Options for travel

It is possible to reach Almería by land, air and sea.

Almería Airport (LEI)

Our local airport, fourth largest in Andalusia and second most important of the region in terms of foreign tourist arrivals, has connections with several European cities like London, Manchester, Warsaw, Munich, Luxembourg, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and some others specially in summer season operated by low cost companies. There are domestic connections with the cities of Madrid (daily connections), Barcelona (almost daily), Seville, Palma de Mallorca and Melilla.

You can check all destinations and airlines at

Wikipedia page about the airport,
the oficial page at AENA website and particularly
- the destinations
- and airlines,
or in this unofficial airport page that contains the days the flights happen(L=Monday, M=Tuesday, X=Wednesday, J=Thusday, V=Friday, S=Saturday, D=Sunday).

Airport is located at 9 km of the center of city and about at 5 minute by car of the university campus.

From the aiport to the city

Once you are at the airport you can go to the central bus-train station downtown:

By bus: (Bus line: 30)
- Price: 1,05€ (1,30€ if you want to take another bus in the next hour)
- Airport - Almería : 07:25, 08:35, 09:45, 10:55, 12:05, 13:15, 14:25, 16:35, 17:45, 18:55, 20:05, 21:15, 22:25
- Almería - Airport: 06:45, 07:55, 09:05, 10:15, 11:25, 12:35, 13:45, 14:55, 17:05, 18:15, 19:25, 20:35, 21:45
By taxi:
- Estimate price for city center: 20€
- Estimate price for University: 15€

Near airports: Málaga (AGP)

Málaga is the largest airport in Andalusia, and the fourth in Spain, with over 15 million passenger movements in 2016. It has a great connection with Spain and United Kingdom and the rest of Europe. Continental flights connection with New York, Toronto, Montreal, Moscow and Casablanca are possible too.

You can check all the destinations at the Wikipedia page about the airport and at the ANEA website.

From Málaga aiport to Almería city

Direct bus

There's two daily direct buses operated by ALSA, a non stop one that takes around 3h and one with two stops that takes 3.5 hours.

Price: Around 20€ one way
Málaga Airport - Almería: 14:15 and 15:30
Almería - Málaga Airport: 9:30 and 15:30

You can get a ticket by using the ALSA bus company web page and filling in Almeria as destination (you may want to click the "switch destinations" icon since it defaults to from "somewhere" to Málaga Airport and most probably you want it the other way around.

Bus to Málaga and then a train or bus to Almería

There's a bus service available that links Málaga Airport with Málaga, and it stops both at the main bus station and train station of Málaga.

There are many daily direct ALSA buses from Málaga to Almería, taking between 3 and 5 hours depending on the intermediate stops.

There are no direct trains between Málaga and Almería, you have to transfer at the Antequera-Santa Ana station. Travel time is around 30 minutes between Málaga-María Zambrano and Antequera-Santa Ana and 4 hours between Antequera-Santa Ana and Almería. You can check train timetables at Renfe rail transport company website.

Please understand that both Renfe and ALSA tickets are for the time you bought them so make sure you will be able to make it on time to the station (i.e. if you buy a ticket for 18:00 it will not be valid for the 19:00 train/bus).

This option is probably the only interest for people wanting to have holidays in Málaga.

There are may people traveling by car from Almería city to Málaga airport and viceversa. Many of them offer car pool rides with aiport and/or Málaga city. The more popular service for contracting this rides is Blablacar.

By taxi

This may sound crazy, but there are several companies offering transfer between the Málaga Airport and Almería (185€, 220€) so if you pool with 4 people, it is not that expensive and travel time is around 2 hours.

Special direct bus from Málaga airports

If we can confirm enough interest we can rent a charter bus from Málaga airport to Almería. This can be set up for the previous day to GUADEC and to the next one after finishing. Consider about 50 places and a cost about 600-900€ per bus travel. This could be a great option if there is enough density of arrivals.

Near airports: Granada

The city of Granada is about 150 Km from Almería. If Granada airport fits better to you, you have an offer of several buses and trains per day between both cities. Theoretically there can be car-pool services between Granada and Almería, but we are sure they are not as popular as with Málaga airport. More information at the oficial webpage at AENA website.

The connection with Granada could be very interesting in you plan to spend some time more in Almería since you can easily program a visit to that beautiful city.

Madrid Airport

In the case you'll want to fly to Madrid but without flying connection to Almería you have several connections per day by bus and train. We believe most of our attendants would prefer a more direct option. More information at the oficial webpage at AENA website.

Road

Almería has a good land communication with all the Mediterranean coast by the A-7 highway, which join up to France frontier in La Jonquera and, on the other side, ends at Algeciras.

With Spanish interior zones, Almería is connected by the A-92, another highway that connects with the rest of Andalusia and Madrid, Spain capital.

Train

There are some lines that connect Almería with Madrid and other cities, such as Granada, Seville, Linares and Antequera. The most important alternative could be from Madrid. More information in the Renfe rail transport company website.

Ship

There are some ship lines that connect Almería with Melilla, Algeria and Morocco with daily, regular ships and affordable prices. The passangers terminal is in the seaside of the city, less than 1 km from downtown.

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