ACCESSES:
Train
Santander train station is the arrival point for RENFE trains, which connect Santander directly to Madrid and other main cities like Alicante, Palencia and Valladolid. Through Madrid, you can also transfer to the other main coastal cities. FEVE trains connect Santander with Bilbao, Oviedo and Gijón.
For further information:
RENFE / FEVE Tel.: +34 942 018 270
Airport
Parayas Airport, is located ten minutes from Santander downtow, offering daily flights to main Spanish cities as Madrid, Barcelona, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Seville, Tenerife and Valencia, and in which Ryanair operates offering daily connections to several European cities: London Stansted, Brussels Charleroi, Dublin, Dusseldorf Weeze, Edinburgh, Frankfurt Hahn, Milan Bergamo and Rome Ciampino.
Just 50 minutes from Santander, through Cantabrian motorway, is Loiu International Airport in Bilbao, which links northern Spain with Europe.
For more information:
AIRPORT Tel .: +34 942 202 100
By road
To reach Santander by car you can take the most suitable way:
- From Bayonne, Biarritz, San Sebastián and Bilbao by motorway Autovía del Cantábrico A-8/E-70.
- From Madrid, and through Palencia by the motorway Autovía de la Meseta A-67.
- From La Coruña and Asturias by motorway Autovía del Cantábrico A-8/E-70.
Santander Bus Station has national connections to Madrid and the main coastal cities like Avilés, Oviedo, Gijón, La Coruña, Bilbao, etc. And also has international connections to the European capitals like Brussels, Geneve, London, Switzerland, Lyon, Paris, Zurich and Prague.
For further information:
BUS STATION Tel.: (+34) 942 211 995
Technical secretariat
Aforo Congresos
Calvo Sotelo, 19, 3º Ofi. 2 y 3
39002 Santander
Tel. +34 942 23 06 27
Fax +34 942 23 10 58
ism@aforocongresos.com