Flights from Birmingham to Alicante

Tips and tricks to help you find cheap flights from Birmingham to Alicante

Favourite airline: e.g. Swiss, easyJet
20 % of flights on the route Birmingham – Alicante are booked with Swiss.
Swiss
20 %
easyJet
20 %
KLM
15 %
Tip: book 4 days before departure
Save up to 57 % by booking flights 4 days before departure.
4 days before departure
Cheapest weekday: Sunday
The cheapest ticket prices are available for flights departing on a Sunday.
Direct flights are more expensive
Compared to flights with a stopover, direct flights are £40.00 more expensive on this route.
non stop flight
1 stop
2 stops
02h 35min
10h 20min
37h 15min
£183
£143
£278
Favourite connection: via Zurich
When booking flights from Birmingham to Alicante 25 % of travellers prefer to fly via Zurich.
Route
bookings
1 stopover Zurich (Zürich)-Kloten
16h 05min, from £161
25 %
Direct flights
02h 35min, from £183
22 %
1 stopover Amsterdam Schiphol
04h 50min, from £172
16 %

Useful information about the flight from Birmingham to Alicante

Get Away to Alicante

With its beautiful weather and local festivals, Alicante is a fabulous spot for your next holiday. Get away from it all in Alicante. Spend the summer months at the beach or watching the fireworks and bonfires.

Best Time to Travel

The weather in Alicante is typically mild in the winter and hot in the summer. This is a good place to visit all year long. The peak months for travellers are July and August. Mark the start of summer with St. John's bonfires, celebrations that start from around the 20th of June. There are fireworks and paper mache figures are burned on 24th June. The Moors and Christians Festival (Moros y Cristianos) from April 21st -24th reenacts the battles between Christians and Arabs in the 12th Century.

Before You Visit Alicante

For less crowded beaches, head slightly out of town. Alicante airport is used by tourists heading to Benidorm, Torrevieja and other Costa Blanca beach resorts. Go to Tabarca Island, which is car free. This small, walled town is also surrounded by a nature reserve. When looking for local cuisine, paella is a regional favourite. The cost of living in Alicante is around 30 percent lower than that in London and restaurant prices are usually even around 45 percent lower. Alicante's time zone is an hour ahead of the United Kingdom.

Local Tips and Information

An airport bus to central Alicante costs about EUR 3.80 taking around 20 minutes for the journey with buses running every 20 minutes. Local buses going from the airport to Alicante, Benidorm, Torrevieja or Murcia leave from the terminal building departures area. A taxi to central Alicante runs at approximately EUR 25. You can find a hotel from around EUR 40 per person per night. Hostels cost from about EUR 15 per night per person in shared dorms. Alicante has a good bus network. Trams also run to important destinations in Alicante and along the Costa Blanca. Single tickets for Zone 1 are priced around EUR 1.35. A 10-journey rechargeable card costs about EUR 7.60 plus ca. EUR 2 for the card. However, central Alicante is small enough to explore by foot. Taxis are less expensive than in London but not much faster than public transport.

Flight information: Birmingham - Alicante

Outbound and return from £143.42
Flight duration min. 02:35 / max. 02:40
Return flight duration min. 02:45/ max. 02:50
Distance 1580 km
Flights per week 7
Departure airport Birmingham (BHX)
Arrival airport Alicante (ALC)
Destination country Spain
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