There are 12 ways to get from Santander to Dresden by plane, train, bus, car, or train (Renfe, TGV)
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 Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane SDR - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 29m€92–278Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BIO - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
11h 11m€82–242Bus, train via Antony
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Irunbus
- Take the train from Hendaye to Massy Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
20h 36m€239–509Bus
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Luxembourgbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Dresden central stationbus
31h 30m€118–200Drive 1,964.4 km
- Drive from Santander to Dresdencar 1,964.4 km
18h 19m€303–437Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane BIO - DRS
8h 55m€126–438Fly Santander Airport to Dresden Airport
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane SDR - DRS
14h 59m€112–452Fly Santander Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane SDR - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
8h 55m€87–261Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane BIO - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
11h 25m€154–399Bus, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Angoulême - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Angouleme to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
22h 56m€243–425Train
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartíntrain Alv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
27h 11m€201–485Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Paris, Quai de Bercybus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Praha, Hlavní Nádražíbus
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain Rj
33h 9m€87–260
Santander to Dresden by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Dresden is to fly and train which costs €90 - €280 and takes 8h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Dresden is to fly and train which takes 8h 29m and costs €90 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Santander E.A. and arriving at Dresden central station via Bilbao and Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Santander to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 11m.
The distance between Santander and Dresden is 1792 km. The road distance is 1964.4 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Dresden without a car is to bus and train via Antony which takes 20h 36m and costs €230 - €550.
It takes approximately 8h 29m to get from Santander to Dresden, including transfers.
Santander to Dresden bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Santander E.A. station.
Santander to Dresden train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Santander station.
The best way to get from Santander to Dresden is to bus which takes 31h 30m and costs €110 - €200. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €110 - €460 and takes 14h 59m, you could also train, which costs €200 - €490 and takes 27h 11m.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a bus from Santander E.A. to Dresden central station via Bilbao and Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon in around 31h 30m. Alternatively, Vueling Airlines, World Ticket, and five other airlines fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Dresden Airport (DRS) once daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Santander Airport to Dresden Airport via Barcelona, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
Flights from Santander Airport to Dresden Airport via Bologna, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Santander Airport to Dresden Airport via Birmingham, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Santander Airport to Dresden Airport via Menorca, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–360
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Santander Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Santander Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Santander Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Dresden Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–470
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hendaye to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Massy Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €110–150
- 1st Class
- €140–180
Train from Angouleme to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €170–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €170–230
- 1st Class
- €210–270
Train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–45
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Santander E.A. to 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 Bilbao Intermodal to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–75
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bilbao to Angoulême - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–105
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Online ticket
- €8–45
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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More Questions & Answers
Santander to Dresden bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Bilbao Intermodal station.
Santander to Dresden train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
Yes, the driving distance between Santander to Dresden is 1964 km. It takes approximately 18h 19m to drive from Santander to Dresden.
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