How to Travel from
Santander to Bern
by Plane, Route or Car
Schedule
Santander, Spain → Bern, Switzerland
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Cheapest and Fastest Ways to Travel from Santander to Bern
Composite routes from Santander to Bern
Cheapest
12 h 23 min
Car
1291 km.
from $71
Other
8 h 35 min
Bus, Plane
960 km.
from $218.10
16 h 17 min
Bus, Train
960 km.
from $385.96
22 h 30 min
960 km.
from $195.39
7 h 37 min
Bus, Plane
960 km.
from $204.15
8 h 45 min
Bus, Plane
960 km.
from $231.14
9 h 16 min
Bus, Plane
960 km.
from $207.23
8 h 43 min
Bus, Plane
960 km.
from $253.07
20 h 20 min
960 km.
from $457.01
Navigate from Santander to Bern
Continue onto Calle de Jesús de Monasterio
273 m
Continue onto Túnel de la Calle Burgos
1 km 950 m
Keep right onto Calle de San Fernando
136 m
At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Calle de Jerónimo Sainz de la Maza
1 km 549 m
Keep left onto Calle de Jerónimo Sainz de la Maza
31 m
Continue onto Calle de Jerónimo Sainz de la Maza
6 m
At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Calle de Jerónimo Sainz de la Maza
354 m
At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Avenida de Parayas
117 m
Keep left onto Avenida de Parayas
142 m
Continue onto Avenida de Parayas
84 km 605 m
Keep left onto Variante Sur Metropolitana and take BI-636, AP-8 toward Balmaseda, Bilbao (Miribilla), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Donostia-San Sebastián
13 km 390 m
Keep right
1 km 496 m
Keep right toward A-8
2 km 607 m
Keep left onto Kantauriko autobidea and take A-8 toward Donostia-San Sebastián
319 km 629 m
Keep right and drive toward Paris, Lyon, Toulouse
9 km 367 m
Continue onto Rocade Extérieure and drive toward A10 (Paris), Périgueux, Libourne
8 km 442 m
Keep right and drive toward Libourne, Périgueux, Artigues - Moulinat, Yvrac, Quatre Pavillons
220 m
Keep right
18 km 228 m
Keep left onto La Transeuropéenne
167 km 398 m
Keep left onto La Transeuropéenne and drive toward Paris, Limoges, Lyon, Clermont Fd, Tulle, Brive-Est
17 km 755 m
Keep right onto A 89 and take A 89 toward Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, Tulle, Saint-Germain-les-Vergnes
160 km 308 m
Keep left onto A 71 and drive toward Paris, Montluçon, Vichy
14 km 336 m
Keep right onto A 719 and take A 719 toward Vichy, Gannat, Sᵗ Pourçain ˢ/ S.
9 km 204 m
Keep right and drive toward Vichy, Bellerive-sur-Allier, Gannat-Sud
1 km 556 m
At roundabout, take exit 2 onto D 2209
6 km 410 m
Turn left onto Route d'Espinasse
8 km 224 m
At roundabout, take exit 1 onto D 27
68 m
At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Rue de Saint-Rémy
3 km 674 m
At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Rue des Catalpas
1 km 611 m
Turn left onto Place des Catalpas
195 m
Turn right onto Place de l'Église
69 m
Turn left onto Rue de Marcenat
1 km 474 m
Turn right onto D 142e
181 m
Turn left onto D 67
4 km 914 m
At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Rond-Point de Creuzier-le-Neuf
1 km 901 m
At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Route de Lapalisse
15 km 932 m
At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Avenue du 8 Mai 1945
2 km 654 m
Turn left onto Rue du Commerce
316 m
Turn right onto Avenue Pasteur
4 km 339 m
Turn left onto Route du Donjon
32 km 253 m
At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Rond-Point la Fontaine
168 m
Keep right
18 km 782 m
Keep left onto N 70
43 km 330 m
At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Rond-Point Jeanne Rose
26 km 468 m
At roundabout, take exit 1 onto N 80
1 km 706 m
At roundabout, take exit 2 onto N 80
1 km 721 m
At roundabout, take exit 2 onto D 673
4 km 245 m
At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Rond-Point des Orlands
3 km 54 m
At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Route d'Oslon
18 km 543 m
Turn left onto Route de Saint-Germain du Bois
25 km 239 m
At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Faubourg d'Aval
1 km 720 m
At roundabout, take exit 2 onto D 120
1 km 64 m
At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Avenue Jean de Chalon-Arlay
2 km 152 m
Keep right onto D 120
3 km 235 m
Turn right onto Rue du Bourg Dessus
221 m
Turn right onto Rue du Bourg Dessous
2 km 506 m
Turn left onto Grande Rue
203 m
Turn right
68 m
Turn left
67 m
Turn slight left onto Chemin du Serein
21 m
Turn slight right onto Chemin de la Gravière
132 m
Turn right onto Route de Saint-Germain-lès-Arlay
2 km 487 m
Turn left onto Rue du Gué Faroux
10 m
Turn right onto Rue de Brery
268 m
Turn right onto Rue Beaupoil
132 m
Turn left onto Rue Désiré Monnier
72 m
Turn left
55 m
Turn left onto D 57
153 m
Turn right
