There are 4 ways to get from Santander to Cartagena by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Santander Airport to Cartagena
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Cartagena (CTG)plane SDR - CTG
15h 56m$480–1,300Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Cartagena
cheapest- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Cartagena (CTG)plane BIO - CTG
17h 2m$362–918Fly Santander Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, bus
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ)plane SDR - BAQ
- Take the bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
18h 54m$525–1,538Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Cartagena
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Cartagena (CTG)plane MAD - CTG
16h 56m$667–1,602
Santander Airport (SDR) to Cartagena (CTG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Cartagena is to bus and fly which costs $360 - $950 and takes 17h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Cartagena is to fly which takes 15h 56m and costs $480 - $1,300.
The distance between Santander and Cartagena is 7749 km.
It takes approximately 15h 56m to get from Santander to Cartagena, including transfers.
Cartagena is 7h behind Santander. It is currently 7:10 PM in Santander and 12:10 PM in Cartagena.
There are 3340+ hotels available in Cartagena.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Cartagena, Colombia?
Iberia, World 2 Fly, and three other airlines fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Cartagena (CTG) 3 times a day.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Cartagena via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Santander Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Santander Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cartagena via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cartagena via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Santander Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- w2fly.es
Flights from Santander Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–900
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,400
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Santander Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Cartagena via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 58m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
- Website
- plusultra.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cartagena via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $430–950
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8001
- [email protected]
- Website
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–25
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $17–25
- Phone
- +57 323 563 9139
- [email protected]
- Website
- copetran.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $14–20
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8002
- [email protected]
- Website
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $13
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Website
- ALSA
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