There are 11 ways to get from Santander to Heidelberg by plane, train, bus, car, or train (Renfe, TGV)
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Fly Santander Airport to Frankfurt, train
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Frankfurt (FRA)SDR - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
5h 30m€160–319Bus, train #2
cheapest- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Take the bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop to Kaiserslautern Bus Station
- Take the train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Heidelberg, HauptbahnhofS2 / ...
25h 59m€49–184Bus, train via Paris
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Irun
- Take the train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe HbfTgv
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, HauptbahnhofS3 / ...
14h 56m€134–405Bus
- Take the bus from Santander to ParisFlixBus 783 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to HeidelbergBlaBlaCar Bus
21h 5m€69–210Drive 1,471.8 km
- Drive from Santander to Heidelberg1,471.8 km
14h 7m€229–330Fly Santander Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)SDR - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
13h 18m€94–317Fly Santander Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)SDR - FKB
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
8h 25m€106–362Bus 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 Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
7h 33m€123–317Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)BIO - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
8h€109–314Bus, train
- Take the bus from Santander to Bordeaux
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to StrasbourgTgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof83 / ...
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, HauptbahnhofS3 / ...
15h 11m€147–374Train
- 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 Mannheim HbfTgv
20h 57m€208–441
Santander to Heidelberg by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Heidelberg is to bus and train which costs €45 - €190 and takes 25h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Heidelberg is to fly and train which takes 5h 30m and costs €160 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Heidelberg. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Heidelberg via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Santander to Heidelberg. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 57m.
The distance between Santander and Heidelberg is 1285 km. The road distance is 1471.8 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Heidelberg without a car is to bus and train via Paris which takes 14h 56m and costs €130 - €410.
It takes approximately 5h 30m to get from Santander to Heidelberg, including transfers.
Santander to Heidelberg bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Santander station.
Santander to Heidelberg train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Santander station.
The best way to get from Santander to Heidelberg is to bus which takes 21h 5m and costs €65 - €210. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €200 - €450 and takes 20h 57m.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Heidelberg, Germany?
You can take a bus from Santander to Heidelberg via Paris and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 21h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Santander to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Mannheim Hbf, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 20h 57m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Santander Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Santander Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Santander Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Santander Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Santander Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–410
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–19
- 1st Class
- €23–40
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €3–8
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €18–28
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- 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
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- 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
- €17–24
- 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
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Santander to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Santander to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Heidelberg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop to Kaiserslautern Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Santander to Heidelberg bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Santander to Heidelberg train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
Yes, the driving distance between Santander to Heidelberg is 1472 km. It takes approximately 14h 7m to drive from Santander to Heidelberg.
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