How to arrive
SANTANDER LOCATION AND ACCESS
VENUE
Santander, a modern and cosmopolitan city with a rich historical past, has become an ideal location for conventions, meetings and conferences.
The conference will take place in Santander's Festival Hall, located between the city centre and the Sardinero area on a privileged site surrounded by beautiful beaches and with spectacular views of the bay.
BY AIR
Santander Airport
Santander’s Festival Hall is only 7 kilometres from the airport. The airline RYANAIR provides direct domestic connections with Madrid, Alicante, Barcelona and Reus as well as with European cities such as Dublin, Brussels, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, London, Milan and Rome. AIRNOSTRUM also provides regular flights with the following Spanish cities: Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca and Las Palmas.
Taxi services are available to and from the airport.
Links of interest
Santander airport: +34 942202100 www.aena.es
Serviberia: 942400500 (only within Spain)
Ryanair: 807220032 www.ryanair.com
Air Nostrum: 902 400500 www.airnostrum.es
Bilbao Airport
Bilbao International Airport, only 100 kilometres from Santander, has direct and regular connections with the main European capital cities. There is a continuous taxi and bus service between Santander and Bilbao.
BY SEA
Santander’s Ferry Port is located only a few metres from the Pereda Gardens and Pereda Avenue, in the heart of the city. There is one weekly ferry to Plymouth in United Kingdom from March to November.
Passengers can also board at Roscoff and Saint Malo (Brittany, France) and at Cherbourg and Caën ( Normandie, France ). It is also possible to take a longer ferry to Cork ( Ireland ).
Brittany Ferries: +34 942 360611 www.brittanyferries.es www.brittany-ferries.co.uk
BY TRAIN
RENFE Railway Station is located at the "Plaza de las Estaciones" in the centre of Santander. It offers a daily ALVIA train to Madrid-Alicante, a daily TALGO and express train to Madrid and an Intercity service to Albacete, Alicante, Avila, Madrid, Palencia and Valladolid.
It also offers a regional train service between Reinosa and Santander.
RENFE: +34 902 240202 www.renfe.es
FEVE Railway Station is located at the “Plaza de las Estaciones” and offers regional train services, three daily trains to Bilbao and two trains to Oviedo.
FEVE Cantabria: +34 942 209522 – 942 209566 www.feve.es
BY COACH
Santander Coach Station is located at the "Plaza de las Estaciones", in the heart of the city.
Tfn.: +34 942 211995 www.santandereabus.com
Direct lines with:
Madrid and Burgos ( Continental Auto ) +34 942 225318
Barcelona ( Viacarsa ) +34 902 422242
Bilbao ( Alsa ) +34 902 422242
Sevilla, Salamanca, Valladolid and Palencia ( Enarcar ) +34 902 422242
Valencia ( Bilmanbus ) +34 942 319906
There is also an international service operating between Santander and Paris, Brussels, Geneva and Zurich ( Alsa ) +34 902 422242
BY CAR
From Bilbao via the A-8
From Madrid via the A-1 to Burgos and the N-623, crossing the "Puerto del Escudo" mountain pass.
From Barcelona via the N-II to Logroño and joining the A8 in Bilbao.
From Oviedo via the A-66 to Unquera, the A-8 to Torrelavega and finally the A-67 to Santander.
From León via the N-621 and crossing the "Puerto de S. Glorio" mountain pass.
From Palencia via the N611 through "Reinosa" and "Torrelavega."
www.viamichelin.com
HOW DO I GET TO THE FESTIVAL HALL?
The attached map shows the exact location of the Festival Hall in Santander.
