There are 11 ways to get from Inverness to Bilbao by plane, train, bus, car, car ferry, train (Eurostar, TGV), ferry, or car 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 from Inverness Dalcross Airport
best- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane INV - BIO
7h 30m€147–192Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane EDI - BIO
8h 54m€96–292Train, bus
- Take the train from Inverness to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to St Jean De Luz Cibouretrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbao Intermodalbus
19h 46m€533–835Bus, train
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Haymarketbus
- Take the train from Haymarket to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
30h 25m€349–576Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Inverness to Plymouthcar
- Take the carferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Bilbaocar
32h 8m€312–993Train to Glasgow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Inverness to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane GLA - BIO
10h 25m€148–323Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane ABZ - BIO
10h 32m€115–311Train
- Take the train from Inverness to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to Hendayetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Amara-Donostia to Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbaotrain E1
20h 52m€542–827Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris to Bilbaobus
34h 36m€184–312Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Inverness to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbourtrain
- Take the ferry from Portsmouth to Santanderferry
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
2d 1h€445–550Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Inverness to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bilbaocar
22h 45m€493–660
Inverness to Bilbao by train, subway, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Bilbao is to fly which costs €140 - €200 and takes 7h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Bilbao is to fly which takes 7h 30m and costs €140 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Inverness station to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Bus Station Stance 3 and arriving at Bilbao via Edinburgh, Bus Station, London Victoria and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 36m.
No, there is no direct train from Inverness to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Inverness and arriving at Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Massy Tgv, Hendaia and Amara-Donostia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 52m.
The distance between Inverness and Bilbao is 1612 km.
The best way to get from Inverness to Bilbao without a car is to train and bus which takes 19h 46m and costs €500 - €850.
It takes approximately 7h 30m to get from Inverness to Bilbao, including transfers.
Inverness to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bus Station Stance 3.
Inverness to Bilbao train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Inverness station.
The best way to get from Inverness to Bilbao is to fly which takes 7h 30m and costs €140 - €200. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €500 - €850 and takes 20h 52m, you could also bus, which costs €180 - €320 and takes 34h 36m.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Bilbao, Spain?
KLM, Airbus France, and five other airlines fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Inverness to Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Massy - Palaiseau, Massy Tgv, Hendaye, Hendaia, and Amara-Donostia in around 20h 52m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–480
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–430
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €230–320
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €230–320
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to St Jean De Luz Ciboure
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Massy Tgv to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to St Jean De Luz Ciboure
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Haymarket to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +34 944 333 333
- digitala@euskotren.eus
- Website
- Euskotren
Train from Amara-Donostia to Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Euskotren
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €139
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €139
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- €35–70
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- Park's of Hamilton
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- Park's of Hamilton
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–700
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €110–230
- Car Single Ticket
- €290–700
Ferry from Portsmouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €244
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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Booking & Getting There
Inverness to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Bilbao is 1h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 8:39 PM in Inverness and 9:39 PM in Bilbao.
Inverness to Bilbao train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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