Alicante Travel Forum

OK I know its a bit late but we are flying into Alicante this Saturday 9th and flying out of Barcelona on the 17th spending one night in Barcelona on the 16th. There are 7 of us so I had planned to hire a 7/9 seater car and use it for the holiday and then drive to Barcelona. Lo and behold the hire companies that I had provisionally booked with ALL came back with no availability for a 7/9 seater !! SO.... other than have the pain of hiring two cars can anyone either suggest a hire company or another cheap way of getting to barcelona. When I did a quick check it looked like £483 for the train and £500 for a plane !!

Cheers

try the bus companies


or resorthoppa may pick you up in alicante and drop you at the airpot in barcelona

the train trip costs from 46,6 euros to 83,20 (depending on the train) and it takes aprox 5 hours.
by plane, with clickair, there're 2 flights available on the 16th and four on the 15th, from 56,29 euros (71,29 incl taxes). also from 54 euros on edreams.com.
i wouldnt go by bus. it's cheaper but the bus trip to barcelona is a pain (for some reason that route is worse than travelling to other cities like madrid, etc)
i did a searcg on pepecar.com and found 7 seater cars available for the 16th (86€). didnt go further than that but you may want to check.

good luck!

Thanks for answers so far.. I've managed to use raileurope.co.uk to book a train from Valencia to barcelona for £240 for all 7 of us !.. however I have stil lha dnot luck with a 7/9 seater.. I might post another call for help on the forum.. thanks to everyone