There are 10 ways to get from Bilbao to Athens by plane, bus, train, car ferry, or car
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 Bilbao Airport
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BIO - ATH
6h 32m€76–241Bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Santsbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athensbus
45h 1mTrain, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Bilbao-Abando to Barcelona-Santstrain Alv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Bari Centraletrain Fr
- Take the carferry from Port of Bari to Port of Igoumenitsacarferry
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
2d€453–708Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Stazione Padova to Veneziabus 53E
- Take the carferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
- Take the bus from Patras to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
2d 18h€332–457Bus to Santander Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Parada de autobús del aeropuerto de Santanderbus
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SDR - ATH
9h 10m€137–377Bus to Pamplona Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Pamplona / Iruñabus
- Fly from Pamplona Airport (PNA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane PNA - ATH
11h 13m€150–773Bus to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Biarritz - Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BIQ - ATH
11h 50m€120–329Bus to San Sebastián Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Fly from San Sebastián Airport (EAS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane EAS - ATH
11h 35m€131–396Bus via Barcelona
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athensbus
2d 7hDrive 3,292.7 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Athenscar 3,292.7 km
33h 49m€618–893
Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Athens is to fly which costs €75 - €250 and takes 6h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Athens is to fly which takes 6h 32m and costs €75 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Athens. However, there are services departing from Bilbao Intermodal and arriving at Athens via Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants, Terminal D and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 1m.
The distance between Bilbao and Athens is 2370 km. The road distance is 3292.7 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Athens without a car is to bus which takes 45h 1m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 32m to get from Bilbao to Athens, including transfers.
Bilbao to Athens bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Bilbao Intermodal station.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Athens is to fly which takes 6h 32m and costs €75 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 45h 1m.
Bilbao to Athens bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Bilbao. It is currently 9:35 AM in Bilbao and 10:35 AM in Athens.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Athens, Greece?
Volotea, Aegean Airlines, and easyJet fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Athens via Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants, Tirana, Terminal D, Sheshi Shqiponja, and Tirana in around 45h 1m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Santander Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Pamplona Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from Pamplona Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Santander Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Pamplona Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from Pamplona Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Santander Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Santander Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Athens International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Bilbao-Abando to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Parada de autobús del aeropuerto de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €39
- Website
- ALSA
- Aeropuerto de Santander
- €39
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- [email protected]
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- [email protected]
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- + 21 0524 9268
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Stazione Padova to Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- ACTV — Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano
- Phone
- + 381 31 510 060
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stazione Padova to Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €1–3
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2616 001 600
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTEL of Achaia S.A.
Bus from Patras to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- KTEL of Achaia S.A.
- Phone
- +34 945 18 20 60
- [email protected]
- Website
- alavabus.eus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Pamplona / Iruña
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Schedules at
- alavabus.eus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Biarritz - Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Biarritz - Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 900 121 400
- [email protected]
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +302110120492
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ventouris Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- Ventouris Ferries
- Phone
- +30 2108919800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €190–270
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
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