There are 10 ways to get from Luton to Santander by plane, bus, train, car, car ferry, ferry, 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 Luton Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
best- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LTN - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
4h 53m€31–128Train, bus
- Take the train from Luton to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to St Jean De Luz Cibouretrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
14h 31m€347–559Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Luton to Plymouthcar
- Take the carferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
24h 16m€178–848Bus
- Take the bus from Luton Station Interchange to Green Line Coach Stationbus 757
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
25h 30m€128–202Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Santander Airport
- Take the train from Luton to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane STN - SDR
5h 38m€72–255Fly Luton Airport to Santander Airport
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane LTN - SDR
4h 30m€75–310Bus to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LHR - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
7h 48m€56–247Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Luton to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LGW - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
8h 3m€77–204Train, ferry
- Take the train from Luton to East Croydontrain
- Take the train from East Croydon to Portsmouth Harbourtrain
- Take the ferry from Portsmouth to Santanderferry
37h 31m€314–353Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Luton to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Santandercar
15h 6m€370–474
Luton to Santander by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Luton to Santander is to fly and bus which costs €30 - €130 and takes 4h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Luton to Santander is to fly which takes 4h 30m and costs €75 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Luton station to Santander. However, there are services departing from Luton Station Interchange and arriving at Estación de autobuses de Santander via London Victoria and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 30m.
The distance between Luton and Santander is 1085 km.
The best way to get from Luton to Santander without a car is to train and bus which takes 14h 31m and costs €340 - €600.
It takes approximately 4h 53m to get from Luton to Santander, including transfers.
Luton to Santander bus services, operated by Green Line, depart from Luton Station Interchange.
The best way to get from Luton to Santander is to bus which takes 25h 30m and costs €120 - €210. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €75 - €310 and takes 4h 30m.
There is no direct flight from Luton Airport Airport to Santander Airport Airport. The quickest flight takes 10h 30m and has one stopover.
Luton to Santander bus services, operated by Green Line, arrive at Green Line Coach Station.
What companies run services between Luton, England and Santander, Spain?
You can take a bus from Luton Station Interchange to Estación de autobuses de Santander via Green Line Coach Station, London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and Paris in around 25h 30m. Alternatively, easyJet, Iberia, and four other airlines fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Santander Airport (SDR) twice daily.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Luton Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Luton Airport to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–130
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Thursday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €28–130
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Luton Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Luton Airport to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–130
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Thursday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €28–130
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Luton Airport to Santander Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €20–95
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Bilbao Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–25
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–25
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton to East Croydon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–35
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Massy Tgv to St Jean De Luz Ciboure
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from East Croydon to Portsmouth Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €139
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €139
- 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
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- 0344 801 7261
- Website
- Green Line
Bus from Luton Station Interchange to Green Line Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Green Line
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–750
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €110–230
- Car Single Ticket
- €290–750
Ferry from Portsmouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €244
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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Booking & Getting There
Santander is 1h ahead of Luton. It is currently 3:32 PM in Luton and 4:32 PM in Santander.
Iberia, Jet2.com, Volotea and three other airlines offer flights from Luton Airport Airport to Santander Airport Airport.
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