There are 10 ways to get from Santiago de Compostela to Kraków by plane, train, bus, car, shuttle, towncar, or night train
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Fly Santiago De Compostela Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
best- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane SCQ - KRK
9h 14mzł 368–1,113Train, bus via Marseille
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charlestrain
- Take the bus from Marseille to Innsbruck Südbahnstraßebus
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Krakow Glownytrain Ec
39h 57mzł 1,976–3,438Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Santiago de Compostela - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus N1309
43hzł 1,100–1,976Drive 2,860.6 km
- Drive from Santiago de Compostela to Krakówcar 2,860.6 km
28h 13mzł 1,929–2,786Fly Santiago De Compostela Airport to Katowice International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane SCQ - KTW
- Take a shuttle bus from Katowice Airport to Kraków Główny Station
11h 10mzł 479–1,036Train to A Coruña Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to La Coruna-San Cristobaltrain
- Fly from A Coruña Airport (LCG) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane LCG - KRK
9h 50mzł 492–1,284Towncar to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Take a town car from Santiago de Compostela to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneirotowncar
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane OPO - KRK
10h 19mzł 1,469–2,042Train, bus
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Zamoratrain Ave
- Take the bus from Zamora to Kaiserslautern central train stationbus
- Take the train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhftrain 15
- Take the train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Rzepintrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Wroclaw Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glownytrain Ic / ...
44h 46mzł 1,685–5,334Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Barcelona-Santstrain Alv
- Take the bus from Barcelona to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the nighttrain from Muenchen Hbf to Krakow Glownynighttrain En
2d 3hzł 1,809–4,372Bus
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Lugobus
- Take the bus from Lugo to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Krakówbus
2d 5hzł 949–1,125
Santiago de Compostela to Kraków by train, bus, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Kraków is to fly and shuttle which costs 470 zł - 1 100 zł and takes 11h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Kraków is to fly which takes 9h 14m and costs 360 zł - 1 200 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Santiago de Compostela station to Kraków station. However, there are services departing from Santiago de Compostela - Bus Station and arriving at Krakow, MDA Bus Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h.
The distance between Santiago de Compostela and Kraków is 2313 km. The road distance is 2860.6 km.
The best way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Kraków without a car is to train and bus via Marseille which takes 39h 57m and costs 1 900 zł - 3 500 zł.
It takes approximately 9h 14m to get from Santiago de Compostela to Kraków, including transfers.
Santiago de Compostela to Kraków bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Santiago de Compostela - Bus Station.
The best way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Kraków is to fly which takes 9h 14m and costs 360 zł - 1 200 zł. Alternatively, you can bus via Paris, which costs 1 100 zł - 2 000 zł and takes 43h.
Santiago de Compostela to Kraków bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Santiago de Compostela to Kraków is 2861 km. It takes approximately 28h 13m to drive from Santiago de Compostela to Kraków.
What companies run services between Santiago de Compostela, Spain and Kraków, Poland?
Lufthansa, KLM, and six other airlines fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Santiago de Compostela - Bus Station to Krakow, MDA Bus Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 43h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Katowice International Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,500
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Katowice International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,400
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Katowice International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,400
Flights from A Coruña Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 550–1,700
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 300–850
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- zł 320–1,300
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 360–1,300
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Katowice International Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,600
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Katowice International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,500
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Katowice International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 400–2,200
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 320–1,300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 360–1,300
Flights from A Coruña Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 370–1,400
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 240–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 600–2,000
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,300
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,300
Flights from A Coruña Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 550–1,800
Flights from A Coruña Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 550–1,900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–2,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 360–650
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Santiago De Compostela to La Coruna-San Cristobal
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 40–75
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Zamora
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 210–370
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 300–460
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 600–1,000
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santiago De Compostela to La Coruna-San Cristobal
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 30–55
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Zamora
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 170–270
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 700–1,100
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 420–750
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 500–2,300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 80–370
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Rzepin to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 160–650
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–650
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Night train from Muenchen Hbf to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 600–2,400
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Marseille to Innsbruck Südbahnstraße
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 350–600
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Santiago de Compostela - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 550–900
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 550–950
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zamora to Kaiserslautern central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 600–1,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Barcelona to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 500–900
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Santiago de Compostela - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 550–1,100
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +48 32 236 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Matuszek
Shuttle from Katowice Airport to Kraków Główny Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- zł 25–80
- Website
- Matuszek
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Lugo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 40–70
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +34 900 92 91 92
- [email protected]
- Website
- Monbus
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Lugo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 35–60
- Website
- Monbus
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Lugo to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- zł 550–700
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- 13 43 232 76
- [email protected]
- Website
- miskrosno.pl
Bus from Padova to Kraków
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- zł 360
- Schedules at
- miskrosno.pl
- Book at
- api.euroticket.pl
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- [email protected]
- Website
- VM Transfers
Towncar from Santiago de Compostela to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- zł 1,185
- Website
- VM Transfers
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