There are 11 ways to get from Inverness to Donostia / San Sebastián by plane, bus, train (Eurostar, TGV), car, car ferry, 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 Inverness Dalcross Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, bus
best- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane INV - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostiabus
9h 9m€111–448Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane INV - BIO
- Take the bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastiánbus
9h 5m€83–277Train
- Take the train from Inverness to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendayetrain Tgv
17h 49m€488–815Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to San Sebastián - Bus Stationbus
32h€158–475Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Inverness to Plymouthcar
- Take the carferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Donostia / San Sebastiáncar
33h 7m€309–1,003Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, bus
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane EDI - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostiabus
10h 12m€130–368Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane INV - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendayetrain
11h 34m€156–326Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane ABZ - BIO
- Take the bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastiánbus
11h 54m€125–394Train via Lille
- Take the train from Inverness to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Massy Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to Hendayetrain Tgv
19h 24m€505–807Train, bus
- Take the train from Inverness to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
25h 40m€415–670Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Inverness to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Donostia / San Sebastiáncar
21h 49m€464–618
Inverness to Donostia / San Sebastián by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Donostia / San Sebastián is to fly and bus which costs €80 - €280 and takes 9h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Donostia / San Sebastián is to fly and bus which takes 9h 5m and costs €80 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Inverness station to Donostia / San Sebastián station. However, there are services departing from Bus Station Stance 3 and arriving at San Sebastián - Bus Station via Edinburgh, Bus Station, London Victoria, Dover and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h.
No, there is no direct train from Inverness to Donostia / San Sebastián. However, there are services departing from Inverness and arriving at Amara-Donostia via London St Pancras Intl, Gare du Nord, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 and Hendaia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 49m.
The distance between Inverness and Donostia / San Sebastián is 1635 km.
The best way to get from Inverness to Donostia / San Sebastián without a car is to train which takes 17h 49m and costs €480 - €850.
It takes approximately 9h 9m to get from Inverness to Donostia / San Sebastián, including transfers.
Inverness to Donostia / San Sebastián bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bus Station Stance 3.
Inverness to Donostia / San Sebastián train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Inverness station.
The best way to get from Inverness to Donostia / San Sebastián is to train which takes 17h 49m and costs €480 - €850. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €150 - €480 and takes 32h.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Donostia / San Sebastián, Spain?
You can take a train from Inverness to Amara-Donostia via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Hendaye, and Hendaia in around 17h 49m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to San Sebastián - Bus Station via Edinburgh, Bus Station, London Victoria, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 32h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–700
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–440
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–470
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–470
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–450
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €230–320
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €230–320
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Massy Tgv to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Europe to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €210–350
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €137
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Biarritz to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- €35–70
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- [email protected]
- Website
- Park's of Hamilton
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- Park's of Hamilton
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Phone
- +34 900 121 400
- [email protected]
Bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
Bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–700
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €100–230
- Car Single Ticket
- €290–700
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More Questions & Answers
Inverness to Donostia / San Sebastián bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Donostia / San Sebastián is 1h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 3:06 PM in Inverness and 4:06 PM in Donostia / San Sebastián.
Inverness to Donostia / San Sebastián train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
Book your Inverness to Donostia / San Sebastián bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
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