Private transfer
- Journey time
- Not checked yet
- Price
€174–€220
Recently checked price · per vehicle · checked Oct 22, 2026 · assumes 7 passengers
via Viator
- Door to door
- Yes
- Best for
- FamiliesGroupsLots of luggage
Facts checked
Alicante Airport to Benidorm
Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernandez Airport (ALC)
Benidorm
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Benidorm has no airport of its own, so almost every visitor arrives at Alicante-Elche airport and covers the last 58 km by road, on the A-70 and AP-7. The direct ALSA coach is scheduled at 45 minutes to Benidorm Bus Station and was showing from 7.99 EUR per person when we checked. A taxi covers the same ground in roughly 40 to 45 minutes and takes you to your door, on the official regulated tariff. The coach is far cheaper; everything else is a question of luggage, group size and what time you land.
- 40–45 min
- By road, estimated
- 58 km
- Road distance
- From €7.99
- Cheapest, bus, per person
- 3
- Transfer options compared
At a glance
Transfers you can book for this route
3 bookable transfers for this route, most reviewed first
Shown in the comparison
Private arrival transfer from Alicante Airport to Benidorm (hotel or address)
- Door to door
- Up to 7 in one vehicle
- 8 reviews
VIP Transfer from Alicante/ Alicante Airport to Benidorm area
- Door to door
- 3 reviews
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Taxi
- Journey time
- Not checked yet
- Price
€82–€99
Calculated fare · per vehicle
Includes a €4.25 airport supplement
- Door to door
- Yes
- Best for
- Late arrivals
Bus
Cheapest- Journey time
- 45–55 min scheduled
- Price
From €7.99
Starting price · per person · assumes 1 passenger
- Door to door
- No
- Best for
- BudgetSolo travellers
Runs to a fixed timetable, not on demand
A shared shuttle may also run this route. We have not verified an operator, a timetable or a fare for it, so it is not compared above.
Which transfer should you choose?
There is no single right answer on this route, so here is the honest split. First, read the prices carefully, because they are not quoted the same way: the coach fare is per person, while the taxi and private transfer figures are for the whole vehicle. Four people on the coach is about 32 EUR in total against a taxi's 82 EUR floor, so the coach stays the cheaper option even for a group, but the gap narrows as the party grows. The coach wins on cost by a wide margin and is barely slower than driving: 45 minutes scheduled against roughly 40 to 45 minutes by road. Take it if you are travelling light and landing during the day. Choose a taxi or a private transfer when the coach's limitations actually bite: it sets down at Benidorm Bus Station or Avenida Europa rather than at your accommodation, so with heavy cases, small children or a hotel away from those stops you will be paying for another leg anyway. A taxi needs no booking and is the cheaper of the two door-to-door options. A private transfer costs more and buys certainty instead: a price fixed before you fly and a vehicle sized for your group. One caveat we cannot yet close: we have not verified the first and last coach departures, so if you land late in the evening do not assume the coach is running.
Travelling light, on a budget
Bus
The coach is the cheapest option on this route by a wide margin, and only a few minutes slower than driving. It works if you can manage the last stretch from the bus station or Avenida Europa with what you are carrying.
Families, groups or heavy luggage
Private transfer
You are met in arrivals and driven to your address, in a vehicle booked for the size of your group. That removes the leg from the coach stop to your accommodation, which is where families and heavy cases tend to lose whatever the cheaper fare saved.
You want the simplest way out of the airport
Taxi
The rank is on the arrivals roadway and needs no booking, so there is nothing to arrange before you fly. Fares follow the official regulated tariff rather than a meter, with a fixed airport supplement on top.
Landing late in the evening
Taxi
A taxi does not depend on a timetable and needs no advance booking, which is what matters when a flight lands late. Expect the higher night, Sunday and holiday tariff rather than the daytime one.
Not verified: We have not verified the first and last coach departures, the frequency or which days the service runs, so do not assume the coach is still running when you land.
Private transfer
Booking a private transfer
- Journey time
- Not checked yet
- Price
See provider
Current price shown at Viator
- Door to door
- Yes
A private transfer is booked before you travel, and the driver meets you in arrivals and takes you to your address. It costs more than the taxi rank for the same journey, so what you are paying for is certainty: a price fixed in advance, a named driver and a vehicle sized for your group and luggage. That trade is usually worth it for families, larger groups and anyone landing late, and rarely worth it for one or two people travelling light in the daytime. It is 174 to 220 EUR for the vehicle, as recently checked at Viator rather than quoted live, so use the link for today's figure before you decide.
