There are 9 ways to get from Santander to Praia da Luz by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus via Seville
best- 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 Lagostrain Re / ...
14h 53m€116–249Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estação Rodoviária de Sete Riosbus
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Terminal Rodoviário de Lagosbus
21h 43m€74–185Bus via Lisbon
- 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 Lagosbus
20h 28m€89–155Drive 969.8 km
- Drive from Santander to Praia da Luzcar 969.8 km
10h 58m€158–229Fly Santander Airport to Faro Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane SDR - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Lagostrain
9h 16m€83–233Train, 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 Lagosbus
15h 27m€147–221Fly 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 Lagostrain
9h 51m€89–277Fly 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
- Take the train from Tunes to Lagostrain
10h 4m€115–344Bus 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 Lagostrain
12h 6m€87–211
Santander to Praia da Luz by train, bus, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Praia da Luz is to bus via Lisbon which costs €85 - €160 and takes 20h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Praia da Luz is to fly and train which takes 9h 16m and costs €80 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Praia da Luz. However, there are services departing from Estación de autobuses de Santander and arriving at Montinhos da Luz via Bilbao Intermodal, Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios and Terminal Rodoviário de Lagos. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 28m.
The distance between Santander and Praia da Luz is 1219 km. The road distance is 969.8 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Praia da Luz without a car is to train and bus via Seville which takes 14h 53m and costs €110 - €250.
It takes approximately 14h 53m to get from Santander to Praia da Luz, including transfers.
Santander to Praia da Luz bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Estación de autobuses de Santander station.
Santander to Praia da Luz bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Bilbao Intermodal station.
Praia da Luz is 1h behind Santander. It is currently 2:53 PM in Santander and 1:53 PM in Praia da Luz.
Yes, the driving distance between Santander to Praia da Luz is 970 km. It takes approximately 10h 58m to drive from Santander to Praia da Luz.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Praia da Luz, Portugal?
You can take a bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Montinhos da Luz via Bilbao Intermodal, Lisbon - Sete Rios, Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios, and Terminal Rodoviário de Lagos in around 20h 28m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Faro Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- 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 Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- 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 Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Faro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Faro Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- 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
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- 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
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–240
Flights from Santander Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Faro Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Faro Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €23–150
- 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
- €60–85
- 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
- €45–80
- 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
- €35–60
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Tavira to Lagos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Lagos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Lagos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- 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 Tunes to Lagos
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Lagos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
- 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 Lagos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Terminal Rodoviário de Lagos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Seville to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- 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 Bilbao Intermodal to Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lisbon - Sete Rios
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Huelva to Lagos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Seville to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- Flixbus
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