Bilbao Airport Buses

The Bizkaibus 3247 departs from outside the airport terminal to Gran Via 79, Plaza Moyua (central Bilbao) and Alameda Recaide 11 at 20 minute intervals from 06:20 to midnight.  The buses from central Bilbao to the airport run from 05.20 to 22:00. The journey time is around 45 minutes and the current cost is €1.10  (€0.85 with CreditTrans).  Telephone:  0034 902 222 265. www.bizkaibus.net

Transporte Pesa operates a direct line from Bilbao Airport to San Sebastian (Plaza de Pio XII). The service departs from the airport every day, once an hour, between 7:45 am and 11:45 pm (on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays there is an additional service at 6:45 am). From San Sebastian, it departs from 5:00 am to 9:00 pm (also at 10:00 pm on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays).

Buses to other provinces in the immediate area leave from the TermiBus terminal in the city centre with regular connections to Santander (90 minutes) San Sebastian (60 minutes) and Madrid (taking anything between four to five hours and arriving at Avenida de Las Americas bus station). You can reach the Termibus via the San Mames Stop of Metro Bilbao, Bilbao Streetcar (EuskoTran) and through the lines of Renfe Cercanias trains.

To find out more details about the various routes and timetables from central Bilbao visit www.termibus.es

The company linking Bilbao to Santander is ALSA at www.alsa.es (telephone: 0034 902 422 242). Information on buses from Santander to Bilbao is available at www.santandereabus.com.  For Vitoria you need to take one of the La Unión Alavesa buses.

If you are planning on making several journeys on public transport it is worth purchasing a CreditTrans card which can save you up to 50% and is valid on all the municipal transport systems in Bilbao, and shortly most of the provincial transit systems in Vizcaya. It is a pay per ride card available at all Metro and Tram stations and some newsstands in denominations of 5€, 10€, and 20€. We have written a guide to using trains in Spain to help you get around

A brief explanation of the various transport systems is that the Bizkaibus operates outside the city limits and the airport and the Bilbobus is the central city bus service.

The bus companies connect Bilbao with many cities in Spain more cheaply and frequently than the rail companies.