There are 10 ways to get from Santander to Dover by plane, bus, train, ferry, 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, bus, train
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SDR - STN
- Take the bus from Coach Station to Stratford City Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Stratford International to Dover Priorytrain
4h 30m£74–254Bus, train
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priorytrain
14h 56m£304–528Bus
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Parisbus FlixBus 783
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Doverbus 1700 / ...
21h 10m£107–159Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Santander to Portsmouthferry
- Take the train from Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from London Bridge to Dover Priorytrain
35h 29m£269–338Fly Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane SDR - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priorytrain
7h 16m£108–315Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BIO - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priorytrain
8h 50m£91–301Train, bus
- Take the train from Santander to Basurto Hospitaltrain
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Saint-Jean-de-Luzbus
- Take the train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Massy Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priorytrain
16h 51m£313–536Bus, train, car ferry
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lille - Europe Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Dunkerquetrain Ter
- Take the carferry from Dunkirk to Port of Dovercarferry
26h 58m£116–271Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Santander to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain le shuttle
13h 36m£290–367Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Santander to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
14h 27m£196–322
Santander to Dover by bus, foot, and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Dover is to bus which costs £100 - £160 and takes 21h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Dover is to fly and bus and train which takes 4h 30m and costs £70 - £260.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Dover. However, there are services departing from Estación de autobuses de Santander and arriving at Dover via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 10m.
The distance between Santander and Dover is 722 miles.
The best way to get from Santander to Dover without a car is to bus and train which takes 14h 56m and costs £300 - £550.
It takes approximately 4h 30m to get from Santander to Dover, including transfers.
Santander to Dover bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Estación de autobuses de Santander station.
Santander to Dover bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Dover is 1h behind Santander. It is currently 5:14 AM in Santander and 4:14 AM in Dover.
There are 1083+ hotels available in Dover.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Dover, England?
You can take a bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Dover via Paris, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Dover in around 21h 10m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–290
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–400
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–400
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–160
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–290
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–400
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–400
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–180
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Santander Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Train from Stratford International to Dover Priory
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priory
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London Bridge to Dover Priory
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priory
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priory
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priory
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Southeastern
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £120–190
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Flandres to Dunkerque
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £27–60
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–21
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santander to Basurto Hospital
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Coach Station to Stratford City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +352 50 55 62 63 10
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- Flibco
Bus from Coach Station to Stratford City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6–12
- Website
- Flibco
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Saint-Jean-de-Luz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Ferry from Santander to Portsmouth
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £204
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–117
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Standard Car - Economy
- £67
- Standard Car - Flexi
- £117
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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