There are 10 ways to get from Greece to Santander by plane, bus, train, car, or car train
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Fly Athens International Airport to Santander Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane ATH - SDR
8h 22m€94–249Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bilbao Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane SKG - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
10h 56m€90–221Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Santandertrain Alv / ...
43h 26mDrive 3,393.3 km
- Drive from Athens to Santandercar 3,393.3 km
34h 33m€615–887Fly Athens International Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane ATH - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
9h 26m€97–228Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane HER - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
11h 19m€109–490Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Santanderbus
45h 25mBus via Padova
- Take the bus from Athens to Lushnjëbus
- Take the bus from Lushnjë to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Santanderbus
2d 9h€191–206Bus
- Take the bus from Athens Karolou to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
2d 9h€174–244Drive, car train
- Drive from Athens to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Santandercar
35h 35m€653–924
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Santander Airport (SDR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Santander is to fly and bus which costs €90 - €230 and takes 10h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Santander is to fly which takes 8h 22m and costs €90 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Santander. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Santander via Lushnjë and Padova. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 9h.
The distance between Greece and Santander is 2440 km. The road distance is 3393.3 km.
The best way to get from Greece to Santander without a car is to bus and train which takes 43h 26m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 22m to get from Greece to Santander, including transfers.
Greece to Santander bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Athens Karolou station.
The best way to get from Greece to Santander is to fly which takes 8h 22m and costs €90 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus via Padova, which costs €190 - €210 and takes 2 days 9h.
Greece to Santander bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
Santander is 1h behind Greece. It is currently 1:17 PM in Greece and 12:17 PM in Santander.
What companies run services between Greece and Santander, Spain?
Ulendo Airlink, Iberia, and three other airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Santander Airport (SDR) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Santander via Lushnjë and Padova in around 2d 9h.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Athens International Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Athens International Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bilbao Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bilbao Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Santander Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Santander Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- 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
- €190–320
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Lushnjë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 135 228
- zhitia-turist@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Lushnjë to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €91
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 67 631 9888
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lushnjë to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Padova to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Athens Karolou to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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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