One passenger pays £81.34, every fee included. Services cover 806 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at £81.34, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 25 October 2026
£81.34
- 165%Moves across the booking window
165%Departure times on this route
Departure times on this route12Go lists the departures it sells between Bilbao and Marseille.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £136.47Wed7
- about £203.86Thu8
- about £168.04Fri9
- about £158.62Sat10
- about £151.08Sun11
- about £114.33Mon12
- about £103.96Tue13
- about £91.23Wed14
- about £125.16Thu15
- about £107.25Fri16
- about £114.79Sat17
- about £117.15Sun18
- about £92.18Mon19
- about £82.75Tue20
- about £85.58Wed21
- about £97.83Thu22
- about £94.06Fri23
- about £95.95Sat24
- about £81.34Sun25
- about £89.82Mon26
- about £85.58Tue27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Marseille. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Marseille for the night the train gets in
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When to book Bilbao to Marseille
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £63.4390 days
- £96.8960 days
- £81.3445 days
- £88.4130 days
- £85.5821 days
- £82.7514 days
- £103.967 days
- £168.043 days
- £136.471 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £63.43.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 165 percent. The dearest point is £168.04, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Bilbao to Marseille 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
806 km
672 km as the crow flies, 20% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
347,342 → 877,215
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 806 km against 672 km in a straight line, a detour of 20 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Barcelona. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from MRS into Marseille is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Marseille
Settled in advance, so the ride into Marseille costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Marseille Saint Charles
Most of the points near Marseille Saint Charles open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Bilbao to Marseille
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 Bilbao to Marseille?
Bilbao to Marseille covers 806 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Bilbao to Marseille?
The cheapest fare from Bilbao to Marseille is £81.34, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £103.96. 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 Bilbao to Marseille?
The cheapest way from Bilbao to Marseille is by train, at £81.34 for one passenger on 25 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Bilbao to Marseille?
Fares from Bilbao to Marseille bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £63.43. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 165 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bilbao to Marseille?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bilbao to Marseille, at £85.58. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 6 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Bilbao to Marseille?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Bilbao to Marseille, at £62.02 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 Bilbao to Marseille?
2 operators sell services from Bilbao to Marseille across 1 mode: Renfe, SNCF. 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 Bilbao to Marseille?
0 percent of the services we sell from Bilbao to Marseille are direct. The rest connect at Barcelona, with about 54 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Bilbao to Marseille use?
Services from Bilbao to Marseille by train leave from Zaragoza Delicias and arrive at Marseille Saint Charles. Allow about 44m 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 Bilbao to Marseille?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Bilbao to Marseille allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
Being on the water gives Marseille a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Marseille and across France
Day trips that leave Marseille in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Bilbao reaches 57 places in 15 countries on services we hold, over distances from 75 to 6,499 km. Marseille reaches 73 places in 22 countries, from 48 to 9,370 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Bilbao
- 57Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 28Operators
15
28Arriving in Marseille
Leaving Marseille
- 73Places you can leave for
- 22Countries
- 49Operators