There are 12 ways to get from Bilbao to Scotland by plane, bus, train, car, car ferry, busferry, or car train
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Fly Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BIO - EDI
5h 19m£72–142Fly Bilbao Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport
cheapest- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane BIO - DND
10h£44–185Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to San Sebastián / Donostiabus
- Take the train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Ter
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
19h 21m£187–662Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bilbao to Santandercar
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Glasgowcar
29h 8m£188–789Bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
31h 54m£63–220Fly Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BIO - GLA
6h 55m£62–142Bus to Santander Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Aeropuerto Santander-S.Ballestbus
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SDR - EDI
5h 54m£80–203Fly Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane BIO - ABZ
8h 33m£77–232Fly Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane BIO - INV
7h 43m£49–192Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.bus
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Take the train from Plymouth to Glasgow Centraltrain
34h 5m£274–946Car ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the car ferry from Bilbao to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Take the bus from Wexford O'Hanrahan Station to Dublin Airport Zone 14bus 740
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport T1 to Grand Central Bus Stand 11bus X1 / ...
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
44h 49mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bilbao to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Glasgowcar
19h 55m
Bilbao to Scotland by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Scotland is to fly which costs £60 - £150 and takes 6h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Scotland is to fly which takes 5h 19m and costs £70 - £150.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Scotland station. However, there are services departing from Bilbao and arriving at Buchanan Bus Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 54m.
The distance between Bilbao and Scotland is 895 miles.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Scotland without a car is to bus and train which takes 19h 21m and costs £180 - £700.
It takes approximately 5h 19m to get from Bilbao to Scotland, including transfers.
Bilbao to Scotland bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bilbao station.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Scotland is to fly which takes 5h 19m and costs £70 - £150. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £60 - £220 and takes 31h 54m.
Bilbao to Scotland bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Scotland is 1h behind Bilbao. It is currently 7:47 AM in Bilbao and 6:47 AM in Scotland.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Scotland?
Vueling Airlines, Aer Lingus, and two other airlines fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bilbao to Buchanan Bus Station via Paris, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and London Victoria in around 31h 54m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Brussels, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–310
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–140
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–140
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–330
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–330
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Brussels, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–310
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £30–50
- Rail 1st Class
- £50–75
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £70–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Plymouth to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £200–330
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to San Sebastián / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- 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 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £21–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–65
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Aeropuerto Santander-S.Ballest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 053 9142742
- info@wexfordbus.com
- Website
- wexfordbus.com
Bus from Wexford O'Hanrahan Station to Dublin Airport Zone 14
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- Wexford Bus
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Bus from Dublin Airport T1 to Grand Central Bus Stand 11
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- £65–85
- Car
- £200–290
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
Car ferry from Bilbao to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- Brittany Ferries
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