There are 7 ways to get from Salou to Bilbao by bus, train (Renfe), car, train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus
best- Take the bus from Salou, Estación de Autobuses to Bilbao Intermodalbus ALSA - Socambi
7h 30m€45–65Bus via Pamplona
cheapest- Take the bus from Salou, Estación de Autobuses to Pamplonabus
- Take the bus from Pamplona / Iruña to Bilbao Intermodalbus L20
8h 40m€42–62Train (Renfe)
- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Bilbao-Abandotrain Alv
8h 1m€74–117Drive 536.5 km
- Drive from Salou to Bilbaocar 536.5 km
5h 12m€85–123Bus, train to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the bus from Salou - Plaça d'Europa - Apart. CYE to Estació del Camp de Tarragonabus
- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane BCN - BIO
4h 53m€45–162Train to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly to Santander Airport, bus
- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane BCN - SDR
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
7h 16m€63–232Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane VLC - BIO
7h 10m€69–200
Salou to Bilbao by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Salou to Bilbao is to bus via Pamplona which costs €40 - €65 and takes 8h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Salou to Bilbao is to bus and train and fly which takes 4h 53m and costs €45 - €170.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Salou, Estación de Autobuses and arriving at Bilbao Intermodal. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 7h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Salou to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Camp De Tarragona and arriving at Bilbao-Abando via . The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 1m.
The distance between Salou and Bilbao is 534 km. The road distance is 536.5 km.
The best way to get from Salou to Bilbao without a car is to bus which takes 7h 30m and costs €45 - €65.
The bus from Salou, Estación de Autobuses to Bilbao Intermodal takes 7h 30m including transfers and departs once daily.
Salou to Bilbao bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Salou, Estación de Autobuses station.
Salou to Bilbao train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Camp De Tarragona station.
The best way to get from Salou to Bilbao is to bus which takes 7h 30m and costs €45 - €65. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €70 - €120 and takes 8h 1m.
What companies run services between Salou, Spain and Bilbao, Spain?
ALSA operates a bus from Salou, Estación de Autobuses to Bilbao Intermodal once daily. Tickets cost €45–65 and the journey takes 7h 30m. Alternatively, Renfe Viajeros operates a train from Camp De Tarragona to Bilbao-Abando twice daily. Tickets cost €70–110 and the journey takes 6h 26m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €23–120
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–120
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santander Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €23–120
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–120
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €22–130
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Salou, Estación de Autobuses to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 977 55 36 80
- Website
- empresaplana.cat
Bus from Salou - Plaça d'Europa - Apart. CYE to Estació del Camp de Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Schedules at
- empresaplana.cat
- Phone
- +34 900 92 91 92
- [email protected]
- Website
- monbus.es
Bus from Salou, Estación de Autobuses to Pamplona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.monbus.es/en
- Phone
- +34 945 18 20 60
- [email protected]
- Website
- alavabus.eus
Bus from Pamplona / Iruña to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- alavabus.eus
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More Questions & Answers
Salou to Bilbao bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Bilbao Intermodal station.
Salou to Bilbao train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Bilbao-Abando station.
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