There are 7 ways to get from Dubai to Santander by plane, bus, shuttle, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Dubai International Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
best- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane DXB - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
14h 58m€210–371Shuttle to Abu Dhabi, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane AUH - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Santandertrain
18h 18m€185–414Fly Dubai International Airport to Santander Airport
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane DXB - SDR
12h 52m€221–902Shuttle to Abu Dhabi, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane AUH - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
17h 8m€198–580Fly Dubai International Airport to San Sebastián Airport, bus
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)plane DXB - EAS
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
20h 12m€290–1,135Fly Dubai International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane DXB - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Santandertrain
16h 28m€197–385Shuttle to Abu Dhabi, fly to Santander Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane AUH - SDR
16h 2m€239–661
Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dubai to Santander is to fly and bus which costs €210 - €380 and takes 14h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Dubai to Santander is to fly which takes 12h 52m and costs €220 - €900.
The distance between Dubai and Santander is 5723 km.
It takes approximately 14h 58m to get from Dubai to Santander, including transfers.
Santander is 3h behind Dubai. It is currently 5:38 PM in Dubai and 2:38 PM in Santander.
There are 2089+ hotels available in Santander.
What companies run services between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Santander, Spain?
Emirates, Ryanair, and four other airlines fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Santander Airport (SDR) 3 times a day.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Santander Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Dubai International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Beirut, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–650
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–650
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Santander Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–650
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Santander Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Dubai International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Beirut, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–650
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–650
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Santander Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–650
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Santander Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–550
Flights from Dubai International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Dubai International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Doha, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Dubai International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Beirut, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–650
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Santander Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–650
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Bilbao Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–550
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–460
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–460
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–460
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Santander Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Santander Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Santander Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €260–750
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Santander Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–750
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Bilbao Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–550
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–460
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–460
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Santander Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–800
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Santander Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–800
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–650
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Bilbao Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–550
- Website
- tunisair.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Santander Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Website
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
Shuttle from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–9
- Schedules at
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
Bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
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