Road tolls Alicante to San Javier - Page 3

Hi Tony... I know the fee changes with the season

lowest for me was 1,80 highest 4,80......( I use(d) the AP7 since 2014 2 to 4 times a year)

...and how the paystation are situated you get the feeling its for Torrevejia. 

Hi all. 

Very many thanks for your prompt replies and cash it is.

no idea what its four at all we are very new to Spain and the area as we only bought in November 2021 so still finding my feet at the moment but sure get used to it was told the price was per season and does go up and down as we will be use to get to Los Alcazares when we fly in/out of alicante unless we can get flights to corvera airport

Most points on this topic have already been covered, but just a couple of additional thoughts:

- the motorway is probably the better option when arriving, but it might be worth considering the N332 when going BACK to Alicante airport:

a) if there's an accident on the m'way that causes a significant hold-up, and you're on a tight schedule, there's unlikely to be an escape route if you're stuck in a queue on the m'way. In other words, to coin a phrase, you could be stuffed. By contrast, if there's a hold-up on the N332, there are any number of potential escape routes, giving you a much better chance of making your (increasingly expensive) flight; 

b) for the uninitiated, as the 2 motorways ( A-7 and AP-7) merge near Elche/Elx, there is a short section where the carriageway has 4 lanes. In order to get to the airport, you have to get into the (single) outermost lane. It is signposted, but you don't get long to make this manoeuvre, especially if you're in the inside (slow) lane. The motorway is often busy around there; and you are also likely to encounter "boy-racer" types who want to have uninterrupted access to the "fast" lane, and have the impatience and disposition of a fruit-fly on Red Bull. After a short distance, the airport route then becomes 2 lanes. At this point, you are quite likely to have at least one of the above-mentioned fruit-flies stuck to your rear bumper. Before moving (right) into the slower lane, watch out for the fruit-flies undertaking you - they won't wait for you to ease your way across to the inside lane. This scenario doesn't arise on the way out of the airport because of the way the road system works.

Finally, if you do plan on using the N332, it's worth taking the AP-7 for the short section  between San Javier (etc) and Junction 768 as they both run more or less next to each other for this portion of the journey, before the AP-7 heads inland and the tolls start appearing. As well as being a bit quicker, you can avoid about half-a-dozen roundabouts on the N332 - roundabouts proliferate at the Southern end of this journey, but decrease in frequency as you go further North, especially between Torrevieja and the airport.

HTH

The UK in comparison is a total rip off especially for parking, as a lot of parking in out of Cities is free, even beach areas.

As for the toll to La Zenia, just come off the AP7 the junction before and save yourself €8 return fees, spend it on a cake and a coffee inside, or whatever tickles your fancy.

The Spanish do not generally travel vast distances to work so don’t need to yes autoroutes. Trucks don’t use them as few autoroutes have service areas for them to take compulsory breaks, cafes and toilets.

Yes 24 hours.

Currently two tolls at 2.35 each.

Will increase in summer season.