Getting there

How do you get from Alicante Airport to Jávea?

The fastest option is a hire car, worth comparing through DiscoverCars. Without one, ALSA runs a direct airport bus to Jávea on weekdays, and there are also connections via Dénia and via Alicante's bus station. Reckon on a one-way bus fare from about 13 euros.

The direct airport line L526 runs Monday to Friday. An alternative is line L525, which runs four times a day from the airport to Dénia; from there, a connecting bus gets you to Jávea's bus station in about 40 minutes.

The regular ALSA line between Alicante's bus station and Jávea runs more than 13 times a day, with the first bus at 7am and the last at 7.45pm. A one-way fare costs from about 13 euros. The bus stops in Jávea at the bus station on Calle Eugenio d'Ors.

How much is a taxi from Alicante Airport to Jávea?

Reckon on about 150 euros for a taxi from Alicante-Elche to Jávea. That is not a fixed price but an estimate based on the official metered rates: a flag-fall charge plus a per-kilometre rate, plus the fixed airport surcharge of 4.25 euros. A taxi costs considerably more than the bus, but it takes you straight from door to door.

The official taxi service at Alicante-Elche airport is run by Radio Taxi Elche and Servitaxi Elche. The metered rates are set by the Generalitat Valenciana and are higher at night and at weekends than during the day on weekdays.

Does Jávea have a train station?

No, Jávea has no train station of its own. The TRAM between Alicante and Dénia runs on line 1 to Benidorm, where you change onto line 9 towards Dénia; the nearest stops to Jávea are Gata de Gorgos and Teulada, from where you need a bus or taxi to finish the journey. For most travellers, the bus is the more practical option.

A one-way TRAM fare costs between 1.45 and 3.90 euros depending on the number of zones, and line 9 runs roughly once an hour; the full journey from Alicante to Dénia takes about 3 hours. Gandía also has a train station, with Cercanías services to Valencia, but no train reaches Jávea itself, only a connecting ALSA bus.

How do you get from Valencia Airport to Jávea?

From Valencia Airport, ALSA runs one direct bus a day to Jávea, every day of the week, weekends included. It leaves from the arrivals hall and takes almost three hours, about 2 hours 50 minutes. You get off at the bus station on Calle Eugenio d'Ors. A one-way fare starts at around 14 euros.

With only one bus a day, it pays to plan your flight around it and to check the timetable on the ALSA website in advance. If the bus does not suit, there is an alternative: the metro. Lines 3 and 5 stop at Aeroport station, on the ground floor of the terminal for regional flights. On weekdays a metro runs roughly every 15 minutes, at weekends roughly every 20. Line 5 continues to Xàtiva and Colón in the centre. More buses to Jávea leave from the city's bus station, as described below.

How do you get from Valencia city to Jávea?

From Valencia city, ALSA runs more than ten buses a day to Jávea, from the bus station on Avinguda de Menéndez Pidal and also from the Joaquín Sorolla AVE station. The journey takes roughly two to three hours, depending on the number of stops. There are no night buses.

Some of the buses go via Gandia and Dénia and stop more often along the way; those journeys are at the long end of that two to three hours. The bus station is about a five-minute walk from the Túria metro stop, served by lines 1 and 2.

You can also combine train and bus. Cercanías line C1 runs from Valencia Nord to Gandia, a journey of a little over an hour. From there you take ALSA from Gandia to Jávea, but that bus runs only a few times a day and takes between an hour and a half and almost two hours. The direct bus from the city is therefore usually the better choice.

How do you drive from Valencia to Jávea?

It is about 120 kilometres from Valencia Airport to Jávea, just over an hour and a quarter by car. Take the AP-7 and leave it at the Ondara/Dénia/Xàbia exit. Between Valencia and Alicante the AP-7 has been toll-free since 2020.

If you would rather drive along the coast, the N-332 is an alternative to the motorway.

Alicante or Valencia: which airport is better for Jávea?

Alicante-Elche is usually the most convenient choice for Jávea: the airport is closer, about 98 kilometres against about 120 from Valencia, and has more bus options. Valencia has one direct bus a day, but it is a fine choice with a hire car or if you also want to see the city.

From Alicante, ALSA runs direct on weekdays with line L526, line L525 runs via Dénia, and more than 13 buses a day leave from Alicante's bus station. From Valencia, alongside the single airport bus, the main route is via the city: take the metro into the centre, then a bus from the bus station, where more than ten buses a day leave for Jávea. With a hire car the difference in bus service disappears and mainly distance counts.

How do you get around within Jávea?

Within Jávea, the local Toscamarbus gets you furthest, linking the old town, the port and the Arenal for a flat fare of 1.65 euros, with an extension to Toscamar and Cala Blanca. Walking between the three hubs works perfectly well too; it is only for the more remote calas such as Granadella and Portitxol that a hire car is genuinely more practical.

The old town is about 2.5 kilometres from the port, some 25 to 30 minutes on foot along a mostly flat path, and the port is about 3 kilometres from the Arenal, roughly 35 minutes further on. A hire car is also useful for most rural accommodation, but for getting between the town's three hubs, the Toscamarbus or simply walking is a real alternative.