There are 9 ways to get from București to Bilbao by plane, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Bilbao Airport
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane OTP - BIO
8h 38m€72–194Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Liege Gare des Guilleminsbus
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sudtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abandotrain Alv
46h 12m€477–810Drive 2,817.2 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Bilbaocar 2,817.2 km
30h 20m€445–643Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane BBU - BIO
23h 15m€92–214Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT)plane OTP - VIT
- Take the bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Boluetabus
11h€119–406Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Santander Airport, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane OTP - SDR
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
9h 22m€120–264Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT)plane BBU - VIT
- Take the bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Boluetabus
15h 46m€89–126Train, bus
- Take the train from Bucharest to Brașovtrain Bucureşti Nord Gr.A - Braşov
- Take the bus from Braşov to Bilbao Intermodalbus
2d 1h€156–208Bus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Bordeauxbus 1922
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Bilbaobus FlixBus N1721 / ...
2d 10h€289–491
București to Bilbao by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from București to Bilbao is to fly and bus which costs €85 - €130 and takes 15h 46m.
The fastest way to get from București to Bilbao is to fly which takes 8h 38m and costs €70 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from București to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Piata 21 Decembrie 1989 and arriving at Bilbao via București, Autogara Militari and Bordeaux. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 10h.
The distance between București and Bilbao is 2348 km. The road distance is 2817.2 km.
The best way to get from București to Bilbao without a car is to bus and train which takes 46h 12m and costs €470 - €850.
It takes approximately 8h 38m to get from București to Bilbao, including transfers.
București to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from București, Autogara Militari station.
The best way to get from București to Bilbao is to fly which takes 8h 38m and costs €70 - €200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €280 - €500 and takes 2 days 10h.
București to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bordeaux station.
Bilbao is 1h behind București. It is currently 3:35 PM in București and 2:35 PM in Bilbao.
What companies run services between București, Romania and Bilbao, Spain?
Lufthansa, Ulendo Airlink, and two other airlines fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Piata 21 Decembrie 1989 to Bilbao via Valea Cascadelor, București, Autogara Militari, and Bordeaux in around 2d 10h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Santander Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Krakow, Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–110
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Budapest, Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–110
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Budapest, Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–110
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 19m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bilbao Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +40 238 434 380
- [email protected]
- Website
- transferoviarcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–19
- Schedules at
- transferoviarcalatori.ro
- 2nd Class
- €6–11
- 1st Class
- €12–19
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiocalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://regiocalatori.ro/
- Phone
- +40 751 525 520
- [email protected]
- Website
- astratranscarpatic.ro
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Book at
- astratranscarpatic.ro
- Phone
- +40 351 409 153
- [email protected]
- Website
- softrans.ro
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Schedules at
- softrans.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Liege Gare des Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €141
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- autobuseslaunion.com
Bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Bolueta
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
Bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Bolueta
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Braşov to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–190
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €260–440
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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