreement, and it decides both the fare and whether the train is any use to you.
A train, not a coach
The Cercanias C1 runs between Malaga Centro Alameda and Fuengirola and calls at the airport's own station. The airport operator publishes the journey to Benalmadena at approximately eighteen minutes. It serves the Costa and Arroyo de la Miel. The fare is the one thing not published: Aena links to a rates page rather than printing a figure, so we have a verified service and no price.
What a taxi costs, and why the range is odd
The regulated fare runs from about 17 to 31 EUR for the vehicle. The lower end is not a metered figure at all: over 11.5 km the meter reads below the 17.37 EUR minimum, so the minimum applies. The upper end is metered, in the dearest band, over the longer climb to the pueblo. The range therefore spans a fare band and a hill at once.
Frequently asked questions
Which airport should I fly into for Benalmadena?
Malaga-Costa del Sol, at about 12 km to the Costa. There is no practical alternative, and this one has a railway station on site.
Is there a train from the airport to Benalmadena?
Yes. The Cercanias C1 calls at the airport's own platform and the airport operator publishes the journey at approximately eighteen minutes, to Benalmadena Costa and Arroyo de la Miel.
Does the train reach Benalmadena Pueblo?
No. The station serves the coast and Arroyo de la Miel. The pueblo is up the hill, about 20 km from the airport by road against 12 to the front.
How much is a taxi from Malaga Airport to Benalmadena?
About 17 to 31 EUR for the vehicle. The lower figure is the regulated minimum fare, which applies because the meter does not reach it over 12 km.
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Where these facts come from
Every figure on this page is checked against a named source and dated. We do not publish a number we cannot point at.
- Facts last checked
OSRM routing engine on OpenStreetMap data, opens in a new tabCalculated by us
Road distance · checked Sep 10, 2026
Valhalla routing engine on OpenStreetMap data, opens in a new tabCalculated by us
Journey time by road · checked Sep 10, 2026