There are 10 ways to get from Netherlands to Santander by plane, train, bus, car ferry, or car
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Fly Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santander Airport
best- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane AMS - SDR
6h 41m€84–288Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Lillebus
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris to Santanderbus
21h 11m€58–155Train, bus via Paris
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendayetrain Tgv
- Take the bus from San Sebastián / Donostia to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
14h 47m€186–535Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the bus from London Victoria to International Port Coach Stopbus 030
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santandercarferry
42h 16m€183–544Fly Eindhoven Airport to Santander Airport
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane EIN - SDR
9h 4m€73–283Fly Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane AMS - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
7h 7m€88–266Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane BRU - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
7h 49m€75–247Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane DUS - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
9h 1m€98–308Train, bus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Roosendaaltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Luchtbal to Bruxelles-Miditrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbaobus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
25h 7m€83–126Drive 1,491.7 km
- Drive from Amsterdam to Santandercar 1,491.7 km
14h 50m€259–374
Netherlands to Santander by train, subway, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Netherlands to Santander is to bus which costs €55 - €160 and takes 21h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Netherlands to Santander is to fly which takes 6h 41m and costs €80 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Netherlands station to Santander. However, there are services departing from Amsterdam Central Station and arriving at Santander via Lille - Europe Train Station and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 11m.
The distance between Netherlands and Santander is 1192 km. The road distance is 1491.7 km.
The best way to get from Netherlands to Santander without a car is to train and bus via Paris which takes 14h 47m and costs €180 - €550.
It takes approximately 6h 41m to get from Netherlands to Santander, including transfers.
Netherlands to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Amsterdam Central Station.
The best way to get from Netherlands to Santander is to fly which takes 6h 41m and costs €80 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €160 and takes 21h 11m.
Netherlands to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Lille station.
Yes, the driving distance between Netherlands to Santander is 1492 km. It takes approximately 14h 50m to drive from Netherlands to Santander.
What companies run services between Netherlands and Santander, Spain?
Iberia, Vueling Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Santander Airport (SDR) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Santander via Lille, Lille - Europe Train Station, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and Paris in around 21h 11m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–490
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–490
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santander Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santander Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Santander Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santander Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Santander Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €110–160
- Comfort
- €130–180
- Premium
- €170–220
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–280
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €130–190
- Rail 1st Class
- €200–280
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €16–24
- 1st Class
- €30–50
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €20–30
- 1st Class
- €35–65
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Roosendaal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–32
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Anvers-Luchtbal to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Bus from San Sebastián / Donostia to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
- 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/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Amsterdam Central Station to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–25
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to International Port Coach Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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