There are 13 ways to get from Bilbao to Holyhead by plane, train, bus, car, car ferry, ferry, train (TGV, Eurostar), or car train
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Fly Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BIO - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Holyheadtrain
8h 17m£91–237Fly Bilbao Airport to Dublin Airport, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BIO - DUB
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry
9h 32m£74–211Bus, train via Paris
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Saint-Jean-de-Luzbus
- Take the train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyheadtrain
16h 13m£346–588Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lille - Europe Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyheadtrain
24h 14m£235–395Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bilbao to Santandercar
- Take the carferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Holyheadcar
27h 54m£179–740Fly Bilbao Airport to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Liverpool (LPL)plane BIO - LPL
- Take the train from Chester to Holyheadtrain
9h 56m£82–242Bus to Santander Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Parada de autobús del aeropuerto de Santanderbus
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SDR - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Holyheadtrain
9h 10m£122–287Fly Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BIO - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyheadtrain
9h 43m£134–348Fly Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BIO - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyheadtrain
9h 30m£123–289Train
- Take the train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostiatrain E1
- Take the train from Hendaye to Massy Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyheadtrain
17h 48m£355–586Car ferry, bus, ferry
- Take the carferry from Bilbao to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Take the bus from Wexford Stn to Ifscbus 740
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
40h 8m£102–561Bus, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
- Take the ferry from Santander to Portsmouthferry
- Take the train from Portsmouth Harbour to Newport (S Wales)train
- Take the train from Newport (S Wales) to Holyheadtrain
43h 35m£333–438Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bilbao to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Holyheadcar
18h 16m£353–462
Bilbao to Holyhead by bus, train, foot, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Holyhead is to fly and ferry which costs £70 - £220 and takes 9h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Holyhead is to fly and train which takes 8h 17m and costs £90 - £240.
No, there is no direct train from Bilbao to Holyhead. However, there are services departing from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao and arriving at Holyhead via Amara-Donostia, Hendaye, Massy - Palaiseau, Paris Nord and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 48m.
The distance between Bilbao and Holyhead is 838 miles.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Holyhead without a car is to bus and train via Paris which takes 16h 13m and costs £340 - £600.
It takes approximately 8h 17m to get from Bilbao to Holyhead, including transfers.
Bilbao to Holyhead train services, operated by Euskotren, depart from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao station.
Holyhead is 1h behind Bilbao. It is currently 9:52 PM in Bilbao and 8:52 PM in Holyhead.
Bilbao to Holyhead train services, operated by Euskotren, arrive at Amara-Donostia station.
There are 937+ hotels available in Holyhead.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Holyhead, Wales?
You can take a train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Holyhead via Amara-Donostia, Hendaia, Hendaye, Massy Tgv, Massy - Palaiseau, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 17h 48m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–290
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–110
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–290
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–110
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Liverpool via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Liverpool via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Liverpool via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Liverpool via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Liverpool via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–250
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Chester to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Newport (S Wales) to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £120–190
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Hendaye to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £120–190
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Chester to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +34 944 333 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- Euskotren
Train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–8
- Website
- Euskotren
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Portsmouth Harbour to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Saint-Jean-de-Luz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Saint-Jean-de-Luz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Parada de autobús del aeropuerto de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £32
- Website
- ALSA
- Aeropuerto de Santander
- £32
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- 053 9142742
- [email protected]
- Website
- Wexford Bus
Bus from Wexford Stn to Ifsc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–21
- Website
- Wexford Bus
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bus Éireann
Bus from Wexford Stn to Ifsc
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £20–27
- Website
- Bus Éireann
- Standard
- £20–27
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £90–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
Car ferry from Bilbao to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–460
- Website
- Brittany Ferries
- Single Ticket
- £35–180
- Car Single Ticket
- £120–460
Ferry from Santander to Portsmouth
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £204
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stena Line
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Stena Line
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Stena Line
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