There are 10 ways to get from Bilbao to Thun by 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.
Fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BIO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Thuntrain
7h 8mCHF 112–277Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane BIO - MXP
- Take the bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviariabus
- Take the train from Brig to Thuntrain
8h 46mCHF 36–144Bus, train via Paris
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Saint-Jean-de-Luzbus
- Take the train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Thuntrain Ic6 / ...
14h 8mCHF 236–422Bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Bayonnebus FlixBus 1645 / ...
- Take the bus from Bayonne to Bernbus FlixBus N1149
18h 32mCHF 95–151Drive 1,162 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Thuncar 1,162 km
12h 24mCHF 194–280Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BIO - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
7h 43mCHF 113–266Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Basel (BSL)plane BIO - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Thuntrain
6h 37mCHF 78–258Train
- Take the train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostiatrain E1
- Take the train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Ter
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Thuntrain Ic6 / ...
16h 54mCHF 254–443Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Genevabus
- Take the train from Genève to Fribourg/Freiburgtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Thuntrain S1
19h 6mCHF 109–171Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Annemassebus
- Take the train from Annemasse to Lausannetrain
- Take the train from Lausanne to Fribourg/Freiburgtrain S40 / ...
- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Thuntrain S1
20h 51mCHF 139–212
Bilbao to Thun by bus and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Thun is to fly and bus and train which costs SFr 35 - SFr 150 and takes 8h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Thun is to fly and train which takes 6h 37m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 260.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Thun. However, there are services departing from Bilbao and arriving at Bern, Bahnhof via Bayonne and Bern, Neufeld P+R. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 32m.
No, there is no direct train from Bilbao to Thun. However, there are services departing from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao and arriving at Thun via Amara-Donostia, Hendaye, Bordeaux St Jean, Strasbourg and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 54m.
The distance between Bilbao and Thun is 1178 km. The road distance is 1162 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Thun without a car is to bus and train via Paris which takes 14h 8m and costs SFr 230 - SFr 430.
It takes approximately 7h 8m to get from Bilbao to Thun, including transfers.
Bilbao to Thun bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bilbao station.
Bilbao to Thun train services, operated by Euskotren, depart from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao station.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Thun is to bus which takes 18h 32m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 160. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 250 - SFr 450 and takes 16h 54m.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Thun, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Bilbao to Thun via Bayonne, Bern, Bern, Neufeld P+R, Bern, Bahnhof, and Bern in around 18h 32m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Thun via Amara-Donostia, Hendaia, Hendaye, Bordeaux St Jean, Strasbourg, Basel Sbb, and Basel SBB in around 16h 54m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Basel via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–90
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–90
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–90
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–310
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–80
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Brig to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–29
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève to Fribourg/Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Annemasse to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Fribourg/Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–27
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–210
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–270
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Jean De Luz Ciboure to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–210
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Brig to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Brig to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–17
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 10–15
- 2nd Class
- CHF 12–17
- Phone
- +34 944 333 333
- digitala@euskotren.eus
- Website
- Euskotren
Train from Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao to Amara-Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- Euskotren
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- BLS AG
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- BLS AG
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- BLS AG
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Saint-Jean-de-Luz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–14
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lyon to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–16
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bilbao to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–18
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bayonne to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–18
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bilbao to Annemasse
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0322 844 862
- comazzi@comazzibus.com
- Website
- Comazzi Bus
Bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8
- Website
- Comazzi Bus
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Bilbao to Thun bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bayonne station.
Bilbao to Thun train services, operated by Euskotren, arrive at Amara-Donostia station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bilbao to Thun is 1162 km. It takes approximately 12h 24m to drive from Bilbao to Thun.
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