There are 10 ways to get from Ljubljana to Bilbao by plane, bus, train, car, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Ljubljana
best- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LJU - BIO
9h 48m€164–345Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane VCE - BIO
7h 33m€68–827Bus, train
- Take the bus from Ljubljana Dolgi most to Venezia Mestrebus
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abandotrain Alv
24h 52m€273–474Bus
- Take the bus from Ljubljana Central Bus Station to Treviso Airport Canovabus
- Take the bus from Treviso, Aeroporto to Padovabus 101
- Take the bus from Padova to Bilbao Intermodalbus
28h 6m€147–205Drive 1,698.5 km
- Drive from Ljubljana to Bilbaocar 1,698.5 km
17h 55m€269–388Shuttle to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane TRS - BIO
9h 4m€70–619Bus to Graz Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Graz Airportbus
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane GRZ - BIO
9h 38m€410–1,017Shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane ZAG - BIO
8h 43m€89–677Bus, train via Turin
- Take the bus from Ljubljana Dolgi most to Ronchi dei Legionari, Trieste Airport Friuli Venezia Giuliabus
- Take the train from Trieste Airport to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sudtrain Ter
- Take the train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abandotrain Alv
25h 54m€294–634Bus via Bordeaux
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to Bordeauxbus 1922
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Bilbaobus FlixBus N1721 / ...
34h€179–299
Ljubljana to Bilbao by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ljubljana to Bilbao is to bus which costs €140 - €210 and takes 28h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Ljubljana to Bilbao is to shuttle and fly which takes 7h 33m and costs €65 - €850.
No, there is no direct bus from Ljubljana station to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Ljubljana Central Bus Station and arriving at Bilbao Intermodal via Treviso, Aeroporto and Padova. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 6m.
The distance between Ljubljana and Bilbao is 1444 km. The road distance is 1698.5 km.
The best way to get from Ljubljana to Bilbao without a car is to bus and train which takes 24h 52m and costs €270 - €480.
It takes approximately 9h 48m to get from Ljubljana to Bilbao, including transfers.
Ljubljana to Bilbao bus services, operated by TripstAir, depart from Ljubljana Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Ljubljana to Bilbao is to fly which takes 9h 48m and costs €160 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €140 - €210 and takes 28h 6m.
Ljubljana to Bilbao bus services, operated by TripstAir, arrive at Treviso Airport Canova station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ljubljana to Bilbao is 1699 km. It takes approximately 17h 55m to drive from Ljubljana to Bilbao.
What companies run services between Ljubljana, Slovenia and Bilbao, Spain?
Vueling Airlines, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ljubljana Central Bus Station to Bilbao Intermodal via Treviso Airport Canova, Treviso, Aeroporto, and Padova in around 28h 6m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–420
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–360
Flights from Graz Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–470
Flights from Graz Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–260
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Graz Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Bilbao Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–260
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Graz Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Graz Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–110
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–420
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €21–130
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- 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
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
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Airport to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- 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
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- zou.maregionsud.fr
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://zou.maregionsud.fr/en/
- Phone
- +38670511611
- [email protected]
- Website
- tripstair.com
Bus from Ljubljana Dolgi most to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- https://tripstair.com/
Bus from Ljubljana Central Bus Station to Treviso Airport Canova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://tripstair.com/
Bus from Ljubljana Dolgi most to Ronchi dei Legionari, Trieste Airport Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- https://tripstair.com/
- Phone
- +39 0422 588311
- [email protected]
- Website
- mobilitadimarca.it
Bus from Treviso, Aeroporto to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://mobilitadimarca.it/en/
- 2nd Class
- €4–6
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Padova to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +386 40 121 900
- [email protected]
- Website
- slovenija.eu.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €180–320
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- €250
- 4-8 persons
- €300
Shuttle from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- €170
- 4-8 persons
- €220
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- €170
- 4-8 persons
- €220
- Phone
- +386 070740450
- [email protected]
- Website
- easydrive.si
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
Shuttle from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €49–700
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €49
- Private
- €199
Shuttle from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €160–410
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- €204
Bus from Ljubljana to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €260–700
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- €270
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–470
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €28–75
- Private
- €140–180
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- 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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