There are 10 ways to get from Bilbao to Novalja by plane, bus, train, ferry, car, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Split Airport, bus
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Split Airport (SPU)plane BIO - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvorbus
11h 15m€106–238Fly to Zadar Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane BIO - ZAD
- Take the bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvorbus
10h 55m€89–250Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the train from Hendaye to Massy Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novaljaferry
29h 36m€379–631Drive 1,981.1 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Novaljacar 1,981.1 km
21h 49m€314–453Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BIO - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novaljaferry
13h 6m€167–913Fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BIO - ZAG
- Take a shuttle bus from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novaljaferry
13h 39m€313–815Fly to Pula Airport, ferry
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Pula Airport (PUY)plane BIO - PUY
- Take the ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Mali Losinjferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Mali Losinj to Novaljaferry
14h 55m€139–273Bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Triestebus
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvorbus
34h 3mBus, ferry via Bordeaux
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Venice - Mestre Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Stazione Mestre to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Rovinj to Port of Mali Losinjferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Mali Losinj to Novaljaferry
35h 3m€310–1,151Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Rovinj to Port of Mali Losinjferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Mali Losinj to Novaljaferry
35h 18m€513–1,137
Bilbao to Novalja by bus, foot, train, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Novalja is to fly and bus which costs €85 - €250 and takes 10h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Novalja is to fly and bus which takes 10h 55m and costs €85 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Novalja. However, there are services departing from Bilbao Intermodal and arriving at Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor via Padova, Trieste, Autostazione and Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 3m.
The distance between Bilbao and Novalja is 1818 km. The road distance is 1981.1 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Novalja without a car is to bus and train and ferry which takes 29h 36m and costs €370 - €650.
It takes approximately 11h 15m to get from Bilbao to Novalja, including transfers.
Bilbao to Novalja bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, depart from Bilbao Intermodal station.
Bilbao to Novalja bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, arrive at Padova station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bilbao to Novalja is 1981 km. It takes approximately 21h 49m to drive from Bilbao to Novalja.
There are 4555+ hotels available in Novalja.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Novalja, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor via Padova, Trieste, Trieste, Autostazione, Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor, and Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor in around 34h 3m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Split Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zadar Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zadar Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Wednesday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zadar Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Pula Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Pula Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Pula Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hendaye to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Massy Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +385 91 616 0990
- [email protected]
- Website
- antoniotours.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–65
- Schedules at
- antoniotours.hr
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Schedules at
- antoniotours.hr
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €96–700
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €96
- Private
- €223
Shuttle from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–550
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Bus from Stazione Mestre to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €123–800
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €123
- Private
- €518
Bus from Padova to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €340–900
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- [email protected]
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €1–21
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- 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 Bilbao Intermodal to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Padova to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Venice - Mestre Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24–60
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- [email protected]
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Rijeka to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
Ferry from Rijeka to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
Ferry from Rijeka to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Phone
- +385 21 645 476
- [email protected]
- Website
- krilo.hr
Ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Mali Losinj
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://krilo.hr/en
- Phone
- +39 0721.21332
- [email protected]
- Website
- gomoviaggi.com
Ferry from Port of Mali Losinj to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–30
- Schedules at
- gomoviaggi.com
Ferry from Port of Mali Losinj to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–30
- Schedules at
- gomoviaggi.com
Ferry from Port of Mali Losinj to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–30
- Schedules at
- gomoviaggi.com
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- [email protected]
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Port of Rovinj to Port of Mali Losinj
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Port of Rovinj to Port of Mali Losinj
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
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