There are 11 ways to get from Bilbao to Merano by plane, shuttle, bus, train, car, or train (Renfe, TGV)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane BIO - MXP
- Take a shuttle bus from Malpensa Airport - Milan to Merano
9h 6m€87–227Bus, train via Angoulême
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Angoulême - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Angouleme to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 60
- Take the train from München Hbf to Bolzano-Bozentrain 89
23h 54m€296–427Bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Milan Bergamo - Airportbus
- Take the bus from Bergamo to Meranbus 407
26h€105–157Drive 1,529.4 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Meranocar 1,529.4 km
16h 10m€237–342Fly Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BIO - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bolzano Bozentrain
8h 54m€107–367Bus to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, shuttle
- Take the bus from Bilbao Bolueta to Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Fly from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane VIT - BGY
- Take a shuttle bus from Orio al Serio Airport to Merano
8h 44m€105–315Fly Bilbao Airport to Innsbruck Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane BIO - INN
- Take the train from Vipiteno Val Vizze/Sterzing Pfitsch to Merano Merantrain
11h 11m€164–358Fly Bilbao Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BIO - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Bolzano-Bozentrain
10h 45m€166–365Bus via Chambéry
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Chambérybus
- Take the bus from Chambéry to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Meranbus 407
27h 30m€106–186Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Padovabus
- Take the train from Padova to Bolzano-Bozentrain 89
28h 36m€107–124Train
- 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 Baden-Badentrain Tgv
- Take the train from Baden-Baden to München Hbftrain 60
- Take the train from München Hbf to Bolzano-Bozentrain 89
29h 4m€321–458
Bilbao to Merano by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Merano is to bus and train which costs €100 - €130 and takes 28h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Merano is to bus and fly and shuttle which takes 8h 44m and costs €100 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Merano. However, there are services departing from Bilbao and arriving at Meran via Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop and Bergamo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h.
No, there is no direct train from Bilbao to Merano. However, there are services departing from Bilbao-Abando and arriving at Merano Meran via Zaragoza-Delicias, Avignon Tgv, Baden-Baden, München Hbf and Bolzano Bozen. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 4m.
The distance between Bilbao and Merano is 1338 km. The road distance is 1529.4 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Merano without a car is to bus and train via Angoulême which takes 23h 54m and costs €290 - €430.
It takes approximately 9h 6m to get from Bilbao to Merano, including transfers.
Bilbao to Merano bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Bilbao station.
Bilbao to Merano train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Bilbao-Abando station.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Merano is to bus which takes 26h and costs €100 - €160. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €320 - €460 and takes 29h 4m.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Merano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy?
You can take a bus from Bilbao to Meran via Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop and Bergamo in around 26h. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bilbao-Abando to Merano Meran via Zaragoza-Delicias, Avignon Tgv, Baden-Baden, München Hbf, and Bolzano Bozen in around 29h 4m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–140
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–140
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–140
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–140
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–120
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Munich International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Angouleme to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €150–200
- 1st Class
- €190–240
Train from Avignon Tgv to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €120–160
- 1st Class
- €160–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Bolzano-Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ostbahnhof to Bolzano-Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Padova to Bolzano-Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €46–51
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Baden-Baden to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Vipiteno Val Vizze/Sterzing Pfitsch to Merano Meran
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €30–40
- Smart Flex
- €30–40
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €14–18
- Smart Flex
- €15–19
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €50–75
- 2nd Class
- €30–40
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39 0471 305604
- info@suedtirolbus.it
- Website
- clevertransfer.eu
Shuttle from Malpensa Airport - Milan to Merano
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://clevertransfer.eu/en/
Shuttle from Orio al Serio Airport to Merano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://clevertransfer.eu/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 San Sebastián - Bus Station to Angoulême - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bilbao to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Milan Bergamo - Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bergamo to Meran
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Chambéry
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chambéry to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Meran
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
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Bilbao to Merano bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop station.
Bilbao to Merano train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Zaragoza-Delicias station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bilbao to Merano is 1529 km. It takes approximately 16h 10m to drive from Bilbao to Merano.
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