There are 10 ways to get from Bilbao to Metz by bus, train, car, plane, or train (TGV)
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Bus, train
best- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to San Sebastián / Donostia
- Take the train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Metz VilleTgv
11h 9m€110–333Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to MetzN215 / ...
17h 50m€23–165Drive 1,170.5 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Metz1,170.5 km
12h 6m€182–262Fly Bilbao Airport to Luxembourg, bus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Luxembourg (LUX)BIO - LUX
- Take the bus from Kirchberg, Réimerwee to Thionville, Foch Kiosque
7h 25m€85–221Train
- Take the train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-DonostiaE1
- Take the train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St JeanTer
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Lorraine TgvTgv
14h 46m€138–333Bus via Reims
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Reims - Champagne Ardenne Train StationBlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Reims - Champagne Ardenne TGV to MetzN90 / ...
17h 55m€46–92Fly Bilbao Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)BIO - CDG
- Take the train from Paris Est to Metz Ville
7h 10m€129–404Fly Bilbao Airport to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)BIO - ORY
- Take the train from Paris Est to Metz Ville
7h 5m€101–349Bus to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, fly to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Biarritz - Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)BIQ - ORY
- Take the train from Paris Est to Metz Ville
8h€165–517Fly Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Frankfurt (FRA)BIO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Take the train from Forbach to Metz Ville
9h 31m€154–348
Bilbao to Metz by bus, foot, train, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Metz is to bus via Reims which costs €45 - €95 and takes 17h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Metz is to fly and train which takes 7h 5m and costs €100 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Metz. However, there are services departing from Bilbao Intermodal and arriving at Metz via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 50m.
The distance between Bilbao and Metz is 1213 km. The road distance is 1170.5 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Metz without a car is to bus and train which takes 11h 9m and costs €110 - €340.
It takes approximately 11h 9m to get from Bilbao to Metz, including transfers.
Bilbao to Metz bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Bilbao Intermodal station.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Metz is to bus which takes 17h 50m and costs €22 - €170. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €130 - €340 and takes 14h 46m.
Bilbao to Metz bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bilbao to Metz is 1170 km. It takes approximately 12h 6m to drive from Bilbao to Metz.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Metz, France?
You can take a bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Metz via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 17h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Metz Ville via Amara-Donostia, Hendaia, Hendaye, Bordeaux St Jean, Lorraine Tgv, and Lorraine Tgv in around 14h 46m.
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–420
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Luxembourg via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–410
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- 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
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Lorraine Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- 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
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- 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 Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- 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 38m
- 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
- 2nd Class
- €35–60
- Rail 1st Class
- €60–85
Train from Forbach to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17
- 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
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.euskotren.eus/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–19
- 1st Class
- €23–40
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to San Sebastián / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Metz
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Reims - Champagne Ardenne TGV to Metz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Biarritz - Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–105
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Online ticket
- €8–45
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- service@mobiliteit.lu
- Website
- mobiliteit.lu
Bus from Kirchberg, Réimerwee to Thionville, Foch Kiosque
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.mobiliteit.lu/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Reims - Champagne Ardenne Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Reims - Champagne Ardenne TGV to Metz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–30
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bilbao to Biarritz - Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–30
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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