There are 11 ways to get from Santander to Europe by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly Santander Airport to Frankfurt, train
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SDR - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
10h 12m$190–456Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Santander to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Kasselbus
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain Rb5 / ...
28h 11m$151–271Bus, train via Karlsruhe
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the train from Hendaye to Massy Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Wabern Bahnhoftrain 26
20h 48m$485–813Drive 1,679.6 km
- Drive from Santander to Europecar 1,679.6 km
16h 40m$307–444Fly Santander Airport to Erfurt–Weimar Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF)plane SDR - ERF
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbftrain
14h 52m$185–672Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BIO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
12h 17m$158–411Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BIO - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
13h 51m$174–474Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane BIO - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
13h 54m$173–468Bus, bus to Asturias Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Oviedobus
- Take the bus from [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo IL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 21470] to [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Llegadas [CTA 03073]bus
- Fly from Asturias Airport (OVD) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane OVD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
13h 34m$188–434Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Luxembourgbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Kasselbus
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain Rb5 / ...
31h 14m$160–312Bus, train #3
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Essen central train stationbus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhoftrain Rb5 / ...
33h 56m$195–400
Santander to Europe by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Europe is to bus and train which costs $150 - $280 and takes 28h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Europe is to fly and train which takes 10h 12m and costs $190 - $460.
The distance between Santander and Europe is 1398 km. The road distance is 1679.6 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Europe without a car is to bus and train via Karlsruhe which takes 20h 48m and costs $480 - $850.
It takes approximately 10h 12m to get from Santander to Europe, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Santander to Europe is 1680 km. It takes approximately 16h 40m to drive from Santander to Europe.
There are 870+ hotels available in Europe.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Europe?
There is no direct connection from Santander to Europe. However, you can fly to Frankfurt (FRA), walk to Frankfurt, take the train to Fulda Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Sontra Bahnhof, walk to Sontra Breitwiese, then take the line 260 bus to Nentershausen-Süß Gerstunger Straße. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Santander E.A. to Europe via Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián, Amara-Donostia, Hendaia, Hendaye, Massy Tgv, Karlsruhe Hbf, Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof, Wabern Bahnhof, Wabern Bahnhof, and Spangenberg Stadtmitte in around 20h 48m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $85–330
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–360
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–450
Flights from Asturias Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–280
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $85–260
Flights from Asturias Airport to Frankfurt via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–280
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $85–260
Flights from Asturias Airport to Frankfurt via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Erfurt–Weimar Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Santander Airport to Erfurt–Weimar Airport via Barcelona, Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Santander Airport to Erfurt–Weimar Airport via Madrid, Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–290
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–360
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–460
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–420
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $85–330
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Asturias Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–450
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Wabern Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- 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 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–290
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Massy Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–20
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Oviedo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo IL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 21470] to [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Llegadas [CTA 03073]
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–8
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–13
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Santander to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Kassel
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Kassel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–210
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5–11
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- autobuseslaunion.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
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