445 m
Keep left
91 m
Keep right
1 km 537 m
Turn left onto D 205
1 km 678 m
Turn right
135 m
Turn left
45 m
Turn right onto D 205
1 km 671 m
Turn left onto D 57E1
99 m
Keep right onto Rue de l'Église
152 m
Turn right onto Rue du Chalet
432 m
Keep left onto Route des Granges Bernard
3 km 9 m
Keep left
12 m
Turn left onto Route de Bougelier
3 km 484 m
Turn right onto Rue de la Croix Probis
376 m
Turn slight left onto Rue de la Bascule
130 m
Turn right onto D 68
327 m
Turn left onto Route de Barretaine
2 km 925 m
Keep right
1 km 330 m
Turn right onto Rue de la Combe
1 km 458 m
Turn right onto N 5
14 km 540 m
Keep left onto D 21 and drive toward Saint Germain en M., Les Nans
3 km 219 m
Continue onto D 21
5 km 852 m
Turn left onto D 21e
3 km 663 m
Turn slight left onto Rue de Champagnole
5 km 726 m
Keep right onto Rue du Magasin
27 km 827 m
At roundabout, take exit 2 onto D 9
3 km 535 m
Turn sharp right
434 m
Turn right onto Route de Lausanne
1 km 607 m
At roundabout, take exit 1 onto N 57
443 m
At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Route des Alpes
5 km 282 m
At roundabout, take exit 2 onto 132
16 km 642 m
Keep left and take A1, A5 toward Bern, Neuchâtel, Yverdon
6 km 675 m
Keep left onto A1 and drive toward Bern, Fribourg, Yverdon-Sud
69 km 964 m
Keep right
300 m
Keep left and drive toward Bern-Forsthaus, Zentrum, Inselspital
1 km 404 m
Keep left
40 m
Continue onto Murtenstrasse
2 km 126 m
Turn sharp right onto Speichergasse
444 m
Turn left onto Predigergasse
35 m
Turn right onto Schüttestrasse
460 m
Turn right onto Mani-Matter-Stutz
43 m
Turn left onto Rathausplatz
5 m
Arrive at destination
Transport providers
Airlines
Vueling Airlines
Website:
vueling.com/
Plane from Parayas Airport to Zurich
Ave. Duration:
4h 45m
Frequency:
Monday, Friday, and Sunday
Estimated price:
$75.95–$278.47
Plane from Parayas Airport to Basel
Ave. Duration:
4h 30m
Frequency:
Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
Estimated price:
$63.29–$291.13
Plane from Parayas Airport to Geneva
Ave. Duration:
5h 30m
Frequency:
Wednesday to Friday
Estimated price:
$48.10–$215.18
Plane from Bilbao Airport to Geneva
Ave. Duration:
3h 45m
Frequency:
Friday
Estimated price:
$139.24–$1,075.91
Iberia
Website:
iberia.com/
Plane from Parayas Airport to Zurich
Ave. Duration:
4h 53m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$75.95–$278.47
Plane from Parayas Airport to Basel
Ave. Duration:
4h 30m
Frequency:
Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
Estimated price:
$63.29–$291.13
Plane from Parayas Airport to Geneva
Ave. Duration:
4h 36m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$69.62–$265.81
Plane from Bilbao Airport to Geneva
Ave. Duration:
3h 45m
Frequency:
Friday
Estimated price:
$139.24–$1,075.91
Air France
Website:
airfrance.com
Plane from Bilbao Airport to Zurich
Ave. Duration:
4h 25m
Frequency:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Estimated price:
$177.21–$607.57
Plane from Bilbao Airport to Geneva
Ave. Duration:
3h 57m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$215.18–$1,202.49
easyJet
Website:
easyjet.com/
Plane from Parayas Airport to Basel
Ave. Duration:
5h 10m
Frequency:
Wednesday to Friday
Estimated price:
$69.62–$341.76
Plane from Parayas Airport to Geneva
Ave. Duration:
4h 30m
Frequency:
Friday
Estimated price:
$51.90–$253.16
Plane from Bilbao Airport to Geneva
Ave. Duration:
1h 30m
Frequency:
Monday and Friday
Estimated price:
$36.71–$189.87
Lufthansa
Website:
lufthansa.com/
Plane from Bilbao Airport to Zurich
Ave. Duration:
4h 15m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$189.87–$569.60
Swiss
Website:
swiss.com/
Plane from Parayas Airport to Zurich
Ave. Duration:
6h 25m
Frequency:
Monday to Friday
Estimated price:
$120.25–$481.00
Plane from Bilbao Airport to Zurich
Ave. Duration:
1h 45m
Frequency:
Monday and Friday
Estimated price:
$278.47–$531.63
Edelweiss Air
Website:
flyedelweiss.com/
Plane from Bilbao Airport to Zurich
Ave. Duration:
1h 45m
Frequency:
Monday and Friday
Estimated price:
$278.47–$531.63
Train operators
Renfe Viajeros
Phone:
+34 91 232 03 20
Website:
renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santander to Madrid
Ave. Duration:
4h
Frequency:
3 times a day
Estimated price:
$43.04–$59.49
Train from Madrid-Puerta De Atocha to Montpellier
Ave. Duration:
6h 34m
Frequency:
Once daily
Estimated price:
$94.93–$139.24
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lyon
Ave. Duration:
1h 51m
Frequency:
Twice daily
Estimated price:
$31.64–$43.04
SNCF
Phone:
+33 1 84 94 36 35
Website:
effinity.fr/expertise/affiliation/
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
Ave. Duration:
1h 57m
