There are 9 ways to get from Santander to Genoa by plane, train (Renfe, TGV, Trenitalia), bus, car, or train
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Fly Santander Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)plane SDR - GOA
5h 36m€150–234Fly Santander Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane SDR - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignoletrain
8h 49m€80–264Train
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartíntrain Alv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charlestrain
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principetrain Ic
21h 44m€216–408Bus
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Nice Airportbus
- Take the bus from Nice Airport to Genoabus 798 / ...
22h 25m€85–159Drive 1,275.4 km
- Drive from Santander to Genoacar 1,275.4 km
12h 20m€202–291Fly Santander Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane SDR - LIN
- Take the train from Pavia to Genova Brignoletrain
7h 26m€137–310Fly Santander Airport to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane SDR - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Lingotto to Genova P.Za Principetrain
7h 14m€82–295Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)plane BIO - GOA
9h 35m€90–241Bus via Lyon
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Lyon - Perrache Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stopbus
26h 10m€103–201
Santander to Genoa by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Genoa is to bus which costs €85 - €160 and takes 22h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Genoa is to fly which takes 5h 36m and costs €150 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Genoa. However, there are services departing from Santander E.A. and arriving at Genoa via Bilbao and Nice Airport. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Santander to Genoa. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Genova P.Za Principe via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Marseille St Charles, Nice-Ville and Ventimiglia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 44m.
The distance between Santander and Genoa is 1031 km. The road distance is 1275.4 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Genoa without a car is to train which takes 21h 44m and costs €210 - €410.
It takes approximately 5h 36m to get from Santander to Genoa, including transfers.
Santander to Genoa bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Santander E.A. station.
Santander to Genoa train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Santander station.
The best way to get from Santander to Genoa is to fly which takes 5h 36m and costs €150 - €240. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €210 - €410 and takes 21h 44m, you could also bus, which costs €85 - €160 and takes 22h 25m.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Genoa, Italy?
Vueling Airlines, Iberia, and Volotea fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a train from Santander to Genova P.Za Principe via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Marseille St Charles, Nice-Ville, and Ventimiglia in around 21h 44m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Santander Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Santander Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Santander Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Santander Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Santander Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Santander Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Santander Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Santander Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Santander Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Santander Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Santander Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–420
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Menorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pavia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Lingotto to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pavia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Lingotto to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Pavia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Lingotto to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Pavia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/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
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bilbao to Nice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nice Airport to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Nice Airport to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bilbao to Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 0400 153884
- myynti@tilausliikennehimanen.fi
- Website
- tilausliikennehimanen.fi
Bus from Nice Airport to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Tilausliikenne Himanen
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More Questions & Answers
Santander to Genoa bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Bilbao Intermodal station.
Santander to Genoa train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
Yes, the driving distance between Santander to Genoa is 1275 km. It takes approximately 12h 20m to drive from Santander to Genoa.
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