There are 11 ways to get from Santander to Genoa by bus, plane, train, car, or train (Renfe, TGV, Trenitalia)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport
best- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)BIO - GOA
9h 35m€95–308Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)BIO - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignole
10h 40m€59–224Bus, train via Paris
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Take the train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta NuovaTgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova Brignole
20h 22m€155–573Bus
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Nice Airport
- Take the bus from Nice Airport to Genoa798 / ...
23h 5m€78–192Drive 1,275.4 km
- Drive from Santander to Genoa1,275.4 km
12h 14m€202–291Fly Santander Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)SDR - GOA
7h 52m€74–357Fly Santander Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)SDR - NCE
- Take the train from Nice Saint-Augustin to Ventimiglia
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
11h 29m€70–277Fly Santander Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)SDR - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignole
10h 42m€63–233Fly Santander Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)SDR - LIN
- Take the train from Pavia to Genova Brignole
10h 5m€124–347Train
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid ChamartínAlv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charles
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Nice VilleTgv
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za PrincipeIc
21h 17m€172–297Bus, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Take the bus from Vitoria Gasteiz Central Bus Station to Turin Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova Brignole
28h 29m€79–160
Santander to Genoa by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Genoa is to bus and train which costs €75 - €160 and takes 28h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Genoa is to fly which takes 7h 52m and costs €70 - €360.
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 23h 5m.
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 17m.
The distance between Santander and Genoa is 1076 km. The road distance is 1275.4 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Genoa without a car is to bus and train via Paris which takes 20h 22m and costs €150 - €600.
It takes approximately 9h 35m 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 bus which takes 23h 5m and costs €75 - €200. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €70 - €360 and takes 7h 52m, you could also train, which costs €170 - €300 and takes 21h 17m.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Genoa, Italy?
You can take a bus from Santander E.A. to Genoa via Bilbao Intermodal, Bilbao, and Nice Airport in around 23h 5m. Alternatively, Vueling Airlines, Iberia, and Volotea fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) 3 times a week.
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- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Santander Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Santander Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Santander Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Santander Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Santander Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Santander Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–380
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Santander Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Santander Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Santander Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Santander Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Santander Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–380
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Santander Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–130
Flights from Santander Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
Flights from Santander Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- 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
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–280
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €130–190
- Rail 1st Class
- €200–280
Train from Nice Saint-Augustin to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- Rail 1st Class
- €10–15
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €21–30
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €18–27
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pavia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pavia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Pavia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Pavia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 02-72494949
- Website
- malpensaexpress.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- https://www.malpensaexpress.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €11–28
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–22
- 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
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Nice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nice Airport to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Vitoria Gasteiz Central Bus Station to Turin Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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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 14m to drive from Santander to Genoa.
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