There are 12 ways to get from Hanover to Santander by plane, bus, train, 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 Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
best- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane HAJ - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
9h 47m€145–240Fly Hannover Airport to Santander Airport
cheapest- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane HAJ - SDR
10h 43m€100–410Train, bus via Paris
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln 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
16h 55m€371–665Train, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
26h 21m€191–415Drive 1,759.3 km
- Drive from Hanover to Santandercar 1,759.3 km
16h 34m€327–472Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Santander Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane BRE - SDR
13h 37m€124–504Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane DUS - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
9h 28m€121–304Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane FRA - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
9h 37m€144–370Fly Hannover Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, bus
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane HAJ - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostiabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Santanderbus
13h 3m€185–441Bus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N1320
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Santanderbus 7783
26h 55m€161–251Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
31h 14m€170–306Car train, drive
- Take the cartrain from Hannover Hbf to Frankfurtcartrain
- Drive from Frankfurt to Santandercar
19h 15m€375–520
Hanover to Santander by train, subway, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Santander is to train and fly and bus which costs €120 - €310 and takes 9h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Santander is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 28m and costs €120 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover station to Santander. However, there are services departing from Hanover central bus station and arriving at Santander via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 55m.
The distance between Hanover and Santander is 1510 km. The road distance is 1759.3 km.
The best way to get from Hanover to Santander without a car is to train and bus via Paris which takes 16h 55m and costs €370 - €700.
It takes approximately 9h 47m to get from Hanover to Santander, including transfers.
Hanover to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hanover central bus station.
The best way to get from Hanover to Santander is to fly which takes 10h 43m and costs €100 - €410. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €160 - €260 and takes 26h 55m.
Hanover to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hanover to Santander is 1759 km. It takes approximately 16h 34m to drive from Hanover to Santander.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Santander, Spain?
Vueling Airlines, Eurowings, and TUIfly fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Santander Airport (SDR) 3 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Hanover central bus station to Santander via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 26h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Hannover Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Hannover Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Hannover Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Hannover Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Hannover Airport to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Santander Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Bremen Airport to Santander Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €210–340
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bordeaux to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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