There are 12 ways to get from Bilbao to Colmar by bus, train, car, plane, or train (TGV)
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Bus, train via Paris
best- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain Ter
12h 50m€218–477Fly Bilbao Airport to Basel, train
cheapest- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Basel (BSL)plane BIO - BSL
- Take the train from St Louis to Colmartrain
6h 19m€88–297Bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Metz - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Metz to Colmarbus FlixBus N473
21h 39m€110–207Drive 1,172.7 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Colmarcar 1,172.7 km
11h 42m€185–267Fly Bilbao Airport to Strasbourg International Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB)plane BIO - SXB
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain
7h 58m€109–329Train via Antony
- Take the train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostiatrain E1
- Take the train from Hendaye to Massy Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain Ter
13h 10m€242–482Train
- Take the train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostiatrain E1
- Take the train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Ter
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain Ter
14h 40m€253–451Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Annemassebus
- Take the train from Annemasse to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Colmarbus
23h 38m€172–398Fly Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BIO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmartrain
8h 2m€127–408Fly Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane BIO - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain
8h 30m€120–331Bus to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Biarritzbus
- Fly from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane BIQ - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Colmartrain
9h 46m€185–462Fly Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BIO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain
9h 18m€151–460
Bilbao to Colmar by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Colmar is to bus which costs €110 - €210 and takes 21h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Colmar is to fly and train which takes 6h 19m and costs €85 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Colmar. However, there are services departing from Bilbao Intermodal and arriving at Colmar via Metz. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 39m.
No, there is no direct train from Bilbao to Colmar. However, there are services departing from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao and arriving at Colmar via Amara-Donostia, Hendaye, Massy - Palaiseau, Paris Est and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 10m.
The distance between Bilbao and Colmar is 1404 km. The road distance is 1172.7 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Colmar without a car is to bus and train via Paris which takes 12h 50m and costs €210 - €480.
It takes approximately 12h 50m to get from Bilbao to Colmar, including transfers.
Bilbao to Colmar bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Bilbao Intermodal station.
Bilbao to Colmar train services, operated by Euskotren, depart from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao station.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Colmar is to bus which takes 21h 39m and costs €110 - €210. Alternatively, you can train via Antony, which costs €240 - €490 and takes 13h 10m.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Colmar, France?
You can take a bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Colmar via Metz - Bus Station and Metz in around 21h 39m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Colmar via Amara-Donostia, Hendaia, Hendaye, Massy Tgv, Massy - Palaiseau, Paris Gare Du Nord, Paris Est, and Strasbourg in around 13h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–390
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–390
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–360
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–410
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–360
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Hendaye to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €200–330
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–270
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- 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 Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from St Louis to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +34 944 333 333
- digitala@euskotren.eus
- Website
- euskotren.eus
Train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.euskotren.eus/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Annemasse to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Metz - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Metz to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Metz to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Annemasse
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel SBB to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Bilbao to Colmar bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Metz - Bus Station.
Bilbao to Colmar train services, operated by Euskotren, arrive at Amara-Donostia station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bilbao to Colmar is 1173 km. It takes approximately 11h 42m to drive from Bilbao to Colmar.
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