HOW TO REACH THE CONVENTION CENTRE

Click here to see a detailed location map of the Santander Convention Centre.

BY AIR

SANTANDER AIRPORT

The venue is only 7 km away from Santander airport. The operating airlines are RYANAIR (providing direct connections with Madrid, Barcelona, Reus, Alicante and Málaga, as well as with Brussels, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Milan, Paris, Pisa and Rome) and AIR NOSTRUM.

Interesting links:

Santander Airport:	(+34) 942 202 100	www.aena.es
Ryanair:	807 220 032	www.ryanair.com
Air Nostrum:	902 400 500	www.airnostrum.es
Serviberia:	942 400 500 (domestic calls only)

BILBAO AIRPORT

Bilbao’s International airport is only 100 Km away from Santander and provides direct and regular connections to the main European capitals.

Bilbao airport is situated in Loiu, 12km from the Basque capital . There is a transfer service from the airport to the bus station in Bilbao. The airport bus leaves from the arrivals area of the terminal. Buses leave from the airport every 20 minutes from 06:20 to 24:00.

Tickets

Standard tickets can only be purchased on the bus.

A bus leaves every hour from Bilbao bus station to Santander.( The price is about 20€)

BY SEA

Santander Maritime Terminal. It is at short walking distance from the Pereda Gardens, right in the city centre. It offers one weekly connection with Plymouth (Great Britain) and three weekly connections with Portsmouth.

The traveller can also embark in Roscoff and Saint Melon (Great Britain) and in Cherbourg and Caën Normandy). The trip can be extended to Cork (Ireland).

Brittany Ferries: +942 360 611 www.brittanyferries.es www.brittany-ferries.co.uk

BY TRAIN

RENFE Station. It is located at Plaza de las Estaciones, in the city centre. It offers a daily ALVIA train to Madrid and Alicante, as well as Intercity services to Albacete, Palencia and Valladolid.

RENFE: (+34) 902 240202 www.renfe.es

FEVE Station. It is also located at Plaza de las Estaciones and offers regional train services, as well as three daily trains to Bilbao and two daily trains to Oviedo.

FEVE Cantabria: (+34) 942 209522 – 942 209566 www.feve.es

BY COACH

Bus station. Located at Plaza de las Estaciones, in the city centre. Tel.: (+34) 942 211995 www.santandereabus.com Bus companies:

• Alsa Grupo : 902 42 22 42 www.alsa.es
  Madrid , Burgos, Barcelona Bilbao, Sevilla, Salamanca, Valladolid and Palencia Internacional Conexions: París, Bruselas, Ginebra and Zurich
• Bilmanbus: + 34 942 319 906 www.bilmanbus.es

BY CAR

From Bilbao, on the A-8.
From Madrid on the A-1 to Burgos and the N-623 road accross the Puerto del Escudo (mountain pass).
From Barcelona on the N-II to Logroño linked with Bilbao by the A-8.
From Oviedo on the A-66 to Unquera and on the A-8 to Torrelavega. Then, on the A-67 to Santander.
From Leon, on the N-621, across the Puerto de S. Glorio (mountain pass).
From Palencia on the Meseta Motorway, on the route to Reinosa and Torrelavega.
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