There are 13 ways to get from Bilbao to Greece by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BIO - ATH
6h 32m€76–211Train, bus
- Take the train from Bilbao-Abando to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain Alv
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athensbus
43h 13mDrive 3,292.9 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Athenscar 3,292.9 km
33h 48m€585–844Fly Bilbao Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane BIO - HER
8h 38m€113–304Fly Bilbao Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane BIO - SKG
8h 29m€89–194Fly Bilbao Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane BIO - RHO
7h 59m€143–285Bus to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Biarritzbus
- Fly from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BIQ - ATH
10h 26m€91–309Fly Bilbao Airport to Ioannina National Airport
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Ioannina National Airport (IOA)plane BIO - IOA
8h 53m€118–381Train, bus via Karlsruhe
- Take the train from Bilbao-Abando to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain Alv
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
2d 1hBus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to San Sebastián / Donostiabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Athens Karoloubus
2d 7h€152–217Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostiatrain E1
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stopbus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
2d 9h€154–216Train, bus #3
- Take the train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostiatrain E1
- Take the bus from San Sebastian Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Athensbus
2d 9h€173–225Drive, car train
- Drive from Bilbao to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
35h 3m€630–889
Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Greece is to fly which costs €75 - €220 and takes 6h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Greece is to fly which takes 6h 32m and costs €75 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Greece. However, there are services departing from Bilbao Intermodal and arriving at Athens Karolou via Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián and Sofia Serdica Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Bilbao and Greece is 2379 km. The road distance is 3292.9 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Greece without a car is to train and bus which takes 43h 13m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 32m to get from Bilbao to Greece, including transfers.
Bilbao to Greece bus services, operated by Avanza Gipuzkoa, depart from Bilbao Intermodal station.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Greece is to fly which takes 6h 32m and costs €75 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €150 - €220 and takes 2 days 7h.
Bilbao to Greece bus services, operated by Avanza Gipuzkoa, arrive at San Sebastián / Donostia station.
Greece is 1h ahead of Bilbao. It is currently 4:13 PM in Bilbao and 5:13 PM in Greece.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Greece?
Volotea and Aegean Airlines fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Athens Karolou via San Sebastián / Donostia, Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián, Sofia, and Sofia Serdica Bus Station in around 2d 7h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport via Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
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
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- 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
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- 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
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.euskotren.eus/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- + 21 0524 9268
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bilbao to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Bilbao to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to San Sebastián / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +383 44 135 228
- zhitia-turist@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- sharrtravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to San Sebastián / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Athens Karolou
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Athens Karolou
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from San Sebastian Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- en.tourist-service.com
Bus from Sofia to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €68
- Website
- https://en.tourist-service.com/
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