There are 11 ways to get from Maidstone to Bilbao by train, plane, bus, car ferry, car, 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.
Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Maidstone East to London Bridgetrain
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LGW - BIO
5h 55m€65–243Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Chatham to Gent-Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Ghent Dampoort to Lillebus 280 / ...
- Take the bus from Lille to Bilbaobus
24h 52m€55–132Train, bus via Antony
- Take the train from Maidstone East to London Charing Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau to Bilbao Intermodalbus
18h 30m€118–426Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Maidstone East to London Victoriatrain
- Take the train from London Victoria to Portsmouth & Southseatrain
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santandercarferry
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodalbus
40h 10m€75–365Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Maidstone to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bilbaocar
12h 48mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Maidstone East to London Charing Crosstrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LHR - BIO
6h 22m€77–286Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Maidstone East to London Bridgetrain
- Take the train from London Bridge to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LTN - BIO
6h 32m€97–318Train to London City Airport, fly
- Take the train from Strood to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LCY - BIO
8h 55m€119–496Train, bus
- Take the train from Strood to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille to Bilbaobus
20h 53m€87–424Train, bus via Irun
- Take the train from Maidstone East to London Victoriatrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendayetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Amara-Donostia to Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbaotrain E1
22h 24m€90–435Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Maidstone to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Bilbaocar
14h 17m€210–322
Maidstone to Bilbao by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Maidstone to Bilbao is to bus which costs €55 - €140 and takes 24h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Maidstone to Bilbao is to train and fly which takes 5h 55m and costs €65 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Maidstone to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Brenchley Gardens and arriving at Bilbao via Chatham, Ghent Dampoort and Lille. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 52m.
The distance between Maidstone and Bilbao is 1012 km.
The best way to get from Maidstone to Bilbao without a car is to train and bus via Antony which takes 18h 30m and costs €110 - €430.
It takes approximately 5h 55m to get from Maidstone to Bilbao, including transfers.
Maidstone to Bilbao bus services, operated by Eurobus SK, depart from Chatham station.
Maidstone to Bilbao bus services, operated by Eurobus SK, arrive at Gent-Dampoort station.
Bilbao is 1h ahead of Maidstone. It is currently 11:37 AM in Maidstone and 12:37 PM in Bilbao.
There are 1674+ hotels available in Bilbao.
What companies run services between Maidstone, England and Bilbao, Spain?
You can take a bus from Brenchley Gardens to Bilbao via Chatham, Gent-Dampoort, Ghent Dampoort, and Lille in around 24h 52m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from London City Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–440
Flights from London City Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–440
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from London City Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–440
Flights from London City Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–440
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–650
Flights from Luton Airport to Bilbao Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London City Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City Airport to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–450
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from Maidstone East to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–65
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Maidstone East to London Charing Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–45
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Maidstone East to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–65
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Strood to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Strood to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–70
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–18
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from London Bridge to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–27
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Strood to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–60
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–18
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
Train from London Victoria to Portsmouth & Southsea
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–55
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–280
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €130–190
- Rail 1st Class
- €200–280
- 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
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lille to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ghent Dampoort to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lille to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Chatham to Gent-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–16
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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