Alicante to Bilbao runs about 21 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 20:29. One passenger pays between €24.93 and €78.44, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 20m over 590 km, on services run by 7 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 7 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€24.93 to €78.44
- 167%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Alicante
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:01First departure
- 20:29Last departure
- 21Services per day
- 100%Run direct
No sea route
There is no ferry between Alicante and Bilbao. Both are ports, and the carriers that sell sailings from each of them connect neither to the other. The land options above are how this journey is actually made.
Renfe runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Alicante to Bilbao on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Alsa runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Alicante to Bilbao on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €54.63Tue15
- about €48.58Wed16
- about €60.68Thu17
- about €48.58Fri18
- about €47.48Sat19
- about €44.18Sun20
- about €38.13Mon21
- about €31.53Tue22
- about €32.63Wed23
- about €40.33Thu24
- about €37.58Fri25
- about €38.68Sat26
- about €38.13Sun27
- about €32.08Mon28
- about €26.03Tue29
- about €28.23Wed30
- about €33.18Thu1
- about €30.43Fri2
- about €30.43Sat3
- about €28.78Sun4
- about €24.93Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Bilbao. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bilbao for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Alicante to Bilbao
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.3390 days
- €24.9360 days
- €28.2345 days
- €22.7330 days
- €24.9321 days
- €32.0814 days
- €38.137 days
- €60.683 days
- €54.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 167 percent. The dearest point is €60.68, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Alicante to Bilbao and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
590 km
584 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
348,901 → 347,342
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/8
6 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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 590 km against 584 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from BIO into Bilbao is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Bilbao
Settled in advance, so the ride into Bilbao costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Bilbao Abando
Most of the points near Bilbao Abando open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Alicante to Bilbao
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 it take to get from Alicante to Bilbao?
The fastest journey from Alicante to Bilbao takes 4h 20m door to door, of which 1h 13m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 43m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Alicante to Bilbao?
The cheapest fare from Alicante to Bilbao is €24.93, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €66.18. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Alicante to Bilbao?
The cheapest way from Alicante to Bilbao is by coach, at €31.53 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 8h 22m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Alicante to Bilbao?
The fastest way from Alicante to Bilbao is by flight, at 4h 23m door to door. Only 1h 13m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €63.27.
When should I book Alicante to Bilbao?
Fares from Alicante to Bilbao bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €22.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 167 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Alicante to Bilbao?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Alicante to Bilbao, at €31.53. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Alicante to Bilbao?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Alicante to Bilbao, at €21.08 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Alicante to Bilbao?
7 operators sell services from Alicante to Bilbao across 3 modes: Alsa, BlaBlaCar, Buses in Cantabria, Iberia Airlines, Renfe, VOLOTEA Airways. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Alicante to Bilbao?
Every service we sell from Alicante to Bilbao is direct, with around 43 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 20m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Alicante to Bilbao produce?
Travelling from Alicante to Bilbao by coach produces about 15.8 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 148.1 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Alicante to Bilbao use?
Services from Alicante to Bilbao by flight leave from Alicante ALC and arrive at Bilbao BIO. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Alicante to Bilbao?
4 of the 7 operators we sell from Alicante to Bilbao allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Alicante to Bilbao on 14 September 2026: 590 km of route against 584 km in a straight line, 43 services a day, 7 operators a cheapest fare of €24.93, and 4h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Bilbao a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Bilbao and across Spain
Day trips that leave Bilbao in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Alicante reaches 231 places in 32 countries on services we hold, over distances from 19 to 3,667 km. Bilbao reaches 148 places in 24 countries, from 24 to 3,759 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Alicante
- 231Places you can leave for
- 32Countries
- 58Operators
Arriving in Bilbao
Leaving Bilbao
- 148Places you can leave for
- 24Countries
- 45Operators