- Sets down at
- Your accommodation or address
- Booking
- Booked in advance, before you travel
Best forFamiliesGroupsLots of luggage
See all 3 bookable transfers at the top of this page.
Taxi
Taking a taxi
- Journey time
- Not checked yet
- Price
€82–€99
Calculated fare · per vehicle
- Door to door
- Yes
The rank is on the arrivals roadway and needs no booking, which makes it the simplest option if you land without a plan. Fares are not metered freely: they follow the Generalitat's official interurban tariff, because Benidorm lies outside Elche, and a fixed airport supplement is added. Those published rates are maximums, so the figure in the comparison is what the regulated tariff allows for this distance rather than a quoted price. The night, Sunday and holiday tariff is materially higher than the daytime one, which is the single biggest thing to know before you get in.
- Sets down at
- Your accommodation or address
- How the fare is set
- Official regulated tariff rather than a meter-free negotiated price. Benidorm is outside Elche, so the Generalitat's interurban schedule applies: 1.65 EUR pick-up plus 1.34 EUR per km on the ordinary tariff, and 2.25 EUR plus 1.55 EUR per km on the special tariff, which covers 21:00 to 07:00 on working days including Saturday, and all day on Sundays and holidays. The airport supplement is added on top. Published amounts are maximums.
- Airport supplement
- €4.25
Best forLate arrivals
Bus
Taking the coach
- Journey time
- 45–55 minscheduled
- Price
From €7.99
Starting price · per person · assumes 1 passenger
- Door to door
- No
ALSA runs the service and the airport describes it as a direct connection without stops, so it does not detour through Alicante city. Coaches leave from the bus stop on the departures roadway rather than from arrivals, which means going up a level after you collect your bags. Services are timed at 45 minutes to Benidorm Bus Station, and 55 minutes on the runs that continue to Avenida Europa. When we checked, fares started at 7.99 EUR per person. Online sale varied between departures in the same search, so if your service cannot be booked online you buy at a point of sale.
- Operator
- ALSA
- Service
- Direct, with no interchange
- Sets down at
- Benidorm Bus Station · Benidorm Avd. Europa
- Buying a ticket
- Online sale varied between departures when we checked. Some services offered fares online, others said to buy at a point of sale.
Best forBudgetSolo travellersRuns to a fixed timetable, not on demand
Going back: Benidorm to Alicante Airport
The road
58 km, 40–45 min. Measured on the road, so unchanged either way.
The taxi
Same Generalitat Valenciana rates per kilometre. What we cannot carry over is the €4.25 airport supplement, which our figure records for a journey that starts at the terminal; nothing we hold says how it is treated on one that ends there. Without it: €77 by day, €95 at night and on Sundays. A floor, not an answer.
Where the coach leaves from
ALSA sets down at Benidorm Bus Station and Benidorm Avd. Europa. That is where you board going back.
Departure times from Benidorm are not verified. The times on this page are departures from the airport, and reading them backwards would invent a timetable.
How we worked out the taxi fare
What the regulated fare is made of
A taxi from this airport does not run on a meter. The fare follows a schedule published by the Generalitat Valenciana, so it can be worked out in advance rather than quoted. These are the maximums that schedule allows over the measured distance, not a price anyone has offered you.
| Schedule | Pick-up | Distance charge | Airport | Fare ceiling |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary07:00 to 21:00, Monday to Saturday | 1.65 | 76.2556.9 km x 1.34 | 4.25 | €82 |
| Special21:00 to 07:00 on working days including Saturday, and all day on Sundays and holidays | 2.25 | 91.9159.3 km x 1.55 | 4.25 | €99 |
Where the daytime fare goes
- Pick-up charge€1.65
- 56.9 km at 1.34€76.25
- Airport supplement€4.25
93% of it is distance. The pick-up charge and the airport supplement together are €5.90, however far you are going.
Published maximums · EUR · Distance measured by road, not straight line
What each traveller pays
The taxi fare is for the vehicle, so its cost per head falls as the party grows. A coach seat does not. Even split four ways the taxi is €20.50 a head against €7.99, so on price the coach stays cheaper at every party size on this axis.
- Taxi, €82 split between the party
- Coach, €7.99 each
The taxi line is the floor of the regulated range, the daytime fare over the shorter measured distance, so it is the most favourable figure the taxi can honestly be given. Price is not the only question: the coach takes longer and does not go to your door.
