There are 11 ways to get from Santander to Aberdeen by plane, bus, train, car ferry, car, or car train
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Fly Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)SDR - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Leonard Street
- Take the train from Perth to Aberdeen
5h 45mFly Santander Airport to Aberdeen Airport
cheapest- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)SDR - ABZ
7h 28m£75–260Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Drive from Plymouth to Aberdeen
29h 59m£208–813Train, bus
- Take the train from Santander to Basurto Hospital
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Lille
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
30h 18m£155–659Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Santander to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Aberdeen
22h 59mBus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)BIO - ABZ
10h 15m£78–236Fly Santander Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)SDR - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeen
7h 33m£83–283Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)BIO - INV
- Take the train from Inverness Airport Station to Aberdeen
11h 29m£76–259Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)BIO - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Leonard Street
- Take the train from Perth to Aberdeen
11h 42mCar ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Take the train from Plymouth to AberdeenPlymouth - Aberdeen
32h 59m£210–946Bus
- Take the bus from Santander to Paris
- Take the bus from Paris to Calais700
- Take the bus from Calais to London Victoria700 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Station
35h 10m£103–223
Santander to Aberdeen by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Aberdeen is to bus and fly which costs £75 - £240 and takes 10h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Aberdeen is to fly which takes 7h 28m and costs £75 - £260.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Aberdeen station. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Union Square Bus Station via Paris, Calais and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 10m.
The distance between Santander and Aberdeen is 1000 miles.
The best way to get from Santander to Aberdeen without a car is to train and bus which takes 30h 18m and costs £150 - £700.
It takes approximately 5h 45m to get from Santander to Aberdeen, including transfers.
Santander to Aberdeen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Santander station.
The best way to get from Santander to Aberdeen is to fly which takes 7h 28m and costs £75 - £260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £100 - £230 and takes 35h 10m.
Santander to Aberdeen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Aberdeen is 1h behind Santander. It is currently 6:38 AM in Santander and 5:38 AM in Aberdeen.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Aberdeen, Scotland?
Ryanair, Loganair, and Ryanair UK fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Santander to Union Square Bus Station via Paris, Calais, and London Victoria in around 35h 10m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Santander Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
Flights from Santander Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
Flights from Santander Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Edinburgh Airport, Kirkwall
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–190
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–330
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–360
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Santander Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
Flights from Santander Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
Flights from Santander Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Edinburgh Airport, Kirkwall
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Santander Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Perth to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–85
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness Airport Station to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Perth to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £65–90
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £19–25
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +34 912 320 320
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Basurto Hospital
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–9
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en/suburban/cercanias-am
- Schedules at
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en/suburban/cercanias-am/horarios
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–300
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–130
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £8–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Plymouth to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £140–350
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £250–290
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Airport to Leonard Street
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bilbao to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Santander to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–85
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- £65–85
- Car
- £200–290
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
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