There are 11 ways to get from Modena to Bilbao by plane, train (Trenitalia, Renfe), bus, 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 Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bilbao Airport
best- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane BLQ - BIO
7h 33m€70–184Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Modena to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane MXP - BIO
7h 22m€52–190Train
- Take the train from Modena to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abandotrain Alv
21h 5m€234–401Bus
- Take the bus from Modena Nord to Cluses Gare Routierebus
- Take the bus from Cluses to Bilbao Intermodalbus BlaBlaCar Bus
23h 40m€121–207Drive 1,413.4 km
- Drive from Modena to Bilbaocar 1,413.4 km
13h 35m€225–324Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane FLR - BIO
6h 48m€81–233Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane VCE - BIO
7h 31m€57–221Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Santander Airport, bus
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane BLQ - SDR
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
7h 48m€67–229Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport, bus
- Take the train from Modena to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT)plane BGY - VIT
- Take the bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Boluetabus
8h 20m€101–401Bus via Chambéry
- Take the bus from Reggio Emilia Train Station to Chambery Central Bus Stationbus Itabus
- Take the bus from Chambéry to Bilbaobus FlixBus N1156
25h 30m€118–264Train, bus
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Padovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Padova to Bilbao Intermodalbus
25h 49m€127–201
Modena to Bilbao by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Modena to Bilbao is to train and fly which costs €50 - €190 and takes 7h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Modena to Bilbao is to train and fly which takes 6h 48m and costs €80 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Modena to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Modena Nord and arriving at Bilbao Intermodal via Cluses. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Modena to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Modena and arriving at Bilbao-Abando via Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 5m.
The distance between Modena and Bilbao is 1199 km. The road distance is 1413.4 km.
The best way to get from Modena to Bilbao without a car is to train which takes 21h 5m and costs €230 - €410.
It takes approximately 7h 33m to get from Modena to Bilbao, including transfers.
Modena to Bilbao bus services, operated by Sellitto, depart from Modena Nord station.
Modena to Bilbao train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Modena station.
The best way to get from Modena to Bilbao is to fly which takes 7h 33m and costs €70 - €190. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €230 - €410 and takes 21h 5m, you could also bus, which costs €120 - €210 and takes 23h 40m.
What companies run services between Modena, Italy and Bilbao, Spain?
Vueling Airlines, Ryanair, and Volotea fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Modena to Bilbao-Abando via Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu, and Barcelona-Sants in around 21h 5m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bilbao Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–120
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–120
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bilbao Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–120
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bilbao Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Bilbao Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–110
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–130
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €21–80
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bilbao Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Modena to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Modena to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Modena to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Modena to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Modena to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Modena to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 0824 46304
- info@sellitto.com
- Website
- sellitto.com
Bus from Modena Nord to Cluses Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Schedules at
- sellitto.com
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Cluses to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- 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/
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–25
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- autobuseslaunion.com
Bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Bolueta
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Reggio Emilia Train Station to Chambery Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Chambéry to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Padova to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Modena to Bilbao bus services, operated by Sellitto, arrive at Cluses Gare Routiere station.
Modena to Bilbao train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Modena to Bilbao is 1413 km. It takes approximately 13h 35m to drive from Modena to Bilbao.
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