There are 11 ways to get from Nottingham to Bilbao by train, plane, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Nottingham to Manchester Piccadilly
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)MAN - BIO
6h 54m€84–234Bus via Paris
cheapest- Take the bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals450 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Bilbao Intermodal
26h 37m€32–286Train, bus
- Take the train from Nottingham to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to HendayeTgv
- Take the bus from San Sebastián / Donostia to Bilbao Intermodal
13h 48m€181–677Bus
- Take the bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris to Bilbao
25h 12m€48–246Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Nottingham to Plymouth
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Drive from Santander to Bilbao
25h 47m€160–824Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nottingham to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)BHX - BIO
8h 26m€93–216Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nottingham to Kettering
- Take the train from Kettering to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)LTN - BIO
6h 38m€109–299Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nottingham to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)LGW - BIO
7h€78–323Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nottingham to London St Pancras Intl
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)LHR - BIO
7h 28m€84–361Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Nottingham to Southampton Central
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santander
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
41h 59m€130–828Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Nottingham to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bilbao
15h 26m
Nottingham to Bilbao by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nottingham to Bilbao is to bus via Paris which costs €30 - €290 and takes 26h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Nottingham to Bilbao is to train and fly which takes 6h 38m and costs €100 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Nottingham station to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Broad Marsh Bus Station and arriving at Bilbao via London Victoria and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 12m.
The distance between Nottingham and Bilbao is 1281 km.
The best way to get from Nottingham to Bilbao without a car is to train and bus which takes 13h 48m and costs €180 - €700.
It takes approximately 6h 54m to get from Nottingham to Bilbao, including transfers.
Nottingham to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Broad Marsh Bus Station.
Nottingham to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Bilbao is 1h ahead of Nottingham. It is currently 3:41 PM in Nottingham and 4:41 PM in Bilbao.
Book your Nottingham to Bilbao bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
What companies run services between Nottingham, England and Bilbao, Spain?
You can take a bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Bilbao via London Victoria and Paris in around 25h 12m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bilbao Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Luton Airport to Bilbao Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Nottingham to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–75
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–150
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Kettering to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- 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
- €70–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Massy Tgv to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Nottingham to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–220
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–19
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- 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
Bus from San Sebastián / Donostia to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from San Sebastián / Donostia to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- 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
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–101
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Online ticket
- €8–45
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–700
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- €75–100
- Car
- €230–330
- Single Ticket
- €100–220
- Car Single Ticket
- €280–700
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- €90–120
- Car
- €290–410
- Single Ticket
- €90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- €210–600
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