There are 11 ways to get from Santander to Kassel by plane, train, bus, car, or train (Renfe)
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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 Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
6h 27m€167–342Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Santander to ParisFlixBus 783 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to KasselN1335
25h 55m€83–206Bus, 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 Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe20 / ...
17h 49m€203–422Bus, train via Paris
- Take the bus from Santander to Paris
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe HbfTgv
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe20 / ...
20h 36m€161–397Drive 1,682 km
- Drive from Santander to Kassel1,682 km
16h 29m€264–382Bus 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 Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
8h 29m€133–316Fly Santander Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)SDR - CGN
- Take the train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
8h€135–434Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)BIO - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
10h 19m€149–306Bus 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 Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
10h 26m€131–379Train
- 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 Frankfurt84
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe20 / ...
23h 11m€271–420Bus, train via Brussels
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen HbfIce
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to KamenRe
- Take the train from Kamen to Kassel-WilhelmshoeheRe
29h 8m€131–385
Santander to Kassel by bus, foot, train, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Kassel is to bus which costs €80 - €210 and takes 25h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Kassel is to fly and train which takes 6h 27m and costs €160 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Kassel. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Kassel via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Santander to Kassel. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Kassel Hauptbahnhof via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon TGV, Frankfurt and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 11m.
The distance between Santander and Kassel is 1402 km. The road distance is 1682 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Kassel without a car is to bus and train which takes 17h 49m and costs €200 - €430.
It takes approximately 6h 27m to get from Santander to Kassel, including transfers.
Santander to Kassel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Santander station.
Santander to Kassel train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Santander station.
The best way to get from Santander to Kassel is to train which takes 23h 11m and costs €270 - €420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €210 and takes 25h 55m.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Kassel, Germany?
You can take a train from Santander to Kassel Hauptbahnhof via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Avignon TGV, Frankfurt, and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe in around 23h 11m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Santander to Kassel via Paris and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 25h 55m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Menorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Santander Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Frankfurt via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Avignon TGV to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- 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
- €20–45
- 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
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Kamen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kamen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- 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
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Santander to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Santander to Paris
- 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 Kassel
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- 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
- €35–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Santander to Kassel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Santander to Kassel train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
Yes, the driving distance between Santander to Kassel is 1682 km. It takes approximately 16h 29m to drive from Santander to Kassel.
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