Why the alternatives do not compete
A hundred and fifty kilometres is not a detour, it is a different journey. It turns a 40 to 45 minute drive into something closer to two hours, and it removes the cheap option entirely: the direct coach that makes this transfer inexpensive runs from Alicante, and nothing equivalent runs from Valencia or Murcia. A fare difference would have to be substantial, and shared across the whole party, before the extra driving and the cost of covering it made sense. Both are listed on this page so the choice can be judged rather than taken on trust, but neither is a close call.
The road is motorway most of the way
The route leaves the airport on the N-338 and runs on the A-70 and then the AP-7 to Benidorm. That matters for how the journey behaves: it is a fast corridor, and the free-flowing drive of 40 to 45 minutes is genuinely achievable outside peak periods. It is also the main artery down this stretch of coast, so summer traffic and weekend movements do tell on it. The scheduled coach time of 45 minutes to the bus station is a good working figure for planning, whichever way you travel.
Benidorm is compact, but its stops are not central to everyone
The town is dense rather than sprawling, which works in a traveller's favour: distances within it are short. The coach sets down at Benidorm Bus Station, and some services continue to Avenida Europa. Neither is your hotel, and the bus station in particular sits away from the beachfront where most accommodation is. From either stop it is a short taxi ride or a walk with light luggage, so the honest comparison is coach fare plus that last leg against a door to door fare, not coach fare alone.
Other airports that can reach Benidorm
These are further away and TransferSelect does not cover transfers from them. They are listed so the choice of airport can be judged against something rather than taken on trust.
- Valencia Airport (VLC)About 150 km by road
Further north, and about two and a half times the distance from Alicante Airport. TransferSelect does not cover transfers from it.
- Region de Murcia International Airport (RMU)About 150 km by road
Further south, and about the same distance away as Valencia. TransferSelect does not cover transfers from it.
Prefer to have it booked before you land?
A private transfer to Benidorm is arranged in advance and the driver meets you in arrivals. Prices move, so the link opens the current ones at Viator.
Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest way from Alicante Airport to Benidorm?
The ALSA coach. Fares started at 7.99 EUR per person when we checked, against a regulated taxi tariff in the eighties to high nineties of euros for the vehicle. The coach stays the cheapest option even for a group of seven.
Why is the coach fare per person but the taxi price per vehicle?
Because that is how each is sold. The coach charges each traveller, so its cost rises with your party size. A taxi and a private transfer are priced for the vehicle, so the cost is shared. Four people on the coach is about 32 EUR in total against a taxi floor of 82 EUR, so the coach is still cheaper, but comparing the headline numbers directly would be misleading.
How long does the coach take?
Services are scheduled at 45 minutes to Benidorm Bus Station. Runs that continue to Avenida Europa are timed at 55 minutes, because that stop comes later on the same journey rather than on a slower route.
Where does the coach arrive in Benidorm?
At Benidorm Bus Station, and on some services at Benidorm Avenida Europa. Neither is your accommodation, so factor in the last leg when comparing with a taxi.
Are Alicante Airport taxi fares metered?
No. Airport taxi fares follow official published tariffs rather than the meter, and an airport supplement is added to every journey. Benidorm is outside Elche, so the Generalitat's interurban tariff applies, and the night, Sunday and holiday rate is higher than the daytime one.
How far is Benidorm from Alicante Airport?
About 58 km by road, on the A-70 and AP-7. Two independent routing engines put the free-flowing drive at roughly 40 to 45 minutes, which is a floor rather than a typical time: summer and weekend traffic on this corridor can add to it.
Does Benidorm have its own airport?
No. Benidorm has no commercial airport. Alicante-Elche is the airport we cover for reaching it.
Which airport should I fly into for Benidorm?
Alicante-Elche, at 58 km. It is the only airport close enough to be practical: Valencia and Region de Murcia are both roughly 150 km away, about two and a half times the distance.
Is it worth flying to Valencia or Murcia for Benidorm?
Rarely. Both are about 150 km away, which is roughly two hours of driving, and neither has the cheap direct coach that makes the Alicante transfer inexpensive. The fare saving would have to be large to cover the difference.
How do I get from the airport to Benidorm without a car?
ALSA runs a direct coach from the airport departures roadway to Benidorm Bus Station, scheduled at 45 minutes. This page compares it with the taxi and a private transfer, with the fares each is sold at.
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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
- Written guidance reviewed
- Aug 18, 2026
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