Bilbao to Valencia bus

Buses from Bilbao to Valencia start at €25.48 and take 6h 59m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Bilbao to Valencia starts at €25.48 and takes 6h 59m door to door, run by 3 operators over 472 km, with around 33 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 12 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 59mDoor to door
  • 6h 15mMoving
  • €25.48From
  • 12.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€22.18
  1. Alsa A813816:137h 13m23:26Bilbao TermibusValència Bus Station

Door to door 7h 57mCO2 12.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Alsa€22.186h 54m
BlaBlaCar€22.736h 54m
Buses in Cantabria€22.186h 55m

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Booking window

When to book Bilbao to Valencia

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €25.4890 days
  2. €18.3360 days
  3. €17.7845 days
  4. €18.3330 days
  5. €25.4821 days
  6. €32.0814 days
  7. €39.787 days
  8. €37.033 days
  9. €50.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €17.78.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 183 percent. The dearest point is €50.23, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €29.88Sun
  2. €27.13Mon
  3. €25.48Tue
  4. €27.13Wed
  5. €33.73Thu
  6. €30.98Fri
  7. €32.08Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Bilbao

Coach
  • Bilbao Termibus
  • Bilbao Intermodal

Valencia

Coach
  • València Bus Station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 472 km against 472 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bilbao at 06:02 and the last at 21:08, across 33 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 59m3h 15m44m€59.7415.6 kg11
Flight4h 12m1h 2m3h 10m€53.83119.6 kg32
Coach6h 59m6h 15m44m€25.4812.7 kg33
Ferry15h 28m13h 58m1h 30m€36.0954.3 kg11

Questions about Bilbao to Valencia

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Bilbao to Valencia take?

The Coach from Bilbao to Valencia takes 6h 59m door to door, of which 6h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 472 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Bilbao to Valencia cost?

The Coach from Bilbao to Valencia starts at €25.48 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €26.58. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Bilbao to Valencia?

3 operators run the Coach from Bilbao to Valencia: Alsa, BlaBlaCar, Buses in Cantabria. Between them they file around 33 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Bilbao to Valencia use?

The Coach from Bilbao to Valencia leaves from Bilbao Termibus and arrives at València Bus Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Bilbao to Valencia?

Travelling from Bilbao to Valencia by Train costs €59.74 and takes 3h 59m door to door, against 6h 59m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Bilbao to Valencia?

Fares for the Coach from Bilbao to Valencia bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €17.78. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 183 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Bilbao to Valencia produce?

The Coach from Bilbao to Valencia produces about 12.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 472 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Bilbao to Valencia?

Operators on the Coach from Bilbao to Valencia publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 59m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bilbao to Valencia on 12 September 2026: 472 km of route against 472 km in a straight line, 33 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €25.48, and 6h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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