There are 9 ways to get from Chartres to Bilbao by train, plane, train (TGV), bus, or car
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Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
best- Take the train from Chartres to Massy - Palaiseautrain
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane ORY - BIO
5h 25m€65–217Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Chartres Pole D'echanges to Orleans Av De Parisbus Autocar
- Take the bus from Orléans - Georges Pompidou Bus Stop to Bilbao Intermodalbus BlaBlaCar Bus
14h 5m€55–152Train
- Take the train from Chartres to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Ter
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendayetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Amara-Donostia to Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbaotrain E1
10h 39m€152–313Train, bus
- Take the train from Chartres to Paris Gare Montparnassetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Paris to Bilbaobus FlixBus N1183 / ...
13h 59m€88–152Drive 799.8 km
- Drive from Chartres to Bilbaocar 799.8 km
8h 29m€128–185Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Chartres to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane CDG - BIO
6h 15m€116–277Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, bus
- Take the train from Chartres to Massy - Palaiseautrain
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane ORY - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz - Airport Bus Station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
6h 52m€151–397Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, bus
- Take the train from Chartres to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane CDG - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz - Airport Bus Station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
7h 37m€152–387Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly to Santander Airport, bus
- Take the train from Chartres to Massy - Palaiseautrain
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane ORY - SDR
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
7h 53m€77–292
Chartres to Bilbao by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chartres to Bilbao is to bus which costs €55 - €160 and takes 14h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Chartres to Bilbao is to train and fly which takes 5h 25m and costs €60 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Chartres to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Chartres Pole D'echanges and arriving at Bilbao Intermodal via Gare d'Orléans - Quai J and Orléans - Georges Pompidou Bus Stop. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Chartres to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Chartres and arriving at Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Hendaia and Amara-Donostia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 39m.
The distance between Chartres and Bilbao is 837 km. The road distance is 799.8 km.
The best way to get from Chartres to Bilbao without a car is to train which takes 10h 39m and costs €150 - €320.
It takes approximately 5h 25m to get from Chartres to Bilbao, including transfers.
Chartres to Bilbao bus services, operated by SNCF Bus, depart from Chartres Pole D'echanges station.
Chartres to Bilbao train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Chartres station.
The best way to get from Chartres to Bilbao is to train which takes 10h 39m and costs €150 - €320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €160 and takes 14h 5m.
What companies run services between Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire, France and Bilbao, Spain?
You can take a train from Chartres to Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Hendaye, Hendaia, and Amara-Donostia in around 10h 39m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Chartres Pole D'echanges to Bilbao Intermodal via Orleans Av De Paris, Gare d'Orléans - Quai J, and Orléans - Georges Pompidou Bus Stop in around 14h 5m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Bilbao Airport via Santiago de Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Bilbao Airport via Santiago de Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–410
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bilbao Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Chartres to Massy - Palaiseau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Chartres to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- 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 Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Chartres to Paris Gare Montparnasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Chartres to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Chartres to Massy - Palaiseau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Chartres to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Chartres to Massy - Palaiseau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €170–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 944 333 333
- digitala@euskotren.eus
- Website
- euskotren.eus
Train from Amara-Donostia to Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.euskotren.eus/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Biarritz - Airport Bus Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Biarritz - Airport Bus Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Orléans - Georges Pompidou Bus Stop to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–17
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Orléans - Georges Pompidou Bus Stop to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- 3635
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Bus from Chartres Pole D'echanges to Orleans Av De Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 (0) 806 70 33 33
- Website
- remi-centrevaldeloire.fr
Bus from Chartres Pole D'echanges to Orleans Av De Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- remi-centrevaldeloire.fr
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Orléans - Georges Pompidou Bus Stop to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
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More Questions & Answers
Chartres to Bilbao bus services, operated by SNCF Bus, arrive at Orleans Av De Paris station.
Chartres to Bilbao train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
Yes, the driving distance between Chartres to Bilbao is 800 km. It takes approximately 8h 29m to drive from Chartres to Bilbao.
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