There are 11 ways to get from Leipzig to Santander by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
best- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LEJ - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
10h 56m€133–368Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane BER - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
8h 56m€105–301Train, bus via Paris
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Offenburg to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Santanderbus
18h 56m€321–666Bus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N780
- Take the bus from Paris to Santanderbus FlixBus 783
28h 20m€134–237Drive 1,896.1 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Santandercar 1,896.1 km
18h 28m€295–426Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane DRS - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
11h 6m€144–505Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane PRG - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
11h 31m€134–319Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane FRA - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
10h 21m€174–433Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Santander Airport
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane LEJ - SDR
9h 22m€174–758Train, bus
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Santanderbus
20h 26m€359–658Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Darmstadt Hauptbahnhoftrain 12N
- Take the bus from Darmstadt to Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragozabus
- Take the bus from Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza to Santander E.A.bus
34h 53m€223–431
Leipzig to Santander by train, subway, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Santander is to bus which costs €130 - €240 and takes 28h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Santander is to train and fly and bus which takes 8h 56m and costs €100 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Santander. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Santander via Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 20m.
The distance between Leipzig and Santander is 1582 km. The road distance is 1896.1 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Santander without a car is to train and bus via Paris which takes 18h 56m and costs €320 - €700.
It takes approximately 10h 56m to get from Leipzig to Santander, including transfers.
Leipzig to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Santander is to bus which takes 28h 20m and costs €130 - €240. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €170 - €800 and takes 9h 22m.
Leipzig to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Santander is 1896 km. It takes approximately 18h 28m to drive from Leipzig to Santander.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Santander, Spain?
You can take a bus from Leipzig central train station to Santander via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and Paris in around 28h 20m. Alternatively, Norwegian Air UK ltd, Vueling Airlines, and Lufthansa fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Santander Airport (SDR) 6 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–650
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €900–1,200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–800
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Santander Airport via Frankfurt, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bilbao Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Offenburg to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €210–340
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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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
- €80–200
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
Bus from Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza to Santander E.A.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/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
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- 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
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Darmstadt to Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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