There are 11 ways to get from Villach to Bilbao by shuttle, plane, train, bus, car, or train (TGV)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly
best- Take a shuttle bus from Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LJU - BIO
8h 48m€185–461Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane VCE - BIO
8h 39m€64–200Train, bus
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from München Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Massy Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to St Jean De Luz Cibouretrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbao Intermodalbus
21h 28m€363–650Bus
- Take the bus from Villach Hbf to Paduabus N456 / ...
- Take the bus from Padova to Bilbao Intermodalbus
28h 25m€134–185Drive 1,710 km
- Drive from Villach to Bilbaocar 1,710 km
18h 10m€271–392Train to Graz Airport, fly
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbftrain
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane GRZ - BIO
9h 23m€191–425Train to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Trieste Airporttrain
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane TRS - BIO
9h 49m€98–262Train to Salzburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane SZG - BIO
10h 50m€118–376Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane MUC - BIO
9h 47m€146–378Train
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from München Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendayetrain Ter
- Take the train from Amara-Donostia to Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbaotrain E1
23h 28m€360–646Bus via Lyon
- Take the bus from Villach Bus Station to Lyonbus FlixBus N953
- Take the bus from Lyon to Bilbaobus FlixBus N1149 / ...
29h 20m€163–249
Villach to Bilbao by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Villach to Bilbao is to train and fly which costs €60 - €200 and takes 8h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Villach to Bilbao is to train and fly which takes 8h 39m and costs €60 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Villach to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Villach Hbf and arriving at Bilbao Intermodal via Padova. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Villach to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Villach Hbf and arriving at Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao via München Hbf, Strasbourg, Bordeaux St Jean, Hendaia and Amara-Donostia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 28m.
The distance between Villach and Bilbao is 1524 km. The road distance is 1710 km.
The best way to get from Villach to Bilbao without a car is to train and bus which takes 21h 28m and costs €360 - €650.
It takes approximately 8h 48m to get from Villach to Bilbao, including transfers.
Villach to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Villach Hbf station.
Villach to Bilbao train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Villach Hbf station.
The best way to get from Villach to Bilbao is to bus which takes 28h 25m and costs €130 - €190. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €360 - €650 and takes 23h 28m.
What companies run services between Villach, Austria and Bilbao, Spain?
You can take a bus from Villach Hbf to Bilbao Intermodal via Padua and Padova in around 28h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Villach Hbf to Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao via Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, Bordeaux St Jean, Hendaye, Hendaia, and Amara-Donostia in around 23h 28m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–450
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Graz Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Graz Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–480
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–160
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Graz Airport to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €21–150
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Graz Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–340
Flights from Graz Airport to Bilbao Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–340
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
- 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 Salzburg Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €84
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €46
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €83
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €84
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- *
- €45–75
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- *
- €28–45
Train from Villach Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- *
- €35–55
Train from Villach Hbf to Trieste Airport
- *
- €26–40
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- *
- €29–45
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- €45–70
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- *
- €45–75
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Massy Tgv to St Jean De Luz Ciboure
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €200–310
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €20–24
- Phone
- +34 944 333 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- Euskotren
Train from Amara-Donostia to Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Euskotren
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €85–152
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €152
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Villach Hbf to Padua
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Villach Bus Station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- 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
- +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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Booking & Getting There
Villach to Bilbao bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Padua station.
Villach to Bilbao train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Muenchen Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Villach to Bilbao is 1710 km. It takes approximately 18h 10m to drive from Villach to Bilbao.
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