There are 5 ways to get from San Jose to El Cabo de Gata by train, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Almería Airport
best- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Almería Airport (LEI)plane SFO - LEI
19h 28m€356–1,323Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane SFO - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Almeriabus
25h 24m€280–762Fly Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Almería Airport
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Almería Airport (LEI)plane SJC - LEI
21h 42m€394–1,507Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Málaga Airport, bus
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane SFO - AGP
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Almeriabus
22h 53m€434–602Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport, train
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)plane SFO - GRX
- Take the train from Granada to Almeriatrain
24h 29m€349–1,261
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Almería Airport (LEI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from San Jose to El Cabo de Gata is to Caltrain and fly and bus which costs €280 - €800 and takes 25h 24m.
The fastest way to get from San Jose to El Cabo de Gata is to Caltrain and fly which takes 19h 28m and costs €350 - €1400.
The distance between San Jose and El Cabo de Gata is 9774 km.
It takes approximately 19h 28m to get from San Jose to El Cabo de Gata, including transfers.
El Cabo de Gata is 9h ahead of San Jose. It is currently 12:12 in San Jose and 21:12 in El Cabo de Gata.
There are 1316+ hotels available in El Cabo de Gata.
What companies run services between San Jose, CA, USA and El Cabo de Gata, Spain?
American Airlines, Iberia, and two other airlines fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Almería Airport (LEI) 4 times a day.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Almería Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Almería Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–1,600
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Almería Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,600
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Almería Airport via Atlanta, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 8m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Málaga Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €330–900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Almería Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Almería Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Almería Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–1,600
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Almería Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,600
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Almería Airport via Atlanta, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 8m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Málaga Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Almería Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Almería Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,500
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Almería Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Málaga Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Almería Airport via Atlanta, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 8m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €330–900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Málaga Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Málaga Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Málaga Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Málaga Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €230–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- €7–9
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- €7–9
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- €7–9
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- €7–9
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Granada to Almeria
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Almeria
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Almeria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- ALSA
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