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 Zadar Airport, bus
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane BIO - ZAD
- Take the bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvorbus
13h 27m€84–269Bus, train, ferry
- 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 Est to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novaljaferry
28h 31m€343–626Drive 1,981.1 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Novaljacar 1,981.1 km
21h 51m€324–468Fly to Split Airport, bus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Split Airport (SPU)plane BIO - SPU
- Take the bus from Split Bus Station to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvorbus
10h 57m€89–216Fly 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
12h 48m€167–647Fly to Rijeka Airport, ferry
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane BIO - RJK
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novaljaferry
11h 51m€142–547Fly 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 31m€333–629Bus
- 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€293–845Bus, 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€519–833
Bilbao to Novalja by bus, train, foot, subway, and ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Novalja is to fly and bus which costs €80 - €270 and takes 13h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Novalja is to fly and bus which takes 10h 57m and costs €85 - €220.
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 1561 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 28h 31m and costs €340 - €650.
It takes approximately 13h 27m 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 51m to drive from Bilbao to Novalja.
There are 2671+ 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
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zadar Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zadar Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–480
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Rijeka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–490
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–340
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €21–150
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €21–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zadar Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Rijeka Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–480
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €21–100
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- 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
- €150–230
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- 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
- €130–230
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +385 91 616 0990
- [email protected]
- Website
- antoniotours.hr
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Schedules at
- antoniotours.hr
Bus from Split Bus Station to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Schedules at
- antoniotours.hr
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Split Bus Station to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €1–21
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- 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
- €10–17
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Venice - Mestre Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- 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
- €12–18
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €96–450
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €96
- Private
- €223
Shuttle from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–350
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Stazione Mestre to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €123–550
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €123
- Private
- €518
Bus from Padova to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €340–600
- Website
- GoOpti
- 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
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- [email protected]
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Rijeka to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Rijeka to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Rijeka to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Rijeka to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- Jadrolinija
- 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
- €35–65
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Port of Rovinj to Port of Mali Losinj
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
- Phone
- +39 0721.21332
- [email protected]
- Website
- gomoviaggi.com
Ferry from Port of Mali Losinj to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26
- Schedules at
- gomoviaggi.com
Ferry from Port of Mali Losinj to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26
- Schedules at
- gomoviaggi.com
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