There are 6 ways to get from San Jose to Santorini caldera by train, plane, car ferry, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Santorini
best- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Santorini (JTR)SFO - JTR
18h 26m€433–617BART to Oakland International Airport, fly to Santorini
cheapest- Take the subway from Berryessa / North San Jose to Coliseum
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Santorini (JTR)OAK - JTR
20h 36m€326–1,210Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, car ferry
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- 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
21h 27m€491–772Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Mykonos, car ferry
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Mykonos (JMK)SFO - JMK
- Take the car ferry from Mykonos to Thira Santorini Port
23h 56m€480–1,369Fly Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Santorini
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Santorini (JTR)SJC - JTR
25h 36m€372–1,302Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, subway, car ferry
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- 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
25h 39m€442–926
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Santorini (JTR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Jose to Santorini caldera is to Caltrain and fly which costs €430 - €650 and takes 18h 26m.
The fastest way to get from San Jose to Santorini caldera is to Caltrain and fly which takes 18h 26m and costs €430 - €650.
The distance between San Jose and Santorini caldera is 11202 km.
It takes approximately 18h 26m to get from San Jose to Santorini caldera, including transfers.
There are 2111+ hotels available in Santorini caldera.
What companies run services between San Jose, CA, USA and Santorini caldera, Greece?
Delta, Norwegian Air International, and five other airlines fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Santorini (JTR) 6 times a week.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santorini via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santorini via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Mykonos via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Mykonos via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Santorini via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 54m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Santorini via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 54m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Santorini via Denver, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,300
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Santorini via Seattle, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 53m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
- 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
- €340–1,200
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Santorini via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 54m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Santorini via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 54m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santorini via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €320–950
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Santorini via Detroit, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 29m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Santorini via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Santorini via Minneapolis, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
- 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
- €180–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–450
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Santorini via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 54m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Santorini via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 54m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
- 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
- €270–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Mykonos via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Mykonos via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Santorini via Minneapolis, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Santorini via Baltimore, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,900
- 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
- €230–850
- 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
- €250–750
- 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
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Berryessa / North San Jose to Coliseum
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- 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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