There are 5 ways to get from Salinas to Santander by bus, train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Santander Airport
best- Take the bus from Salinas to San Josebus
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane SFO - SDR
18h 52m€456–902Bus, Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Salinas to San Josebus
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane SFO - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Santandertrain
21h 37m€349–895Bus, Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the bus from Salinas to San Josebus
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane SFO - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
20h 41m€395–770Fly Monterey Regional Airport to Santander Airport
- Fly from Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane MRY - SDR
43h 4m€475–1,706Bus, Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Take the bus from Salinas to San Josebus
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane SFO - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostiabus
- Take the bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Santanderbus
24h 9m€539–792
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Santander Airport (SDR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Salinas to Santander is to bus and Caltrain and fly and train which costs €340 - €900 and takes 21h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Salinas to Santander is to bus and Caltrain and fly which takes 18h 52m and costs €450 - €900.
The distance between Salinas and Santander is 9237 km.
It takes approximately 18h 52m to get from Salinas to Santander, including transfers.
Santander is 9h ahead of Salinas. It is currently 4:50 PM in Salinas and 1:50 AM in Santander.
There are 1941+ hotels available in Santander.
What companies run services between Salinas, CA, USA and Santander, Spain?
United Airlines, Iberia, and two other airlines fly from Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) to Santander Airport (SDR) 6 times a week.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santander Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to Santander Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 44h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,000
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to Santander Airport via Denver, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,700
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to Santander Airport via San Francisco International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 45h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,000
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €320–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–650
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,800
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,600
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- €6–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Salinas to San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €33–34
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- 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 Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–16
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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