There are 10 ways to get from Ancona to Bilbao by plane, train (Trenitalia, Renfe), train, bus, or car
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Fly Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Bilbao Airport
best- Fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane AOI - BIO
7h 30m€63–316Train
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abandotrain Alv
22h 47m€242–471Train, bus
- Take the train from Ancona to Padovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Padova to Bilbao Intermodalbus
27h 15m€107–163Drive 1,664.8 km
- Drive from Ancona to Bilbaocar 1,664.8 km
15h 45m€264–381Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane BLQ - BIO
8h 36m€76–294Train to Fiumicino International Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Ancona to Roma Terminitrain
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane FCO - BIO
9h 27m€83–253Train, train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane FLR - BIO
7h 52m€97–341Fly Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport, bus
- Fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT)plane AOI - VIT
- Take the bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Boluetabus
18h 46m€117–428Train, train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane VCE - BIO
8h 45m€88–324Bus
- Take the bus from Ancona to Genoabus 504
- Take the bus from Genoa to Nice Airportbus 798 / ...
- Take the bus from Nice Airport to Bilbaobus
29h 11m€116–201
Ancona to Bilbao by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ancona to Bilbao is to train and bus which costs €100 - €170 and takes 27h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Ancona to Bilbao is to fly which takes 7h 30m and costs €60 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Ancona to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Ancona and arriving at Bilbao via Genoa and Nice Airport. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 11m.
No, there is no direct train from Ancona to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Ancona and arriving at Bilbao-Abando via Bologna centrale, Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 47m.
The distance between Ancona and Bilbao is 1338 km. The road distance is 1664.8 km.
The best way to get from Ancona to Bilbao without a car is to train which takes 22h 47m and costs €240 - €480.
It takes approximately 7h 30m to get from Ancona to Bilbao, including transfers.
Ancona to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Ancona station.
Ancona to Bilbao train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Ancona station.
The best way to get from Ancona to Bilbao is to fly which takes 7h 30m and costs €60 - €320. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €240 - €480 and takes 22h 47m, you could also bus, which costs €110 - €210 and takes 29h 11m.
What companies run services between Ancona, Italy and Bilbao, Spain?
Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Ancona to Bilbao-Abando via Bologna centrale, Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu, and Barcelona-Sants in around 22h 47m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Bilbao Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bilbao Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bilbao Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–550
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Bilbao Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Bilbao Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ancona to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ancona to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €14–20
- 2nd Class
- €17–23
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Padova to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- autobuseslaunion.com
Bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Bolueta
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–15
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Ancona to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Genoa to Nice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nice Airport to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Genoa to Nice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Ancona to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Genoa station.
Ancona to Bilbao train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ancona to Bilbao is 1665 km. It takes approximately 15h 45m to drive from Ancona to Bilbao.
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