There are 12 ways to get from Patras to Bilbao by bus, plane, car ferry, car, train, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Preveza Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
best- Take the bus from Patras to Lefkádabus
- Fly from Preveza Airport (PVK) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane PVK - BIO
13h 30m€90–316Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Anconacarferry
- Drive from Port of Ancona to Bilbaocar
37h 26m€387–562Bus, train
- Take the bus from Patra to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendayetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Bilbao Intermodalbus
40h 59mFerry, train
- Take the ferry from Patras to Bari M.maferry Asf
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa 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
44h 43m€411–723Bus to Preveza Airport, fly to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Patras to Lefkádabus
- Fly from Preveza Airport (PVK) to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT)plane PVK - VIT
- Take the bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Boluetabus
33h 45m€191–598Bus to Kalamata International Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the bus from Káto Achaḯa to Kalamatabus
- Fly from Kalamata International Airport (KLX) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane KLX - BIO
14h 9m€159–408Fly Patras Araxos Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Fly from Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane GPA - BIO
8h 58m€200–539Bus to Ioannina National Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the bus from Aigio to Ioanninabus
- Fly from Ioannina National Airport (IOA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane IOA - BIO
22h 13m€197–809Bus
- Take the bus from Patras to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Tarragona - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tarragona to Bilbao Intermodalbus
47h 7mBus via Barcelona
- Take the bus from Patras to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Bilbao Intermodalbus
2d 2hCar ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Venicecarferry
- Take the bus from Venezia to Stazione Padovabus 53E
- Take the bus from Padova to Bilbao Intermodalbus
2d 13h€270–380Drive 3,004.3 km
- Drive from Patras to Bilbaocar 3,004.3 km
35h 50m€545–788
Patras to Bilbao by ferry, foot, bus, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Patras to Bilbao is to bus and fly which costs €90 - €320 and takes 13h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Patras to Bilbao is to fly which takes 8h 58m and costs €200 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Patras to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Patras and arriving at Bilbao Intermodal via Materniteti, Tirana and Tarragona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 7m.
The distance between Patras and Bilbao is 2227 km. The road distance is 3004.3 km.
The best way to get from Patras to Bilbao without a car is to bus and train which takes 40h 59m and costs .
It takes approximately 13h 30m to get from Patras to Bilbao, including transfers.
Patras to Bilbao bus services, operated by Top Lines, depart from Patras station.
The best way to get from Patras to Bilbao is to fly which takes 8h 58m and costs €200 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 47h 7m.
Patras to Bilbao bus services, operated by Top Lines, arrive at Tirana station.
Bilbao is 1h behind Patras. It is currently 8:34 AM in Patras and 7:34 AM in Bilbao.
What companies run services between Patras, Greece and Bilbao, Spain?
Neos, Ulendo Airlink, and five other airlines fly from Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Patras to Bilbao Intermodal via Tirana, Materniteti, Terminal D, Tirana, and Tarragona in around 47h 7m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Preveza Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Preveza Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Kefallinia, Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Preveza Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Bari, Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Preveza Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Corfu, Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Preveza Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–350
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–470
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
Flights from Patras Araxos Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–500
Flights from Patras Araxos Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–500
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Preveza Airport to Bilbao Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Patras Araxos Airport to Bilbao Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–750
Flights from Patras Araxos Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €180–800
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Ioannina National Airport to Bilbao Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 8m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Preveza Airport to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Preveza Airport to Bilbao Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Patras Araxos Airport to Bilbao Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–750
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
Flights from Patras Araxos Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Preveza Airport to Bilbao Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Preveza Airport to Bilbao Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €210–350
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €170–340
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €140–290
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- Phone
- +30 26450 22364
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktel-lefkadas.gr
Bus from Patras to Lefkáda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
Bus from Patras to Lefkáda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Patra to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- [email protected]
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +34 900 121 400
- [email protected]
Bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
- 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
- €7–15
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
- Phone
- +30 26210 20600
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelileias.gr
Bus from Káto Achaḯa to Kalamata
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–26
- Website
- https://ktelileias.gr/
- Phone
- +302651083071
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelioannina.gr
Bus from Aigio to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://ktelioannina.gr/en/index.html
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Patras to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Patras to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- [email protected]
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Tirana to Tarragona - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Tarragona to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- (+39) 041 041
- [email protected]
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Bus from Venezia to Stazione Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- 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
- +30 210 8919700
- [email protected]
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Ferry from Patras to Bari M.ma
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Patras to Port of Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
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