Frequency:
Every 3 hours
Estimated price:
$34.18–$75.95
TGV inOui
Phone:
+33 1 84 94 36 35
Website:
sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Paris
Ave. Duration:
4h 34m
Frequency:
5 times a day
Estimated price:
$139.24–$240.50
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel
Ave. Duration:
3h 5m
Frequency:
5 times a day
Estimated price:
$101.26–$177.21
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lyon
Ave. Duration:
1h 50m
Frequency:
Every 4 hours
Estimated price:
$63.29–$120.25
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
Ave. Duration:
2h 5m
Frequency:
Once daily
Estimated price:
$40.50–$82.28
Swiss Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS)
Phone:
+41 848 44 66 88
Website:
sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
Ave. Duration:
1h 20m
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$55.69–$101.26
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
Ave. Duration:
1h
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$45.57–$82.28
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
Ave. Duration:
2h 11m
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$63.29–$120.25
Train from Genève to Bern
Ave. Duration:
2h 2m
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$63.29–$120.25
Bus operators
ALSA
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao
Ave. Duration:
1h 30m
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$9.49–$15.19
FlixBus
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao
Ave. Duration:
1h 30m
Frequency:
Once daily
Estimated price:
$12.66–$17.72
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Bern
Ave. Duration:
20h
Frequency:
3 times a week
Estimated price:
$120.25–$177.21
BlaBlaCar Bus
Phone:
+33 18 57 62 228
Website:
blablacar.co.uk/
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Ave. Duration:
2h
Frequency:
5 times a day
Estimated price:
$16.46–$25.32
Questions and Answers
What is the cheapest way to get from Santander to Bern?
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Bern is to bus which costs $108.70 - $173.91 and takes 22h 30m.
What is the fastest way to get from Santander to Bern?
The fastest way to get from Santander to Bern is to bus and fly and train which takes 7h 37m and costs $108.70 - $336.96 .
Is there a direct bus between Santander and Bern?
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Bern. However, there are services departing from Santander E.A. and arriving at Bern via Bilbao Intermodal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 30m.
Is there a direct train between Santander and Bern?
No, there is no direct train from Santander to Bern. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Bern via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta De Atocha, Montpellier Saint-Roch, Lyon Part Dieu and Genève. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 20m.
How far is it from Santander to Bern?
The distance between Santander and Bern is 1197 km. The road distance is 1292 km.
How do I travel from Santander to Bern without a car?
The best way to get from Santander to Bern without a car is to bus and train which takes 16h 17m and costs $260.87 - $478.26 .
How long does it take to get from Santander to Bern?
It takes approximately 8h 35m to get from Santander to Bern, including transfers.
Where do I catch the Santander to Bern bus from?
Santander to Bern bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Santander E.A. station.
Where do I catch the Santander to Bern train from?
Santander to Bern train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Santander station.
Train or bus from Santander to Bern?
The best way to get from Santander to Bern is to bus which takes 22h 30m and costs $108.70 - $173.91 . Alternatively, you can train, which costs $228.26 - $456.52 and takes 20h 20m.
Where does the Santander to Bern bus arrive?
Santander to Bern bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Bilbao Intermodal station.
Where does the Santander to Bern train arrive?
Santander to Bern train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
Can I drive from Santander to Bern?
Yes, the driving distance between Santander to Bern is 1292 km. It takes approximately 12h 22m to drive from Santander to Bern.
How do I get a train ticket from Santander to Bern?
Book your Santander to Bern train tickets online with Omio.
How do I get a bus ticket from Santander to Bern?
Book your Santander to Bern bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
Where can I stay near Bern?
There are 268+ hotels available in Bern. Prices start at $57.91 per night.
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