There are 9 ways to get from Interlaken to Santander by train, plane, bus, train (TGV, Renfe), or car
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Santander Airport
best- Take the train from Interlaken West to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane ZRH - SDR
8h 35m€129–303Train to Basel, fly to Santander Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Interlaken West to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane BSL - SDR
14h 16m€87–325Train, bus via Lyon
- Take the train from Interlaken West to Berntrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Bern to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Bilbaobus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
21h 23m€109–236Train
- Take the train from Interlaken West to Basel SBBtrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Santandertrain Alv / ...
22h 21m€196–466Drive 1,284.4 km
- Drive from Interlaken to Santandercar 1,284.4 km
13h 35m€223–322Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Santander Airport
- Take the train from Interlaken West to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane GVA - SDR
10h 13m€128–526Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Santander Airport
- Take the train from Spiez to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane MXP - SDR
11h 48m€93–337Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Interlaken West to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane GVA - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
10h 10m€127–304Train, bus
- Take the train from Thun to Fribourg/Freiburg Poyatrain S1
- Take the bus from Fribourg to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
22h 19m€111–170
Interlaken to Santander by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Interlaken to Santander is to train and bus which costs €110 - €170 and takes 22h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Interlaken to Santander is to train and fly which takes 8h 35m and costs €120 - €310.
No, there is no direct train from Interlaken to Santander. However, there are services departing from Interlaken West and arriving at Santander via Basel SBB, Mulhouse Ville, Montpellier Saint-Roch, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías and Madrid Chamartín. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 21m.
The distance between Interlaken and Santander is 1248 km. The road distance is 1284.4 km.
The best way to get from Interlaken to Santander without a car is to train and bus via Lyon which takes 21h 23m and costs €100 - €240.
It takes approximately 8h 35m to get from Interlaken to Santander, including transfers.
Interlaken to Santander train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Interlaken West station.
Interlaken to Santander train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Interlaken to Santander is 1284 km. It takes approximately 13h 35m to drive from Interlaken to Santander.
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What companies run services between Interlaken, Switzerland and Santander, Spain?
You can take a train from Interlaken West to Santander via Basel SBB, Mulhouse, Mulhouse Ville, Montpellier Saint-Roch, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, and Madrid Chamartín in around 22h 21m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Basel to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Basel to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–650
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–650
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–240
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Basel to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Basel to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Basel to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–650
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–650
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–240
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santander Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santander Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santander Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Interlaken West to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Interlaken West to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €33–36
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Interlaken West to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Spiez to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Interlaken West to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–17
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- bls.ch
Train from Spiez to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
Train from Thun to Fribourg/Freiburg Poya
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://regiojet.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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Fribourg to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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