There are 10 ways to get from Rijeka 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 Rijeka Airport
best- Fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane RJK - BIO
8h 26m€129–606Bus, train
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take the train from Trieste 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
26h 1m€366–576Bus via Lyon
- Take the bus from Rijeka bus station to Lyonbus N406
- Take the bus from Lyon to Bilbaobus FlixBus N1149 / ...
28h 25m€161–247Drive 1,705.3 km
- Drive from Rijeka to Bilbaocar 1,705.3 km
17h 58m€279–403Bus, shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane VCE - BIO
8h 56m€338–659Bus, shuttle to Ljubljana, fly
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LJU - BIO
9h 54m€342–689Bus to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane TRS - BIO
9h 52m€170–396Shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane ZAG - BIO
10h 1m€294–583Bus to Pula Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Vodnjan, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane PUY - BIO
10h 50m€219–412Bus
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take the bus from Trieste to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Bilbao Intermodalbus
29h 39m
Rijeka to Bilbao by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Rijeka to Bilbao is to bus via Lyon which costs €160 - €250 and takes 28h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Rijeka to Bilbao is to fly which takes 8h 26m and costs €120 - €650.
No, there is no direct bus from Rijeka station to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Rijeka bus station and arriving at Bilbao via Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 25m.
The distance between Rijeka and Bilbao is 1444 km. The road distance is 1705.3 km.
The best way to get from Rijeka to Bilbao without a car is to bus and train which takes 26h 1m and costs €360 - €600.
It takes approximately 8h 26m to get from Rijeka to Bilbao, including transfers.
Rijeka to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rijeka bus station.
The best way to get from Rijeka to Bilbao is to fly which takes 8h 26m and costs €120 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus via Lyon, which costs €160 - €250 and takes 28h 25m.
Rijeka to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Lyon station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rijeka to Bilbao is 1705 km. It takes approximately 17h 58m to drive from Rijeka to Bilbao.
What companies run services between Rijeka, Croatia and Bilbao, Spain?
Lufthansa, Lufthansa City, and Croatia Airlines fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rijeka bus station to Bilbao via Lyon in around 28h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–450
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Pula Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €21–150
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €25–95
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Pula Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Bilbao Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Pula Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €17–100
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–440
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Bilbao Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Bilbao Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Trieste Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Trenitalia
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- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €220–370
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €220–360
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- GoOpti
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Brioni Pula d.o.o.
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Vodnjan, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- Brioni Pula d.o.o.
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Vodnjan, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €1–16
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- [email protected]
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Vodnjan, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €47
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- 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
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