There are 6 ways to get from Santander to Rabat by plane, train, bus, or car ferry
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Fly Santander Airport to Mohammed V International Airport, train
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Mohammed V International Airport (CMN)plane SDR - CMN
- Take the train from Casablanca to Rabat Villetrain
5h 40mMAD 698–3,071Fly Santander Airport to Rabat-Salé
cheapest- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Rabat-Salé (RBA)plane SDR - RBA
3h 30mMAD 618–3,280Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartíntrain Alv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Valdepenastrain
- Take the bus from Valdepeñas to Motril Estación de Autobusesbus
- Take the car ferry from Motril to Nadorcarferry
- Take the train from Nador to Rabat Villetrain
28h 2mMAD 1,582–2,797Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Burgosbus
- Take the bus from Burgos to Motril Estación de Autobusesbus
- Take the car ferry from Motril to Nadorcarferry
- Take the train from Nador to Rabat Villetrain
29h 2mMAD 1,574–2,687Bus, car ferry, train via Murcia
- Take the bus from Santander Bus Station to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Almeriabus
- Take the car ferry from Almeria to Nadorcarferry
- Take the train from Nador to Rabat Villetrain
36h 56mMAD 1,573–4,263Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Rabat-Salé
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Rabat-Salé (RBA)plane MAD - RBA
6h 57mMAD 833–3,111
Santander to Rabat by bus, car ferry, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Rabat is to train and fly which costs MAD 800 - MAD 3,200 and takes 6h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Rabat is to fly which takes 3h 30m and costs MAD 600 - MAD 3,300.
The distance between Santander and Rabat is 1287 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Rabat without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 28h 2m and costs MAD 1,500 - MAD 2,800.
It takes approximately 5h 40m to get from Santander to Rabat, including transfers.
Rabat is 1h behind Santander. It is currently 3:35 PM in Santander and 2:35 PM in Rabat.
There are 1610+ hotels available in Rabat.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Rabat, Morocco?
Iberia, Ryanair, and Volotea fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Rabat-Salé (RBA) 3 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Rabat-Salé via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 600–3,300
Flights from Santander Airport to Rabat-Salé via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- MAD 700–3,600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Rabat-Salé
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 370–2,000
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Mohammed V International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 550–4,800
Flights from Santander Airport to Mohammed V International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,100–5,500
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Mohammed V International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 850–4,800
Flights from Santander Airport to Mohammed V International Airport via Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 650–3,000
Flights from Santander Airport to Mohammed V International Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,500–6,500
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Mohammed V International Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- MAD 900–3,700
- Phone
- 2255
- communication.digitale@oncf.ma
- Website
- oncf.ma
Train from Casablanca to Rabat Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- MAD 35–75
- Schedules at
- oncf-voyages.ma
- Book at
- oncf.ma
- 2nd Class
- MAD 35–50
- 1st Class
- MAD 50–75
Train from Nador to Rabat Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 230–470
- Schedules at
- oncf-voyages.ma
- Book at
- oncf.ma
- 2nd Class
- MAD 230–320
- 1st Class
- MAD 340–470
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 300–800
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Valdepenas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- MAD 269
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Valdepeñas to Motril Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 250–370
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Burgos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- MAD 160–340
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Burgos to Motril Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 650–950
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Almeria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- MAD 173
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 902 999 748
- Website
- web.bilmanbus.es
Bus from Santander Bus Station to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 700–1,500
- Website
- https://web.bilmanbus.es/
- Phone
- +34 (0) 902 456 500
- Website
- armastrasmediterranea.com
Car ferry from Motril to Nador
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 460–850
- Website
- https://armastrasmediterranea.com/en
Car ferry from Almeria to Nador
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- MAD 460–2,100
- Website
- https://armastrasmediterranea.com/en
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Almeria to Nador
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 850–2,200
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Almeria to Nador
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 600–1,160
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Seat
- MAD 600–800
- Cabin
- MAD 1,140–1,160
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