Travel to La Manga, Flights, Train, Bus, Local transport
Flights
You can fly to/from Murcia-San Javier Airport (West side Mar Menor coast) and to/from Alicante Airport (90 Km. from Mar Menor, via motorway) from many European airports. To get the best information about Murcia-San Javier Airport and Alicante Airport arrival and departure flights (from/to any European Airport) and to make your on line pre-reservations use Rumbo.com.
(Rumbo is the leader on line travel agency operating in Spain, with a flights search engine that gives a wide range of flights and fares to choose. They have, also, a good Customer Service to attend your inquiries during the buying process and later situations)
To get instructions, all type of flight schedules-fares information and to pre-reserve or buy your tickets, click on Rumbo's icon next:
Railway
If you like to come by train, you must arrive at Cartagena Railway Station. Then you can take a bus to La Manga. The Bus Station is close to the Railway Station.
Open the next link to RENFE trains and select "Cartagena" in "Origin", please.
Then look for your most convenient Railway Station and repeat the operation, selecting that Station as "Origin" and selecting "Cartagena" as "Destination".
RENFE Trains.
Buses
To come to La Manga by Bus from Centre of Spain (Madrid or intermediate Cities) or NorthEast Spain (Barcelona or intermediate Cities) click, please, on the next Alsa link, click again on "Schedules information" and follow the instructions.
From Madrid (or intermediate City) select it as "Departure, Origin" and select La Manga del Mar Menor as "Destination".
From Barcelona (or intermediate City) select it as "Departure, Origin" and select Cartagena as "Destination". You can take a Bus to La Manga in the same Cartagena Bus Station.
Alsa Buses.
If you like to come by Bus directly to La Manga from Santander, Basque Country (San Sebastian, Bilbao, Vitoria), Navarre (Pamplona), La Rioja (Logroño), Teruel or Valencia Autonomous Community look for the information in BilmanBus, please. Click on "Horarios, Precios y Ofertas" (sorry, in Spanish only, but it is clear and easy).
BilmanBus.
Local Transport
Alsa runs the Bus service between Cartagena and La Manga - Cabo de Palos.
Alsa runs also the local bus service in La Manga and Cabo de Palos. From Cabo de Palos to La Manga (and vice versa) during Summer you have buses every thirty or sixty minutes (24 hours a day) to El Pedruchillo and Yacht Port Tomas Maestre and every two hours to Veneziola - La Manga end - (until 1 h. am) Friday and Saturday the service is reinforced. Plainly, the service is not good for the moment.
To obtain information (Alsa's on line local information does not work properly) about buses Murcia - La Manga or Cartagena - La Manga you have the information phones:
Murcia Central Bus Station: 968.292211
Cartagena Central Bus Station: 968.505656
and you can call a taxi:
La Manga Radio-Taxis: 968.563863 and 968.145000
Rent a car
You can use Rumbo.com, specially when you start from Murcia or Alicante airports. To do it click on the following link. The window of "Cars" shows. Select "Company" (Avis or Europcar), "Country of pick-up" (España), "Date and time of pick-up" and then "Town of pick-up" (Murcia City or Alicante City) and "Branch of pick-up" (airports)
or you can use the local rent a car offices:
Concord Rent a Car, S.L.
Lamanga Rent a Car
or, if you feel like, you can rent a bicycle, bike or scooter
 lamangawind@telefonica.net
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