There are 9 ways to get from Santander to Strait of Gibraltar by plane, bus, train, car, or train (Renfe)
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Fly Santander Airport to Málaga Airport, bus
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Málaga Airport (AGP)SDR - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción
5h 50m$100–334Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Málaga Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Málaga Airport (AGP)BIO - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción
7h 32m$61–191Train, bus
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid ChamartínAlv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria ZambranoAve
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción
11h 12m$89–258Bus via Madrid
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Madrid, Avenida de AméricaAlsa
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la ConcepciónMadrid
14h 49m$67–163Drive 1,017.3 km
- Drive from Santander to Strait of Gibraltar1,017.3 km
10h 2m$186–269Fly Santander Airport to Seville Airport, bus
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Seville Airport (SVQ)SDR - SVQ
- Take the bus from Sevilla Estación Prado De San Sebastian to Algeciras Puerto
8h 34m$86–331Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Seville Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Seville Airport (SVQ)BIO - SVQ
- Take the bus from Sevilla Estación Prado De San Sebastian to Algeciras Puerto
10h 26m$61–208Train (Renfe)
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid ChamartínAlv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to San Roque-La LineaAlv
11h 35m$89–180Bus
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao IntermodalAlsa
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Algeciras San BernardoIrun
21h 34m$71–119
Santander to Strait of Gibraltar by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Strait of Gibraltar is to bus and fly which costs $60 - $200 and takes 7h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Strait of Gibraltar is to fly and bus which takes 5h 50m and costs $95 - $340.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Strait of Gibraltar. However, there are services departing from Santander E.A. and arriving at Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción via Avenida De América and Estación Sur de Autobuses. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 49m.
The distance between Santander and Strait of Gibraltar is 880 km. The road distance is 1017.3 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Strait of Gibraltar without a car is to train and bus which takes 11h 12m and costs $85 - $260.
It takes approximately 5h 50m to get from Santander to Strait of Gibraltar, including transfers.
Santander to Strait of Gibraltar bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Santander E.A. station.
The best way to get from Santander to Strait of Gibraltar is to bus via Madrid which takes 14h 49m and costs $65 - $170. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $85 - $180 and takes 11h 35m.
Santander to Strait of Gibraltar bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Madrid, Avenida de América station.
Yes, the driving distance between Santander to Strait of Gibraltar is 1017 km. It takes approximately 10h 2m to drive from Santander to Strait of Gibraltar.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Strait of Gibraltar?
You can take a bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción via Madrid, Avenida de América, Avenida De América, Méndez Álvaro, and Estación Sur de Autobuses in around 14h 49m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Santander to Strait of Gibraltar via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, and San Roque-La Linea in around 11h 35m.
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- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–330
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–110
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $45–220
Flights from Santander Airport to Seville Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–180
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $28–140
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Seville Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–330
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–110
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $45–220
Flights from Santander Airport to Seville Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–180
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $28–140
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Seville Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $29–130
Flights from Santander Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–140
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–290
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to San Roque-La Linea
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27–120
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–75
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Santander E.A. to Madrid, Avenida de América
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- info@interbus.es
- Website
- interbus.es
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.interbus.es/
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
- $11–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 900 92 91 92
- info@monbus.es
- Website
- monbus.es
Bus from Sevilla Estación Prado De San Sebastian to Algeciras Puerto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- https://www.monbus.es/en
- Phone
- +34 915 304 417
- socibus@socibus.es
- Website
- socibusventas.es
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- https://socibusventas.es/en/
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