The nearest airport is Alicante-Elche (ALC), about 98 kilometres from Jávea and roughly 70 to 75 minutes by car. Valencia (VLC) is further away, around 120 kilometres, which works out to just over an hour and a quarter to an hour and twenty minutes on the road. Hire car prices are worth comparing in advance through DiscoverCars, which sets rental companies' rates side by side by pick-up location. You can get here perfectly well without your own car too: the breakdown below covers exactly how, airport by airport and mode by mode.
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 to Jávea?
From Valencia airport, ALSA runs direct to Jávea four times a day, a journey of about 2 hours and 50 minutes. A one-way fare starts at around 14 euros, a from-price that applies across the whole Valencia corridor, airport included. As with the Alicante service, the bus stops at the bus station on Calle Eugenio d'Ors.
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.