P1 Car Park

Paying €94 for 8 days buys you a 1‑minute walk

P1 Car Park is the on‑airport multi‑storey at Alicante‑Elche, sat a few metres from the NAT terminal with an advertised walk of about 1 minute. It’s AENA’s “General” option, so you drive straight to the terminal, park, and roll your bag into departures without waiting for a shuttle or transfer van.

Pricing is the trade‑off: comparison sites put AENA General P1 at around €94 for 8 days, while off‑airport shuttle car parks sit closer to €14–30 for the same period. For quick runs, a YouTube timing test shows a short stay coming out at about €1.55, which lines up with using P1 more for drop‑offs, pickups, or same‑day trips than week‑long holidays.

Access is simple barrier entry: take a ticket at the gate and park on any open level. Instructions from resellers say to check that the printed locator on the ticket matches your reservation code. If it doesn’t, you’re told to sort it with the parking office on floor 4 when you exit, otherwise you risk being charged the full public tariff.

Regulars treat P1 as a tool: pay a couple of euros to meet arrivals at NAT, or splash out on the €94-ish 8‑day rate only when an early morning flight or mobility needs make shuttles a pain. Motorcycles are excluded from P1 entirely; AENA points bikers instead to a free motorcycle area next to the long‑stay car park.

Tip: if you’ve booked P1 through a broker, take 10 seconds at entry to confirm the locator on your ticket; fixing it later on floor 4 is the annoying version of this car park.