There are 5 ways to get from San Francisco to Santorini caldera by plane, car ferry, or subway
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Santorini
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Santorini (JTR)SFO - JTR
17h 47m€438–1,110Fly Oakland International Airport to Santorini
cheapest- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Santorini (JTR)OAK - JTR
19h 21m€314–1,207Fly San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, car ferry
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)SFO - HER
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
20h 47m€496–765Fly San Francisco International Airport to Mykonos, car ferry
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Mykonos (JMK)SFO - JMK
- Take the car ferry from Mykonos to Thira Santorini Port
23h 16m€465–1,362Fly San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport, subway, car ferry
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)SFO - ATH
- Take the subway from Athens Airport to Peiraias
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
24h 59m€447–919
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Santorini (JTR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Santorini caldera is to fly which costs €430 - €1200 and takes 17h 47m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Santorini caldera is to fly which takes 17h 47m and costs €430 - €1200.
The distance between San Francisco and Santorini caldera is 11168 km.
It takes approximately 17h 47m to get from San Francisco to Santorini caldera, including transfers.
There are 2072+ hotels available in Santorini caldera.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Santorini caldera, Greece?
Lufthansa, Airbus France, and nine other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Santorini (JTR) once daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santorini via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santorini via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Mykonos via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Mykonos via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Santorini via Denver, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Santorini via Seattle, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santorini via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Mykonos via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santorini via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santorini via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–950
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santorini via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Mykonos via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Mykonos via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–800
- Phone
- +30 210 8202900
- oasa@oasa.gr
- Website
- oasa.gr
Subway from Athens Airport to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.oasa.gr/en/
- Phone
- +30 210 4121001
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €92–93
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Mykonos to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €89–90
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Phone
- +30 212 222 4000
- booking@goldenstarferries.gr
- Website
- goldenstarferries.gr
Car ferry from Mykonos to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €82–83
- Website
- https://goldenstarferries.gr/en
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