Is Alicante worth a day trip?

Yes: 8.5 hours in Alicante, £92 for the whole day, 40 min into town each way. Enough for the main sights and a proper lunch without rushing.

How long do you actually get in Alicante?

About 8.5 hours in Alicante. Landing to take-off is 12.6 hours; the trip into town and back, passport checks and the time at the airport come off that.

How do you get from Alicante airport into town?

Bus C6, 40 min, €3.85. A day ticket on local transport is TAM Tourist Card (24, 48 or 72 hours, bus and tram).

What does a day in Alicante cost, not counting the flight?

About £38 a person for the day: local transport, lunch, dinner and a drink. Paid attractions are listed separately because most people do one or none, and an average that includes them is a number nobody actually pays.

Is the flight price on this page the one I will pay?

The fare shown was checked 7 October against Google Flights for this exact date and these exact flights. Fares move, so it can change before you book, and the price is not held for you.

How early do I need to be back at the airport?

Leave the city by 20:10. That allows 40 min to get back to the airport and 135 min there, including 45 min for passport checks on the way out, before the 23:05 flight home.

Will passport checks eat my day?

We allow 30 min on landing for the EU Entry/Exit System (fingerprints and a photo on your first trip) and 45 min extra on the way out. That is already taken off the 8.5 hours shown. These are estimates; queues run longer on busy days.

Day trip to Alicante.
From Birmingham, back by 00:50.

Spain·Sat 5 Dec · 8.5 hours in the city

£92

the whole day

8.5 hours

in the city

00:50

back in Birmingham

Day Trip Flight Details

Time in the city

8.5 hours

after transfersAfter transfers and airport time

Airport distance

10km

to the centreFrom Alicante centre (ALC)

Daylight

9.6 hours

08:04 to 17:42Sunrise 08:04, sunset 17:42

First EU trip since 2025? Allow 30 min more.

FlightAirport, immigration and transportIn the city

06:50
Leave Birmingham
Jet2
11:40
In the city
Lands 10:30, 30min immigration, 40min from the airport
20:10
Leave the city
40min back, 135min at the airport incl. immigration
00:50
Back in Birmingham
Flies 23:05 with Ryanair

Leave BirminghamJet206:50
Land in Alicante2h 40min10:30
In the city30min immigration, 40min from the airport11:40
Leave the city40min back, 135min at the airport incl. immigration20:10
Fly homeRyanair, 2h 40min23:05
Back in Birmingham00:50

Typical weather for this date

18°C

average high

9°C

average low

1 in 10

years it rained

This date is too far out to forecast. These are Alicante's actual figures for the same date across the last 10 years.

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What a day in Alicante costs

Flights and on-the-ground spend, per person.

£92/ all in, per person

Bus to city centre and back£6

Lunch£15

Dinner£17

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Entry fees, on top (optional)

MARQ£5 (€6)

Castillo de Santa Barbara lift£2.30 (€2.70)

Playa del Postiguet, Explanada de Espana, Mercado CentralFree

On the ground£38

Prices checked 3 Oct 2026

Return flight from£54

Google Flights price. Checked 3 days ago.

Getting to Birminghamfrom free

All in, per person£92

Out with Jet2, back with Ryanair. Two separate tickets. Book both before you go.

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Getting to Birmingham

Per person. Not in the total above. Prices checked 25 Sept 2026.

Free

Free drop-offFree
Free for the first 0-10 minutes at the Drop Off car park. Source

Train

From Birmingham (New Street, via the free AirRail Link monorail from Birmingham International station)Price not published10-15 min
Source

Coach

National Express and FlixBus from BirminghamPrice not published
Source

Taxi

From Birmingham city centre£20-£30 one way~10 miles
Estimate, not a quote.

Parking at the airport

Paid drop-offfrom £7
Drop Off car park: free 0-10 min, then £7 (10-15 min) rising to £56 at the 1-hour mark; no-return-within-1hr policy. Source
Car Park 1 (1 min walk)£67
Same-day rate. Source
Car Park 2 & 3 (1 min walk)£67
Same-day rate. Source
Car Park 4 (3-5 min walk)£67
Same-day rate. Source
Car Park 5 (5-10 min walk, free shuttle)£67
Same-day rate. Source
Car Park 7 (meet & greet, bus 10-15 min)£51
Same-day rate. Source
Elmdon Short Stay£51
Same-day rate. Source

More parking

Valet Parking (meet & greet, 1 min walk)No same-day price
Source

Parking nearby

No same-day price published. See multi-day prices

Airparks Self Park (2.1 mi)£7.31
Multi-day price, not a same-day quote. Shuttle 14 min. Source
Airparks Drop & Go (staff park it)£8.12
Multi-day price, not a same-day quote. Shuttle 14 min. Source
Maple Parking Meet & Greet (~2 min walk, on-airport)£9.85
Multi-day price, not a same-day quote. Shuttle 2 min. Source

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Costs people forget

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Phone data. EE, Vodafone and Three charge about £2.75 a day to use your allowance in Europe. O2, Tesco Mobile and giffgaff include it free.
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