There are 12 ways to get from Germany to Santander by plane, train, bus, car, train (TGV, Renfe), or car train
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Fly Stuttgart Airport to Santander Airport
best- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane STR - SDR
8h 7m€83–291Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane DUS - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
7h 25m€82–251Train, bus
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to St Jean De Luz Cibouretrain Ter
- Take the bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbaobus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
22h 27m€324–515Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
34h 34m€93–296Drive 2,039.8 km
- Drive from Berlin to Santandercar 2,039.8 km
18h 53m€317–458Fly Frankfurt to Santander Airport
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane FRA - SDR
7h 18m€137–320Fly Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane FRA - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
7h 19m€106–299Fly Munich International Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane MUC - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
7h 44m€89–272Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane BRU - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
8h 47m€117–268Train
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Nimestrain Tgv
- Take the train from Nimes to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Santandertrain Alv / ...
27h 17m€339–491Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Dresden central stationbus 070 / ...
- Take the bus from Dresden to Santanderbus Kyiv-Santander
40h 23mDrive, car train
- Drive from Berlin to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Santandercar
20h 3m€380–538
Germany to Santander by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Santander is to fly and bus which costs €80 - €260 and takes 7h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Santander is to fly which takes 7h 18m and costs €130 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Germany to Santander. However, there are services departing from Berlin Alexanderplatz and arriving at Santander E.A. via Paris, Quai de Bercy and Bilbao Intermodal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 34m.
No, there is no direct train from Germany to Santander. However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf and arriving at Santander via Berlin Hbf, Strasbourg, Nimes, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías and Madrid Chamartín. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 17m.
The distance between Germany and Santander is 1179 km. The road distance is 2039.8 km.
The best way to get from Germany to Santander without a car is to train and bus which takes 22h 27m and costs €320 - €550.
It takes approximately 8h 7m to get from Germany to Santander, including transfers.
Germany to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin Alexanderplatz station.
Germany to Santander train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Berlin Hbf station.
The best way to get from Germany to Santander is to fly which takes 8h 7m and costs €80 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus via Paris, which costs €90 - €300 and takes 34h 34m, you could also train, which costs €330 - €500 and takes 27h 17m.
What companies run services between Germany and Santander, Spain?
Vueling Airlines, Eurowings, and two other airlines fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Santander Airport (SDR) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Santander E.A. via Paris, Quai de Bercy and Bilbao Intermodal in around 34h 34m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–390
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–390
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–450
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Santander Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Santander Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Santander Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €44–49
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €160–210
- 1st Class
- €200–260
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to St Jean De Luz Ciboure
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €40–55
- 1st Class
- €65–85
Train from Strasbourg to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €120–160
- 1st Class
- €150–200
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to St Jean De Luz Ciboure
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- Rail 1st Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Nimes to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
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
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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/
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–101
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- Online ticket
- €8–45
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Dresden to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
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More Questions & Answers
Germany to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Germany to Santander train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Strasbourg Bahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Germany to Santander is 2040 km. It takes approximately 18h 53m to drive from Germany to Santander.
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