There are 13 ways to get from Hanover to Bilbao by plane, train, bus, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), car, or car train
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Fly Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport
best- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane HAJ - BIO
7h 36m€122–255Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane HAM - BIO
7h 42m€105–308Train, bus via Paris
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Wuppertal Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Wuppertal Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the bus from Paris to Bilbao Intermodalbus
20h 19m€286–530Train
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Wuppertal Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Wuppertal Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abandotrain Alv
23h 32m€521–900Drive 1,660 km
- Drive from Hanover to Bilbaocar 1,660 km
15h 32m€259–374Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane BRE - BIO
8h 24m€134–286Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane DUS - BIO
7h 41m€128–366Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane FRA - BIO
7h 30m€166–419Fly Hannover Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, bus
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane HAJ - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostiabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Bilbao Intermodalbus
9h 51m€171–479Bus
- Take the bus from Hannover Hbf to Essen Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Brussels-North train stationbus 081
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
23h 31m€118–210Train, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
24h 57m€238–450Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodalbus
29h 16m€152–291Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Frankfurtcartrain
- Drive from Frankfurt to Bilbaocar
18h 1m€315–430
Hanover to Bilbao by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Bilbao is to bus which costs €110 - €210 and takes 23h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Bilbao is to train and fly which takes 7h 30m and costs €160 - €420.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hbf and arriving at Bilbao Intermodal via Essen central train station and Brussels-North train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Hanover to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hbf and arriving at Bilbao-Abando via Wuppertal Hbf, Köln Hbf, Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 32m.
The distance between Hanover and Bilbao is 1411 km. The road distance is 1660 km.
The best way to get from Hanover to Bilbao without a car is to train and bus via Paris which takes 20h 19m and costs €280 - €550.
It takes approximately 7h 36m to get from Hanover to Bilbao, including transfers.
Hanover to Bilbao bus services, operated by East West Eurolines, depart from Hannover Hbf station.
Hanover to Bilbao train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hannover Hbf station.
The best way to get from Hanover to Bilbao is to fly which takes 7h 36m and costs €120 - €260. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €500 - €900 and takes 23h 32m, you could also bus, which costs €110 - €210 and takes 23h 31m.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Bilbao, Spain?
KLM, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Hannover Hbf to Bilbao-Abando via Wuppertal Hbf, Köln Hbf, Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon, and Barcelona-Sants in around 23h 32m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–490
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–500
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Hannover Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Hannover Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–460
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–490
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Hannover Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Hannover Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–650
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bilbao Airport via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–450
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hbf to Wuppertal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wuppertal Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €220–360
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 85 004 3110
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Essen central train station to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Hannover Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- autobuseslaunion.com
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Hanover to Bilbao bus services, operated by East West Eurolines, arrive at Essen Hbf station.
Hanover to Bilbao train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Wuppertal Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hanover to Bilbao is 1660 km. It takes approximately 15h 32m to drive from Hanover to Bilbao.
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