There are 12 ways to get from Bilbao to Scotland by plane, bus, train, car, car ferry, busferry, 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
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BIO - GLA
7h 4m£60–147Fly Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
cheapest- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane BIO - INV
8h 46m£51–210Bus, train via Bordeaux
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Ter
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
18h 43m£377–668Bus, 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 bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
27h 45m£192–346Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bilbao to Santandercar
- Take the carferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Glasgowcar
29h 23m£213–789Fly Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BIO - EDI
5h 47m£62–172Fly Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane BIO - ABZ
7h 52m£56–219Bus to Santander Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- 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
5h 54m£98–203Bus to San Sebastián Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- 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
7h 22m£110–314Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
- Take the carferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Take the train from Plymouth to Glasgow Centraltrain
34h 21m£419–1,074Car ferry, train, bus and ferry
- Take the carferry from Bilbao to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Take the train from Rosslare Europort to Dublin Connollytrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Centraltrain Ic
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
44h 10mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bilbao to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Glasgowcar
19h 57m£380–508
Bilbao to Scotland by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Scotland is to fly which costs £55 - £150 and takes 7h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Scotland is to fly which takes 5h 47m and costs £60 - £180.
The distance between Bilbao and Scotland is 893 miles.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Scotland without a car is to bus and train via Bordeaux which takes 18h 43m and costs £370 - £700.
It takes approximately 7h 4m to get from Bilbao to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 1h behind Bilbao. It is currently 4:28 PM in Bilbao and 3:28 PM in Scotland.
There are 1575+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Scotland?
easyJet, Vueling Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 5 times a day.
- 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
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- 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 Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–400
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
- £90–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–360
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Monday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- 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
- £90–400
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–300
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–300
- 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
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Glasgow Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–220
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £140–230
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Plymouth to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £320–460
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Rosslare Europort to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- £12–18
Train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- £13–19
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- 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
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
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- 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
- £33
- Website
- ALSA
- Aeropuerto de Santander
- £33
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Translink
- 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 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
- £35–470
- Website
- https://www.brittanyferries.ie/
- Single Ticket
- £35–180
- Car Single Ticket
- £120–470
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