Alicante-Elche Airport Tourist Info

Alicante-Elche airport is within the municipality of Elche, and the town council has an office of the Tourist Info network in the arrivals terminal. It is the first place to ask if you land without a plan and want to know how to get to the city, what to see in the Palm Grove or when the guided tours leave. It serves visitors in person from Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 15:00, on 966 919 367 and at [email protected].

Outside hours

Flights arrive at all hours, and the in-person service only covers weekday mornings. For the rest of the time, the office has a touchscreen at the main entrance that works 24 hours a day. From it you can access Elche's tourism website, with the information organised by theme, and you can send whatever you look up to your email to have it on your phone. If you arrive at the weekend, you only have the screen.

Getting from the airport to Elche

According to Aena, bus line R11 links the airport with Elche via the business park and Torrellano, and the R10 links it with Elche, Torrellano, L'Altet and Arenales del Sol. Both stop on the terminal's departures road. To go to Alicante there is the C6, which runs every day of the year and reaches the centre and the train station. Neither Aena nor the town council publishes timetables or prices on that page: check them on the operator's website before flying or ask at the office.

In Elche, the bus station is next to the train station, and the city is on the Cercanías commuter line between Alicante and Murcia, with two stations in the urban area. There is also a direct AVE high-speed train to Madrid.

What to ask here

Take the opportunity to ask for the Elche map and the timetable of the guided tour from Tourist Info Elx, which leaves from Plaza del Parque and costs €5. If your idea is to go straight to the monuments, ask about the Huerto del Cura, the Palm Grove Museum and the basilica of Santa María, and about the beaches in the municipality, such as Arenales del Sol, which the R10 line reaches.

Where to sleep on arrival

If your flight arrives late and you would rather not move around much, in the centre of Elche you have the Hotel Elche Centro, the Hotel Huerto del Cura and the Hotel Port Jardín Milenio.