There are 11 ways to get from Bilbao to Oban by plane, bus, train, car, car ferry, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport, bus
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BIO - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Corran Hallsbus
10h 52m£62–158Bus, train via Edinburgh
- 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 King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the bus from George Street to Oban Bus Stationbus
27h 50m£299–480Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bilbao to Santandercar
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Obancar
31h 15m£244–830Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bilbao to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Obancar
21h 49m£401–540Fly Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BIO - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Corran Hallsbus
9h 15m£65–171Bus to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Biarritzbus
- Fly from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BIQ - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Corran Hallsbus
10h 45m£84–247Bus to Santander Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Parada de autobús del aeropuerto de Santanderbus
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SDR - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Corran Hallsbus
9h 40m£70–179Bus to San Sebastián Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Fly from San Sebastián Airport (EAS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane EAS - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Corran Hallsbus
11h 3m£103–343Fly Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport, bus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane BIO - INV
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Oban Bus Stationbus
13h 12m£68–208Bus, 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 King's Cross to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
29h£276–521Bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 976
35h 28m£152–368
Bilbao to Oban by bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Oban is to fly and bus which costs £60 - £180 and takes 9h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Oban is to fly and bus which takes 9h 15m and costs £60 - £180.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Oban station. However, there are services departing from Bilbao and arriving at Bus Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), London Victoria and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 28m.
The distance between Bilbao and Oban is 978 miles.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Oban without a car is to bus and train via Edinburgh which takes 27h 50m and costs £290 - £480.
It takes approximately 10h 52m to get from Bilbao to Oban, including transfers.
Bilbao to Oban bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bilbao station.
Bilbao to Oban bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Oban is 1h behind Bilbao. It is currently 2:16 PM in Bilbao and 1:16 PM in Oban.
Book your Bilbao to Oban bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland?
You can take a bus from Bilbao to Bus Station via Paris, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), London Victoria, and Buchanan Bus Station in around 35h 28m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–410
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–410
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–310
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–250
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–360
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–410
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–310
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £35–110
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £80–170
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Oban
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Corran Halls
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from George Street to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Corran Halls
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Corran Halls
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Corran Halls
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Corran Halls
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £85–160
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £85–160
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bilbao to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Parada de autobús del aeropuerto de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- 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
- £10–15
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- £18–35
- 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
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