There are 5 ways to get from Santiago de Compostela to Cartagena by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Santiago De Compostela Airport to Cartagena
best- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Cartagena (CTG)plane SCQ - CTG
18h 21m$501–1,202Fly Santiago De Compostela Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ)plane SCQ - BAQ
- Take the bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
21h 9m$439–1,527Train to A Coruña Airport, fly to Cartagena
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to La Coruna-San Cristobaltrain
- Fly from A Coruña Airport (LCG) to Cartagena (CTG)plane LCG - CTG
15h 57m$510–1,221Train to Vigo, fly to Cartagena
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Vigo Urzaiztrain
- Fly from Vigo (VGO) to Cartagena (CTG)plane VGO - CTG
16h 27m$516–1,331Train to A Coruña Airport, fly to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to La Coruna-San Cristobaltrain
- Fly from A Coruña Airport (LCG) to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ)plane LCG - BAQ
- Take the bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
21h 32m$568–1,646
Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Cartagena (CTG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Cartagena is to fly which costs $500 - $1,200 and takes 18h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Cartagena is to train and fly which takes 15h 57m and costs $500 - $1,300.
The distance between Santiago de Compostela and Cartagena is 7384 km.
It takes approximately 18h 21m to get from Santiago de Compostela to Cartagena, including transfers.
Cartagena is 7h behind Santiago de Compostela. It is currently 3:53 AM in Santiago de Compostela and 8:53 PM in Cartagena.
There are 3244+ hotels available in Cartagena.
What companies run services between Santiago de Compostela, Spain and Cartagena, Colombia?
Iberia, World 2 Fly, and two other airlines fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Cartagena (CTG) 3 times a day.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 37m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Vigo to Cartagena via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Vigo to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Newark, Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Vigo to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Vigo to Cartagena via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 24m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- w2fly.es
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Cartagena via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Cartagena via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
Flights from Vigo to Cartagena via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Vigo to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Vigo to Cartagena via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Madrid, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santiago De Compostela to La Coruna-San Cristobal
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Vigo Urzaiz
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to La Coruna-San Cristobal
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santiago De Compostela to La Coruna-San Cristobal
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Vigo Urzaiz
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–29
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to La Coruna-San Cristobal
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- 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
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
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
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
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