There are 13 ways to get from Santander to Hanover by bus, plane, train, train (Renfe, TGV), car, or car train
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Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Hannover Airport
best- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)BIO - HAJ
8h 41m€119–254Bus, train #2
cheapest- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Laredo
- Take the bus from Laredo to Bilbao Intermodal
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Take the bus from Brussels South to Essen central train stationN79
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof10 / ...
31h 34m€68–240Bus, train via Paris
- Take the bus from Santander to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof19 / ...
21h 39m€120–401Train
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid ChamartínAlv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)HbfTgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hannover Hauptbahnhof22 / ...
24h 4m€203–562Drive 1,760.4 km
- Drive from Santander to Hanover1,760.4 km
16h 24m€278–401Fly Santander Airport to Hannover Airport
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)SDR - HAJ
13h 58m€93–383Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Bremen Airport (BRE)BIO - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
10h 28m€127–329Fly Santander Airport to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Bremen Airport (BRE)SDR - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
9h 20m€131–448Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)BIO - DUS
- Take the train from D-Flughafen Bf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
9h 33m€110–302Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Frankfurt (FRA)BIO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
9h 23m€141–355Bus
- Take the bus from Santander to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)783B
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Hanover central bus stationN100 / ...
23h 25m€81–199Bus, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Dortmund central bus station
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof10 / ...
30h 36m€130–243Drive, car train
- Drive from Santander to Würzburg Hbf
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hannover Hbf1392
17h 15m€348–475
Santander to Hanover by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Hanover is to bus which costs €80 - €200 and takes 23h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Hanover is to bus and fly which takes 8h 41m and costs €110 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Hanover station. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Hanover central bus station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Santander to Hanover. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Hannover Hauptbahnhof via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 4m.
The distance between Santander and Hanover is 1513 km. The road distance is 1760.4 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Hanover without a car is to bus and train via Paris which takes 21h 39m and costs €120 - €410.
It takes approximately 8h 41m to get from Santander to Hanover, including transfers.
Santander to Hanover bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Santander station.
Santander to Hanover train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Santander station.
The best way to get from Santander to Hanover is to train which takes 24h 4m and costs €200 - €600. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €90 - €390 and takes 13h 58m, you could also bus, which costs €80 - €200 and takes 23h 25m.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Hanover, Germany?
You can take a train from Santander to Hannover Hauptbahnhof via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, and Frankfurt in around 24h 4m. Alternatively, Vueling Airlines, Ryanair, and two other airlines fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Hannover Airport (HAJ) once daily.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Santander Airport to Hannover Airport via Manchester, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Santander Airport to Hannover Airport via Birmingham, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Bremen Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Hannover Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Bremen Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–23
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=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 Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Laredo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Laredo to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5
- 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 to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels South to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Brussels South to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Santander to Hanover bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Santander to Hanover train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
Yes, the driving distance between Santander to Hanover is 1760 km. It takes approximately 16h 24m to drive from Santander to Hanover.
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