There are 11 ways to get from Santander to Varna by bus, plane, train, car, shuttle, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Varna Airport
best- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane BIO - VAR
12h 30m$171–417Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Santander to Sibiubus
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Varnabus
2d 7h$124–259Train, bus
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartíntrain Alv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Varnatrain
2d 5h$281–388Drive 3,155.1 km
- Drive from Santander to Varnacar 3,155.1 km
32h 20m$577–833Fly Santander Airport to Varna Airport
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane SDR - VAR
5h 57m$175–563Fly Santander Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane SDR - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Varna
8h 5m$339–512Fly Santander Airport to Burgas Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane SDR - BOJ
- Take a shuttle bus from Sunny Beach to Varna
11h 53m$252–665Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Burgas Airport, shuttle
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane BIO - BOJ
- Take a shuttle bus from Sunny Beach to Varna
18h 35m$198–495Bus, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Varnatrain
2d 6h$165–245Bus via Bordeaux
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Varnabus 984
2d 17h$291–496Drive, car train
- Drive from Santander to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Varnacar
33h 36m$676–957
Santander to Varna by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Varna is to bus and train which costs $160 - $250 and takes 2 days 6h.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Varna is to fly which takes 5h 57m and costs $170 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Varna. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Varna via Sibiu. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Santander and Varna is 2599 km. The road distance is 3155.1 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Varna without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 5h and costs $280 - $390.
It takes approximately 12h 30m to get from Santander to Varna, including transfers.
Santander to Varna bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Santander E.A. station.
The best way to get from Santander to Varna is to fly which takes 5h 57m and costs $170 - $600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $120 - $260 and takes 2 days 7h.
Santander to Varna bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Bilbao Intermodal station.
Varna is 1h ahead of Santander. It is currently 10:14 AM in Santander and 11:14 AM in Varna.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Varna, Bulgaria?
Wizz Air and Bulgaria Air fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Varna Airport (VAR) 3 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Santander to Varna via Sibiu in around 2d 7h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–460
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Varna Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–480
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Burgas Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–490
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Burgas Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $140–480
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Varna Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Burgas Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–300
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Santander Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Burgas Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–500
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Burgas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Varna Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–430
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Burgas Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia Sever to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $16–23
- 1st Class
- $22–28
Train from Sofia to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $16–23
- 1st Class
- $22–28
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=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
- $9–19
- 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
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Montpellier to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
Bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $130–180
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $240–330
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Sunny Beach to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Santander to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sibiu to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bordeaux to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $230–390
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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Yes, the driving distance between Santander to Varna is 3155 km. It takes approximately 32h 20m to drive from Santander to Varna.
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