There are 12 ways to get from Bilbao to Turkey by plane, train, bus, car, night train, 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 to Istanbul
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Istanbul (IST)plane BIO - IST
7h 26m₺7,692–16,228Fly to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane BIO - ESB
9h 34m₺5,738–19,274Train, bus via Munich
- Take the train from Bilbao-Abando to Barcelona-Santstrain Alv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
2d 2h₺30,463–49,427Drive 3,170.9 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Istanbulcar 3,170.9 km
31h 9m₺27,634–39,916Fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane BIO - SAW
7h 43m₺6,195–16,251Fly to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane BIO - ADB
8h 37m₺6,163–19,224Fly to Konya Airport
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Konya Airport (KYA)plane BIO - KYA
10h 5m₺6,638–28,344Fly to Antalya Airport
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Antalya Airport (AYT)plane BIO - AYT
10h 18m₺6,142–17,178Bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Grenoblebus
- Take the bus from Grenoble to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Belgrade New Bus Station to Istanbul Hotel Montenegrobus
2d 4h₺13,517–25,451Train, bus
- Take the train from Bilbao-Abando to Barcelona-Santstrain Alv
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Esenler Otogarbus
2d 7hBus, night train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Sibiubus
- Take the night train from Sibiu to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
2d 13h₺10,126–12,961Drive, car train
- Drive from Bilbao to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Istanbulcar
41h 26m₺33,979–48,914
Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Turkey is to fly which costs 6.000 ₺ - 17.000 ₺ and takes 7h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Turkey is to fly which takes 7h 26m and costs 7.500 ₺ - 17.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Turkey. However, there are services departing from Bilbao and arriving at Istanbul Hotel Montenegro via Grenoble and Belgrade New Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Bilbao and Turkey is 2660 km. The road distance is 3170.9 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Turkey without a car is to train and bus via Munich which takes 2 days 2h and costs 30.000 ₺ - 50.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 7h 26m to get from Bilbao to Turkey, including transfers.
Bilbao to Turkey bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bilbao station.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Turkey is to fly which takes 7h 26m and costs 7.500 ₺ - 17.000 ₺. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 13.000 ₺ - 26.000 ₺ and takes 2 days 4h.
Bilbao to Turkey bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Grenoble station.
Turkey is 1h ahead of Bilbao. It is currently 7:30 AM in Bilbao and 8:30 AM in Turkey.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Turkey?
Turkish Airlines flies from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Istanbul (IST) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bilbao to Istanbul Hotel Montenegro via Grenoble, Beograd, Autobuska stanica, and Belgrade New Bus Station in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–28,000
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–30,000
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Konya Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–37,000
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Antalya Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–32,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–22,000
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–23,000
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Konya Airport via Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–28,000
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Antalya Airport via Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–24,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–20,000
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Konya Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–25,000
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Antalya Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–19,000
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–25,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–19,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–19,000
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Antalya Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–20,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Antalya Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–20,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Bilbao-Abando to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–7,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Bilbao-Abando to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–7,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–20,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–16,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Sibiu to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,350–1,500
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,456
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–7,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–6,500
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bilbao to Grenoble
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–8,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Grenoble to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Belgrade New Bus Station to Istanbul Hotel Montenegro
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,700–3,900
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- [email protected]
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 44 371 066
- [email protected]
- Website
- hafettours.mk
Bus from Tirana to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,600–3,100
- Schedules at
- hafettours.mk
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- [email protected]
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Tirana to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,103
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +383 44 777 071
- [email protected]
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Esenler Otogar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,206
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/p/Luks-Tempo-Turizm-61561171973637
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–10,000
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
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