There are 10 ways to get from Trieste to Santander by shuttle, plane, train (Trenitalia, TGV, Renfe), train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Santander Airport
best- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane VCE - SDR
9h 5m€95–481Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Santander Airport
cheapest- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane TRS - SDR
16h 35m€65–287Train
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Avignon Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Santandertrain Alv / ...
25h 23m€252–502Train, bus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Padovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Padova to Santanderbus
27h 39m€74–114Drive 1,733.4 km
- Drive from Trieste to Santandercar 1,733.4 km
18h 4m€266–383Train to Treviso Airport, fly to Santander Airport
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Treviso Centraletrain
- Fly from Treviso Airport (TSF) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane TSF - SDR
7h 40m€81–292Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane VCE - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
9h 21m€89–429Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LJU - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
10h 59m€140–428Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane TRS - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
9h 52m€84–225Bus
- Take the bus from Trieste to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)bus 402 / ...
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Vitoria Gasteiz Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Santander E.A.bus
33h 45m€91–135
Trieste to Santander by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Trieste to Santander is to train and bus which costs €70 - €120 and takes 27h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Trieste to Santander is to train and fly which takes 7h 40m and costs €80 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Trieste to Santander. However, there are services departing from Trieste and arriving at Santander E.A. via Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) and Vitoria-Gasteiz. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Trieste to Santander. However, there are services departing from Trieste Centrale and arriving at Santander via Torino Porta Susa, Lyon Part Dieu, Avignon Tgv, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías and Madrid Chamartín. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 23m.
The distance between Trieste and Santander is 1476 km. The road distance is 1733.4 km.
The best way to get from Trieste to Santander without a car is to train which takes 25h 23m and costs €250 - €500.
It takes approximately 9h 5m to get from Trieste to Santander, including transfers.
Trieste to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Trieste station.
Trieste to Santander train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Trieste Centrale station.
The best way to get from Trieste to Santander is to train which takes 25h 23m and costs €250 - €500. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €65 - €290 and takes 16h 35m, you could also bus, which costs €90 - €140 and takes 33h 45m.
What companies run services between Trieste, Italy and Santander, Spain?
You can take a train from Trieste Centrale to Santander via Torino Porta Susa, Lyon Part Dieu, Avignon Tgv, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, and Madrid Chamartín in around 25h 23m. Alternatively, Ryanair, Vueling Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Santander Airport (SDR) once daily.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Santander Airport via Milan Linate, Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Santander Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Santander Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Santander Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Treviso Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Treviso Airport to Santander Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Santander Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Trieste Centrale to Treviso Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Trieste Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €34–260
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €34–38
- Private
- €140–260
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Padova to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Santander E.A.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Trieste to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Trieste to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Vitoria Gasteiz Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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Trieste to Santander bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) station.
Trieste to Santander train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Torino Porta Susa station.
Yes, the driving distance between Trieste to Santander is 1733 km. It takes approximately 18h 4m to drive from Trieste to Santander.
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