There are 11 ways to get from Bilbao to Carpentras by bus, train (Renfe), car, plane, train, or train (TGV)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus
best- Take the bus from Bilbao to AvignonFlixBus N1156
11h 59m€67–141Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Toulouse Matabiau
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to NimesTer
- Take the bus from NÎMES - Gare Routière to Avignon - Pem151
- Take the bus from PEM Gare Routière to Gandié905
13h 56m€28–85Train (Renfe)
- Take the train from Bilbao-Abando to Zaragoza-DeliciasAlv
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Avignon Tgv9725
13h 12m€97–152Drive 776.6 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Carpentras776.6 km
7h 30m€123–177Fly Bilbao Airport to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)BIO - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Avignon Tgv
8h 23m€76–262Train via Toulouse
- Take the train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-DonostiaE1
- Take the train from Hendaye to Toulouse Matabiau
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to NimesTer
- Take the train from Nimes to Avignon CentreTer
14h 40m€76–150Bus to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Biarritz - Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)BIQ - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Avignon Tgv
7h 38m€97–396Bus to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Biarritz - Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)BIQ - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Avignon Tgv
6h 58m€100–345Bus to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport, fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Bolueta to Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Fly from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)VIT - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Avignon Tgv
10h 18m€80–345Fly Bilbao Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)BIO - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Avignon Tgv
9h 41m€68–188Fly Bilbao Airport to Fréjorgues Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL)BIO - MPL
- Take the train from Montpellier Sud De France to Nimes Pont Du Gard
11h 1m€163–353
Bilbao to Carpentras by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Carpentras is to bus and train which costs €28 - €85 and takes 13h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Carpentras is to bus and fly and train which takes 6h 58m and costs €100 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Carpentras. However, there are services departing from Bilbao and arriving at Gandié via Le Lac and Archicote. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 59m.
No, there is no direct train from Bilbao to Carpentras. However, there are services departing from Bilbao-Abando and arriving at Carpentras via Zaragoza-Delicias and Avignon Tgv. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 12m.
The distance between Bilbao and Carpentras is 820 km. The road distance is 776.6 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Carpentras without a car is to bus which takes 11h 59m and costs €65 - €150.
It takes approximately 11h 59m to get from Bilbao to Carpentras, including transfers.
Bilbao to Carpentras bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bilbao station.
Bilbao to Carpentras train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Bilbao-Abando station.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Carpentras is to bus which takes 11h 59m and costs €65 - €150. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €95 - €160 and takes 13h 12m.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Carpentras, France?
FlixBus operates a bus from Bilbao to Avignon 3 times a week. Tickets cost €60–140 and the journey takes 10h 30m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bilbao-Abando to Carpentras via Zaragoza-Delicias and Avignon Tgv in around 13h 12m.
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- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–110
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–480
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Bilbao-Abando to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Montpellier Sud De France to Nimes Pont Du Gard
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–27
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €12–18
- Rail 1st Class
- €19–27
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Hendaye to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Nimes to Avignon Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–20
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Montpellier Sud De France to Nimes Pont Du Gard
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- Rail 1st Class
- €14–20
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +34 944 333 333
- Website
- euskotren.eus
Train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.euskotren.eus/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bilbao to Avignon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €4–25
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Online ticket
- €4–25
- Phone
- 0806 800 350
- Website
- mestrajets.lio.laregion.fr
Bus from NÎMES - Gare Routière to Avignon - Pem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €2
- Schedules at
- mestrajets.lio.laregion.fr
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- zou.maregionsud.fr
Bus from PEM Gare Routière to Gandié
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3
- Website
- https://zou.maregionsud.fr/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Biarritz - Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–25
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- autobuseslaunion.com
Bus from Bilbao Bolueta to Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–15
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Bilbao to Carpentras bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Avignon station.
Bilbao to Carpentras train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Zaragoza-Delicias station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bilbao to Carpentras is 777 km. It takes approximately 7h 30m to drive from Bilbao to Carpentras.
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