There are 6 ways to get from Santander to Canary Islands by plane, train, car ferry, car, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Tenerife North Airport
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Tenerife North Airport (TFN)SDR - TFN
3h 13m€100–250Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid ChamartínAlv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to CadizAlv
- Take the car ferry from Cadiz to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
47h 44m€192–512Fly to Gran Canaria Airport
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Gran Canaria Airport (LPA)SDR - LPA
3h 59m€108–239Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Santander to Huelva
- Take the car ferry from Huelva to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
47h 52m€169–691Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Take the car ferry from Cadiz to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
2d 6h€169–405Bus, car ferry via Salamanca
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Salamanca, Estación de Autobuses
- Take the bus from Salamanca, Estación de Autobuses to Merida
- Take the bus from Mérida to Huelva
- Take the car ferry from Huelva to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
2d 8h€104–602
Santander Airport (SDR) to Tenerife North Airport (TFN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Canary Islands is to fly which costs €100 - €240 and takes 3h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Canary Islands is to fly which takes 3h 13m and costs €100 - €250.
The distance between Santander and Canary Islands is 2006 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Canary Islands without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 47h 44m and costs €190 - €550.
It takes approximately 3h 13m to get from Santander to Canary Islands, including transfers.
Canary Islands is 1h behind Santander. It is currently 6:51 PM in Santander and 5:51 PM in Canary Islands.
There are 2904+ hotels available in Canary Islands.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Canary Islands, Spain?
Binter Canarias and Iberia fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Tenerife North Airport (TFN) twice daily.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Tenerife North Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Santander Airport to Gran Canaria Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- bintercanarias.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Tenerife North Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Santander Airport to Tenerife North Airport via Gran Canaria Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Santander Airport to Gran Canaria Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
Flights from Santander Airport to Gran Canaria Airport via Tenerife North Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Gran Canaria Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Cadiz
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- 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
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Salamanca, Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Salamanca, Estación de Autobuses to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 915 304 417
- socibus@socibus.es
- Website
- socibusventas.es
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://socibusventas.es/en/
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- info@interbus.es
- Website
- interbus.es
Bus from Mérida to Huelva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €22–26
- Website
- https://www.interbus.es/
- Phone
- +34 (0) 902 456 500
- Website
- armastrasmediterranea.com
Car ferry from Cadiz to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- https://armastrasmediterranea.com/en
- Lobby
- €115
- Cabin
- €290
- Phone
- +34 902 10 01 07
- reservas@fredolsen.es
- Website
- fredolsen.es
Car ferry from Huelva to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €33–484
- Schedules at
- fredolsen.es
- Car
- €334
- No car
- €129
- Resident
- €33
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