There are 9 ways to get from Santander to Portimão by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly Santander Airport to Faro Airport, train
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane SDR - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
7h 32m€79–222Train, bus via Seville
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartíntrain Alv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain Ave
- Take the bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Tavirabus
- Take the train from Tavira to Portimaotrain Re / ...
13h 10m€113–239Bus
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lisbon - Sete Riosbus
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimãobus
18h 31m€87–158Drive 942.2 km
- Drive from Santander to Portimãocar 942.2 km
10h 41m€154–222Fly Santander Airport to Seville Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Seville Airport (SVQ)plane SDR - SVQ
- Take the bus from Seville to Farobus
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
8h 7m€85–269Fly Santander Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane SDR - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Tunestrain
8h 21m€110–333Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Faro Airport, train
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane BIO - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
10h 28m€83–201Train, bus
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartíntrain Alv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Huelvatrain Alv / ...
- Take the bus from Huelva to Farobus
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain Re / ...
14h 15m€142–221Bus via Salamanca
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Salamanca, Estación de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Salamanca to Castelo Brancobus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimãobus
19h 5m€81–137
Santander to Portimão by train, bus, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Portimão is to bus via Salamanca which costs €80 - €140 and takes 19h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Portimão is to fly and train which takes 7h 32m and costs €75 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Portimão. However, there are services departing from Estación de autobuses de Santander and arriving at Terminal Rodoviário de Portimão via Bilbao Intermodal and Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 31m.
The distance between Santander and Portimão is 869 km. The road distance is 942.2 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Portimão without a car is to train and bus via Seville which takes 13h 10m and costs €110 - €240.
It takes approximately 7h 32m to get from Santander to Portimão, including transfers.
Santander to Portimão bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Estación de autobuses de Santander station.
Santander to Portimão bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Bilbao Intermodal station.
Portimão is 1h behind Santander. It is currently 5:21 PM in Santander and 4:21 PM in Portimão.
Yes, the driving distance between Santander to Portimão is 942 km. It takes approximately 10h 41m to drive from Santander to Portimão.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Portimão, Portugal?
You can take a bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimão via Bilbao Intermodal, Lisbon - Sete Rios, and Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios in around 18h 31m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Faro Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Santander Airport to Faro Airport via Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Santander Airport to Faro Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Santander Airport to Faro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Santander Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Santander Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Faro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Saturday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Faro Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Seville Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Santander Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Santander Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Seville Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Santander Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Santander Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Faro Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €22–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Faro Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Tavira to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Tunes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Huelva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Tavira
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimão
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Seville to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Huelva to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimão
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- 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
- €8–14
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Salamanca, Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lisbon - Sete Rios
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Seville to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Huelva to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Salamanca to Castelo Branco
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Flixbus
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