There are 11 ways to get from Kassel to Bilbao by train, plane, bus, car, or train (TGV, Renfe)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Frankfurt, fly
best- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane FRA - BIO
7h 5m€123–400Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Kassel to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillonbus N1335
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Bilbao Intermodalbus BlaBlaCar Bus
26h 4m€119–200Train, bus via Offenburg
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Offenburg to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to St Jean De Luz Cibouretrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbao Intermodalbus
16h 23m€302–545Train, bus
- Take the train from Hofgeismar to Duesseldorf Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Bilbao Intermodalbus
23h 50mDrive 1,587.8 km
- Drive from Kassel to Bilbaocar 1,587.8 km
15h 29m€260–376Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane DUS - BIO
8h 37m€124–353Train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane HAJ - BIO
8h 27m€138–305Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane STR - BIO
9h 10m€150–384Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane AMS - BIO
10h 50m€153–432Train
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abandotrain Alv
23h 51m€321–687Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Dortmund Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodalbus
30h 34m€158–302
Kassel to Bilbao by train, subway, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kassel to Bilbao is to bus which costs €110 - €200 and takes 26h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Kassel to Bilbao is to train and fly which takes 7h 5m and costs €120 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from Kassel to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Kassel and arriving at Bilbao Intermodal via Luxembourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 4m.
No, there is no direct train from Kassel to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Kassel Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Bilbao-Abando via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Offenburg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, Lyon Part Dieu and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 51m.
The distance between Kassel and Bilbao is 1371 km. The road distance is 1587.8 km.
The best way to get from Kassel to Bilbao without a car is to train and bus via Offenburg which takes 16h 23m and costs €300 - €550.
It takes approximately 7h 5m to get from Kassel to Bilbao, including transfers.
Kassel to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kassel station.
Kassel to Bilbao train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe station.
The best way to get from Kassel to Bilbao is to train which takes 23h 51m and costs €320 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €200 and takes 26h 4m.
What companies run services between Kassel, Germany and Bilbao, Spain?
You can take a train from Kassel Hauptbahnhof to Bilbao-Abando via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Offenburg Bahnhof, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, Lyon Part Dieu, and Barcelona-Sants in around 23h 51m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kassel to Bilbao Intermodal via Luxembourg in around 26h 4m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–440
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Offenburg to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to St Jean De Luz Ciboure
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- TGV inOui
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 Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to St Jean De Luz Ciboure
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Hofgeismar to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €210–340
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- [email protected]
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €34
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Luxembourg to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Kassel to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
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Booking & Getting There
Kassel to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon station.
Kassel to Bilbao train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Offenburg Bahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kassel to Bilbao is 1588 km. It takes approximately 15h 29m to drive from Kassel to Bilbao.
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