There are 11 ways to get from Santander to Interlaken by bus, plane, train, car, or train (Renfe, TGV)
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Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)BIO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken West
8h 47mCHF 133–331Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Basel, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Basel (BSL)BIO - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken West
9h 5mCHF 78–277Bus, 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 Basel SbbTgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken WestEc / ...
17h 12mCHF 120–510Bus
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Bern
- Take the bus from Bern, Bahnhof to Interlaken, RugenparkstrasseEv3
22h 52mCHF 80–123Drive 1,267.5 km
- Drive from Santander to Interlaken1,267.5 km
13h 52mCHF 203–293Fly Santander Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Basel (BSL)SDR - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken West
10h 2mCHF 98–348Fly Santander Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)SDR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken West
9h 50mCHF 148–332Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- 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 Gallarate to Domodossola
- Take the train from Domodossola to Spiez
10h 19mCHF 84–278Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)BIO - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken West
9h 57mCHF 128–331Train
- 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 GeneveTgv
- Take the train from Genève to BernIc1 / ...
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken WestIce / ...
21h 6mCHF 232–395Bus, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Fribourg
- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg Poya to ThunS1
24h 13mCHF 107–183
Santander to Interlaken by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Interlaken is to bus which costs SFr 80 - SFr 130 and takes 22h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Interlaken is to bus and fly and train which takes 8h 47m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 340.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Interlaken. However, there are services departing from Santander E.A. and arriving at Interlaken, Rugenparkstrasse via Bilbao Intermodal, Bern, Neufeld P+R and Bern, Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 52m.
No, there is no direct train from Santander to Interlaken. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Interlaken West via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Genève and Bern. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 6m.
The distance between Santander and Interlaken is 1306 km. The road distance is 1267.5 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Interlaken without a car is to bus and train via Paris which takes 17h 12m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 550.
It takes approximately 8h 47m to get from Santander to Interlaken, including transfers.
Santander to Interlaken bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Santander E.A. station.
Santander to Interlaken train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Santander station.
The best way to get from Santander to Interlaken is to bus which takes 22h 52m and costs SFr 80 - SFr 130. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 230 - SFr 400 and takes 21h 6m.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Interlaken, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Santander E.A. to Interlaken, Rugenparkstrasse via Bilbao Intermodal, Bern, Bern, Neufeld P+R, and Bern, Bahnhof in around 22h 52m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Santander to Interlaken West via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Genève, and Bern in around 21h 6m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Basel via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–310
Flights from Santander Airport to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Basel via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–310
Flights from Santander Airport to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Basel via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–330
Flights from Santander Airport to Basel via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–330
Flights from Santander Airport to Basel via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–320
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–110
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–240
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Interlaken West
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–34
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Interlaken West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Domodossola to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- CHF 55–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 60–80
- 1st Class
- CHF 85–110
- 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
- CHF 120–260
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 120–180
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 180–260
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Interlaken West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–16
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 10–14
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- bls.ch
Train from Domodossola to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–24
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg Poya to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 45–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 26–35
- 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
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–110
- 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
- CHF 7–21
- 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
- CHF 14–35
- 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
- CHF 9–13
- 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
- CHF 16–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Fribourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- postauto.ch
Bus from Bern, Bahnhof to Interlaken, Rugenparkstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
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More Questions & Answers
Santander to Interlaken bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Bilbao Intermodal station.
Santander to Interlaken train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
Yes, the driving distance between Santander to Interlaken is 1268 km. It takes approximately 13h 52m to drive from Santander to Interlaken.
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