There are 9 ways to get from Crete to Bilbao by plane, busferry, bus, car ferry, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bilbao Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane HER - BIO
8h 52m€112–324Fly Chania International Airport to Bilbao Airport
cheapest- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane CHQ - BIO
9h 30m€94–372Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Bilbaobus
2d 5hCar ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Bilbaocar
41h 28m€640–990Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, bus
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane HER - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz - Airport Bus Station to Bilbaobus
16h 52m€148–521Fly Sitia Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Fly from Sitia Airport (JSH) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane JSH - BIO
6h 50m€126–379Bus and ferry, bus, train via Montpellier
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Bilbao-Abandotrain Alv
2d 6hBus and ferry, bus, train
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abandotrain Alv
2d 14hBus and ferry, bus, train #2
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessalonikibusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the train from Amara-Donostia to Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbaotrain E1
2d 19h€194–263
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crete to Bilbao is to fly which costs €110 - €330 and takes 8h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to Bilbao is to fly which takes 6h 50m and costs €120 - €380.
The distance between Crete and Bilbao is 2573 km.
The best way to get from Crete to Bilbao without a car is to bus and ferry and bus which takes 2 days 5h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 52m to get from Crete to Bilbao, including transfers.
Bilbao is 1h behind Crete. It is currently 4:02 PM in Crete and 3:02 PM in Bilbao.
There are 1641+ hotels available in Bilbao.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and Bilbao, Spain?
Aegean Airlines, Volotea, and four other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bilbao Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Sitia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bilbao Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–850
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Chania International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bilbao Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–490
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/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
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.euskotren.eus/en
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Montpellier to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Biarritz - Airport Bus Station to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Biarritz - Airport Bus Station to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–30
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €89–90
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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