All direct flights to Alicante from the UK & Ireland

Flight Summary

flights to Alicante are available from all major UK airports and a good number of smaller regional hubs too. Alicante is a solid favourite with no-frills airlines as well as package holiday specialists. Nearby Murcia and Valencia are also possible alternative arrival points for the Costa Blanca and Costa Dorada region.

Destination Summary

Alicante is the major gateway to the ever-popular Costa Blanca. Often overlooked by tourists heading for the region's teeming beach resorts, Alicante's main highlights are its beautiful palm-fringed waterfront and delightful old town.

Quick Facts

  • Airport Code: ALC
  • Miles From London: 1467

James Says

Some airlines have chosen to focus their expansion on the nearby airports at Valencia or Murcia instead, and both of these cities offer perfectly realistic alternatives for finding cheap flights to the Costa Blanca, providing you are intending on hiring a car for your stay. Alicante Airport remains a popular destination for both charter and budget airlines, with Easyjet having the most significant presence there, just as they do in many other Spanish resort cities.

Alternative Airports

Whilst Alicante itself remains too busy to appeal to Ryanair at any time in the near future, the Irish airline offers regular cheap flights to nearby Valencia and Murcia instead, as do Easyjet. From other parts of the UK, different budget airlines offer a range of cheap flights to Alicante, with some also offering additional services into Murcia or Valencia. Thomsonfly in particular pioneered budget flights to Valencia, offering cheap flights there from Coventry before the likes of Easyjet or Ryanair got in on the act. Whilst other airlines have followed suit, Thomsonfly themselves have also opened up a good range of cheap flights to Alicante as well.

Prices of flights to Alicante

As with other Spanish resorts, the price of flights to Alicante tends to reach a peak during the school holidays, whereas there are usually plenty of cheap flights to Alicante available in spring and autumn. Flights Alicante are available year round, although it is not considered to be as popular a winter sun destination as Palma or Malaga.

Resort transfers

If you're making your own independent booking, it is also worth ensuring that you have sorted out a transfer to your hotel, unless you're staying in the city of Alicante itself, which has a regular bus connection from the airport. There are some coach services available to resorts such as Benidorm direct from the airport. Unlike Malaga, there is no railway connection at Alicante Airport, and train services around the Costa Blanca are very limited. There is a tram which operates along the beach in Alicante itself, as well as an infrequent coastal train which operates from Alicante to Denia, taking in coastal resorts such as Benidorm on the way. Whilst this service might be a useful way of getting around, it is not advisable to use as a way of transferring from the airport to your resort.

Alicante airport car hire

All the usual car rental companies offer facilities at Alicante Airport, although some use off-airport rental facilities. These are usually situated across the main highway opposite the terminal, and can be reached via a shuttle bus transfer.

Mark Says

Traditionally overlooked by package holidaymakers rushing to Benidorm, Alicante offers a fresh, fun and surprisingly authentic alternative to the tourist traps of the Costa Blanca. For this has been a true Spanish city in its own right since Greek and Roman times, and has a sense of historical pride and a fresh attitude to new developments that make it attractive to visitors all year round.
Visitors should start with the imposing Castillo de Santa Bárbara, which looms over the northern side of the city and affords panoramic views. An afternoon spent wandering around the jumbled old town, known locally as el barrio, is also a must: scattered around the base of the castle, it's a sleepy neighbourhood which has stood firm and proud against the wave of modernization sweeping the rest of the city. As one of the Spanish Mediterranean's principal ports, Alicante also enjoys a busy beach and harbour life. Littered with seafood restaurants, bars, late-night discos and a good number of swanky boats, the sparkling marina is a focal point for alicantino life, as of course is la playa: the main city beach is just a five-minute walk from central Alicante via the colourful Explanada de España promenade. Those looking for a total beach experience might try the neighbouring Playa de San Juan, or Benidorm and Denia further up the coast.
It's when the sun goes down, though, that Alicante really comes to life, when the centre of the old town is transformed into a heaving warren of bars and discos and the port opens its many doors to legions of night-time revellers. The party atmosphere is cranked up yet another notch at the end of June for the city's main festival, the Hogueras de San Juan, where burning effigies and spectacular firework displays make up a smaller but no less riotous version of Valencia's Fallas.

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