There are 12 ways to get from Germany to Santander by plane, train, bus, car, or car 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 Stuttgart Airport to Santander Airport
best- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane STR - SDR
8h 42m€85–307Fly 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 37m€78–255Train, bus via Paris
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Essen Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Santanderbus
20h€378–776Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N1387
- Take the bus from Paris to Santanderbus FlixBus 783
32h 40m€149–263Drive 2,039.8 km
- Drive from Berlin to Santandercar 2,039.8 km
18h 53m€324–468Fly Stuttgart Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane STR - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
7h 30m€89–256Fly 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 31m€103–264Fly 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 56m€94–283Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Santander Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bftrain
- Take the bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane CRL - SDR
7h 2m€89–398Train, bus
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Santanderbus
21h 2m€350–673Bus, train
- Take the bus from Berlin to Aachenbus
- Take the train from Welkenraedt to Bruxelles-Miditrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
34h€147–283Drive, car train
- Drive from Berlin to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Santandercar
20h 3m€381–549
Germany to Santander by train, subway, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Santander is to fly and bus which costs €85 - €260 and takes 7h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Santander is to train and bus and fly which takes 7h 2m and costs €85 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from Germany to Santander. However, there are services departing from Berlin Alexanderplatz and arriving at Santander via Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 40m.
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 via Paris which takes 20h and costs €370 - €800.
It takes approximately 8h 42m to get from Germany to Santander, including transfers.
Germany to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin Alexanderplatz station.
The best way to get from Germany to Santander is to fly which takes 8h 42m and costs €85 - €310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €140 - €270 and takes 32h 40m.
Germany to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Yes, the driving distance between Germany to Santander is 2040 km. It takes approximately 18h 53m to drive from Germany to Santander.
What companies run services between Germany and Santander, Spain?
Vueling Airlines, Eurowings, and Volotea fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Santander Airport (SDR) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Santander via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and Paris in around 32h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–400
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Santander Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €180–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €190–320
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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 Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Welkenraedt to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bordeaux to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +373 22 542-185
- autogara@mtc.md
- Website
- autogara.md
Bus from Berlin to Aachen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- autogara.md
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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