There are 11 ways to get from Bilbao to Taormina by plane, train, bus, car, car ferry, or night 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 Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BIO - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
8h 6m€88–223Bus to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Bilbao Bolueta to Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Fly from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane VIT - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
9h 27m€65–296Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Saint-Jean-de-Luzbus
- Take the train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Massy Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the bus from Basel to Taorminabus
34h 8m€446–695Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bilbao to Port of Genoacar
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
- Drive from Port of Palermo to Taorminacar
35h 42m€326–481Bus, train, night train
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Chambérybus
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the nighttrain from Milano Centrale to Taormina-Giardininighttrain Ini
38h 9m€241–381Bus to Santander Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Parada de autobús del aeropuerto de Santanderbus
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane SDR - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
9h 39m€89–299Fly Bilbao Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BIO - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
10h 36m€104–402Bus to San Sebastián Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Fly from San Sebastián Airport (EAS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane EAS - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardinitrain
10h 32m€88–328Bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Bayonnebus
- Take the bus from Bayonne to Zurich Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to Taorminabus
40h 7m€298–429Bus via Lyon
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lione to Turin Stura Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Turin Stura Bus Station to Catania Via D'Amico Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Catania via Archimede to Taormina - Via Luigi Pirandellobus
44h 2m€160–288Train, night train
- Take the train from Bilbao-Abando to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain Alv
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the nighttrain from Muenchen Hbf to Firenze Campo Martenighttrain Nj
- Take the nighttrain from Firenze Campo Marte to Taormina-Giardininighttrain Ini
2d 1h€528–931
Bilbao to Taormina by bus, train, and night train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Taormina is to fly and train which costs €85 - €230 and takes 8h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Taormina is to fly and train which takes 8h 6m and costs €85 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Taormina. However, there are services departing from Bilbao and arriving at Taormina via Bayonne and ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 7m.
No, there is no direct train from Bilbao to Taormina. However, there are services departing from Bilbao-Abando and arriving at Taormina-Giardini via Zaragoza-Delicias, Montpellier Saint-Roch, Paris Gare De Lyon, Muenchen Hbf and Firenze Campo Marte. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Bilbao and Taormina is 1707 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Taormina without a car is to bus and train which takes 34h 8m and costs €440 - €700.
It takes approximately 8h 6m to get from Bilbao to Taormina, including transfers.
Bilbao to Taormina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bilbao station.
Bilbao to Taormina train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Bilbao-Abando station.
Bilbao to Taormina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bayonne station.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Taormina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Bilbao to Taormina via Bayonne and ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai in around 40h 7m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Santander Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Santander Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Santander Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Santander Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–260
Flights from Santander Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–250
Flights from Santander Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–180
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Massy Tgv to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Massy Tgv to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Milano Centrale to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Firenze Campo Marte to Taormina-Giardini
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Bilbao-Abando to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Muenchen Hbf to Firenze Campo Marte
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Saint-Jean-de-Luz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Basel to Taormina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €190–270
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to Taormina
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €190–260
- Website
- Onebus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bilbao to Chambéry
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bilbao to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bayonne to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- 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
- €39
- Website
- ALSA
- Aeropuerto de Santander
- €39
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
Bus from Bilbao Bolueta to Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
- 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
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Lione to Turin Stura Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Turin Stura Bus Station to Catania Via D'Amico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +39 0935 22 460
- Website
- interbus.it
Bus from Catania via Archimede to Taormina - Via Luigi Pirandello
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–7
- Schedules at
- interbus.it
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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