There are 10 ways to get from Leuven to Santiago de Compostela by plane, train (TGV, Renfe, Ouigo), bus, car, train, or towncar
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Fly Brussels Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ)plane BRU - SCQ
7h 29m€79–297Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Santiago De Compostela Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Louvain to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ)plane CRL - SCQ
6h 17m€73–503Train
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Santiago De Compostelatrain Ave
18h 21m€361–727Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Santiago de Compostela - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
25h 30m€161–315Drive 1,775.3 km
- Drive from Leuven to Santiago de Compostelacar 1,775.3 km
17h 44m€281–405Fly Brussels Airport to A Coruña Airport, train
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to A Coruña Airport (LCG)plane BRU - LCG
- Take the train from La Coruna-San Cristobal to Santiago De Compostelatrain
8h 48m€96–354Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Take the train from Louvain to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ)plane AMS - SCQ
7h 32m€125–431Fly Brussels Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane BRU - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Santiago de Compostelatowncar
8h 50m€348–540Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nordtrain
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ)plane ORY - SCQ
7h 24m€109–410Bus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Verinbus FlixBus N1153
- Take the bus from Verin to Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostelabus L23 Santiago-Lalín-Ourense-Allariz-Xinzo de Limia-Verín
33h 18m€167–285
Leuven to Santiago de Compostela by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leuven to Santiago de Compostela is to train and fly which costs €70 - €550 and takes 6h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Leuven to Santiago de Compostela is to train and fly which takes 6h 17m and costs €70 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Leuven station to Santiago de Compostela station. However, there are services departing from Brussels - Midi Train Station and arriving at Santiago de Compostela - Bus Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Leuven to Santiago de Compostela. However, there are services departing from Louvain and arriving at Santiago De Compostela via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Lyon Part Dieu, Barcelona-Sants, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías and Madrid Chamartín. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 21m.
The distance between Leuven and Santiago de Compostela is 1350 km. The road distance is 1775.3 km.
The best way to get from Leuven to Santiago de Compostela without a car is to train which takes 18h 21m and costs €360 - €750.
It takes approximately 7h 29m to get from Leuven to Santiago de Compostela, including transfers.
Leuven to Santiago de Compostela bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Brussels - Midi Train Station.
Leuven to Santiago de Compostela train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
The best way to get from Leuven to Santiago de Compostela is to fly which takes 7h 29m and costs €75 - €300. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €360 - €750 and takes 18h 21m, you could also bus via Paris, which costs €160 - €320 and takes 25h 30m.
What companies run services between Leuven, Belgium and Santiago de Compostela, Spain?
Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Louvain to Santiago De Compostela via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Lyon Part Dieu, Barcelona-Sants, Madrid-Puerta De Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, and Madrid Chamartín in around 18h 21m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Brussels Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to A Coruña Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to A Coruña Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Brussels Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to A Coruña Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to A Coruña Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–470
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–320
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to A Coruña Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Santiago De Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from La Coruna-San Cristobal to Santiago De Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Santiago De Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from La Coruna-San Cristobal to Santiago De Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Louvain to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Louvain to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Louvain to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Santiago de Compostela - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Santiago de Compostela - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Verin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 900 92 91 92
- [email protected]
- Website
- monbus.es
Bus from Verin to Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://www.monbus.es/en
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- [email protected]
- Website
- vmtransfers.com
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Santiago de Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €275
- Website
- https://www.vmtransfers.com/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Leuven to Santiago de Compostela bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Leuven to Santiago de Compostela train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Lyon Part Dieu station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leuven to Santiago de Compostela is 1775 km. It takes approximately 17h 44m to drive from Leuven to Santiago de Compostela.
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