There are 11 ways to get from Athens to Bilbao by plane, bus, train, car ferry, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Bilbao Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane ATH - BIO
4h 53m€105–213Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Santsbus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abandotrain Alv
45h 40mBus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Igoumenitsabus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Igoumenitsa to Port of Baricarferry
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa 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
47h 33m€449–780Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Patrasbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Venicecarferry
- Take the bus from Venezia to Stazione Padovabus 53E
- Take the bus from Padova to Bilbao Intermodalbus
2d 17h€289–425Fly to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT)plane ATH - VIT
- Take the bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Boluetabus
9h 2m€141–395Fly to Santander Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane ATH - SDR
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
8h 49m€137–238Fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane ATH - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz to Bilbaobus
8h 37m€146–330Fly to San Sebastián Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)plane ATH - EAS
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Bilbao Intermodalbus
10h 23m€185–327Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Bilbao Intermodalbus
2d 3hDrive 3,285.9 km
- Drive from Athens to Bilbaocar 3,285.9 km
33h 50m€598–863Drive, car train
- Drive from Athens to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Bilbaocar
41h 14m€642–914
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Bilbao is to fly which costs €100 - €220 and takes 4h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Bilbao is to fly which takes 4h 53m and costs €100 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Bilbao Intermodal via Tirana and Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3h.
The distance between Athens and Bilbao is 2377 km. The road distance is 3285.9 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Bilbao without a car is to bus and train which takes 45h 40m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 53m to get from Athens to Bilbao, including transfers.
Athens to Bilbao bus services, operated by Saimiri Tours, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Athens to Bilbao is to fly which takes 4h 53m and costs €100 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 2 days 3h.
Athens to Bilbao bus services, operated by Saimiri Tours, arrive at Tirana station.
Bilbao is 1h behind Athens. It is currently 6:08 PM in Athens and 5:08 PM in Bilbao.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Bilbao, Spain?
Volotea and Aegean Airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Bilbao Intermodal via Tirana, Tirana, and Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord in around 2d 3h.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Athens International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
Flights from Athens International Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Athens International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Athens International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Athens International Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–490
Flights from Athens International Airport to Santander Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Santander Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Santander Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bari Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–300
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- info@ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Phone
- +30 2616 001 600
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Phone
- (+39) 041 041
- direzione@actv.it
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Bus from Venezia to Stazione Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- 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
- €110–150
- 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
- €7–15
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–17
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Biarritz to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
- Phone
- +302110120492
- saimiritoursandtravels@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- ventourisferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Igoumenitsa to Port of Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Want to know more about travelling around Spain
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Getting around the Cyclades
Read the travel guide
Train travel in Spain: A guide to Renfe
Read the travel guide
What are the different types of Renfe trains in Spain?
Read the travel guide
More Questions & Answers
Yes, the driving distance between Athens to Bilbao is 3286 km. It takes approximately 33h 50m to drive from Athens to Bilbao.
Book your Athens to Bilbao bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 1830+ hotels available in Bilbao.











































