There are 12 ways to get from Santander to Channel Tunnel by plane, train, unknown, bus, car ferry, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport, train, travel
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to London Stansted Airport (STN)SDR - STN
- Take the train from Stratford International to Dover Priory
- Walk from Dover Priory to Channel Tunnel
5h 8mBus, train, travel via Paris
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Irun
- Take the train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Calais FrethunTgv
- Walk from Calais Frethun to Channel Tunnel
13h 14mBus, travel
- Take the bus from Santander to Paris
- Take the bus from Paris to Calais700
- Walk from Calais to Channel Tunnel
17h 52mCar ferry, train, travel
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Portsmouth International Port
- Take the train from Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo
- Take the train from London Bridge to Dover Priory
- Walk from Dover Priory to Channel Tunnel
34h 35mBus to Bilbao Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train, travel
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)BIO - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priory
- Walk from Dover Priory to Channel Tunnel
9h 32mBus to Bilbao Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train, travel
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)BIO - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priory
- Walk from Dover Priory to Channel Tunnel
9h 16mBus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Luton Airport, train, travel
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Luton Airport (LTN)BIO - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priory
- Walk from Dover Priory to Channel Tunnel
9h 21mBus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train, travel
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)BIO - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Calais Frethun
- Walk from Calais Frethun to Channel Tunnel
9h 19mBus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train, travel
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Brussels Airport (BRU)BIO - BRU
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Calais Frethun
- Walk from Calais Frethun to Channel Tunnel
10h 7mBus, bus to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, fly to Paris Orly Airport, train, travel
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Take the bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Biarritz
- Fly from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)BIQ - ORY
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Calais Frethun
- Walk from Calais Frethun to Channel Tunnel
11h 10mBus, train, travel
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Calais VilleTer
- Walk from Eglise to Channel Tunnel
23h 28mDrive, Eurotunnel, travel
- Drive from Santander to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Walk from Folkestone to Channel Tunnel
13h 43m
Santander Airport (SDR) to London Stansted Airport (STN) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Santander and Channel Tunnel is 1173 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Channel Tunnel without a car is to bus and train and travel via Paris which takes 13h 14m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 8m to get from Santander to Channel Tunnel, including transfers.
There are 1173+ hotels available in Channel Tunnel.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Channel Tunnel, France?
There is no direct connection from Santander to Channel Tunnel. However, you can fly to London Stansted Airport (STN), walk to London Stansted Airport, take the shuttle to Stratford City Bus Station, walk to Stratford International, take the train to Dover Priory, then travel to Channel Tunnel. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Santander E.A. to Channel Tunnel via Irun, Irun, Hendaia, Hendaye, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, and Calais Frethun in around 13h 14m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Luton Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from Stratford International to Dover Priory
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–70
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from London Bridge to Dover Priory
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priory
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–70
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Nord to Calais Frethun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Calais Frethun
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- 1st Class
- €40–55
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- Rail 1st Class
- €50–75
Train from Lille Europe to Calais Frethun
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- Rail 1st Class
- €26–40
Train from Lille Flandres to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- Rail 1st Class
- €26–40
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–60
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–19
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–27
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €50–75
- Comfort
- €60–85
- Premium
- €85–110
- 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
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Santander E.A. to Irun
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
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 Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Santander to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Portsmouth International Port
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
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