How to get to Santander, Spain | Santander travel guides

From France

Santander is 150 ml 246 km from Biarritz, 272 ml 437 km from Bordeaux, 327 ml 537 km from Toulouse, 583 ml 937 km from Marseille and 685 ml 1103 km from Nice.

From Portugal

Santander is 517 ml 848 km from Lisboa and 405 ml 648 km from Porto.

By ship

You may also wish to take a ferry from Plymouth, England. The journey time is approximately 24 hours each way, and is an interesting journey, although you may wish to resist having a large meal too soon after departure from Plymouth if you are unused to sea travel as the Cantabrian Sea can be extremely rough.

Britanny Ferries (http://www.brittany-ferri...) operates two sailings a week from the UK to Santander from mid-March to October, on Wednesdays from Portsmouth and on Sundays from Plymouth, average sailing time hours. operated by the modern MV Pont Aven (http://www.brittany-ferri...). From November until around December 20th and from Mid-February until March only the Plymouth - Santander service is operated with MS Bretagne (http://www.brittany-ferri...), journey time 24 hrs. There is no service from around December 20th until mid-February.

By bus

ALSA (http://www.alsa.es/portal...) operates daily bus services to Santander from Galicia, Asturias, Pais Vasco, Extremadura, Castilla y LeÃ³n, Zaragoza, and Barcelona; and weekly services from Belgium, France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The trip from Madrid takes about 5 hours about â¬30 and the trip from Barcelona takes about 9 hours via Zaragoza.

There are about 20 buses per day from Bilbao to Santander, journey time about 90 minutes. Single ticket â¬6.71, return â¬12.75 December 2009.

Bilman Bus (http://www.bilmanbus.es/) offers daily bus services from Valencia, Alicante, Cartagena, and Murcia.

For more information see the Santander Bus Station estaciÃ³n de Autobuses de Santander (http://www.transportedeca...) with timetables from and to all destinations available.

By train

RENFE (http://www.renfe.es/) operates daily trains from Madrid and Alicante to Santander with stops in the main cities on the way Palencia, Valladolid, Ãvila. Trains leave from Madrid Chamartin Station at 7:40 AM Mon to Fri, 1:30 PM, and 6:05 PM daily. The trip from Madrid takes about 5-6 hours ~â¬35.

Feve (http://www.feve.es/) offers daily train services from Bilbao and Asturia to Santander .

From Spain

Santander is 517 ml 832 km from Alicante, 443 ml 709 km from Barcelona, 173 ml 279 km from Leon, 243 ml 399 km from Madrid, 630 ml 1014 km from Marbella, 226 ml 364 km from Salamanca, 474 ml 763 km from Santiago de Compostela, 155 ml 250 km from Valladolid, 314 ml 505 km from Vigo and 249 ml 401 km from Zaragoza.