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Bilbao City Guide - 3 - Getting There |
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Purchase the Bilbao Card from Bilbao Turismo Offices so you can use urban public transport at low fares. See www.bilbao.net for more details.
AIR Bilbao’s airport (944 86 96 36; www.aena.es) is near Sondika, 12km northeast of the city. Services are excellent including those to/from Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante, Arrecife, Fuenteventura, Las Palmas, Málaga, Palma, Santiago de Compostela, Sevilla, Tenerife, Valencia, Vigo, Brussels, Frankfurt, Lisbon, London, Milan, Paris and Zurich. Airlines operating at Bilbao Airport include: Easyjet (www.easyjet.com) Aer Lingus (EI), www.aerlingus.com
Air Berlin (AB), www.airberlin.com
Air France (AF), www.airfrance.com/es
Alitalia (AZ), www.alitalia.es
Brussels Airlines (SN), www.brusselsairlines.es
EasyJet (U2), www.easyjet.com
ClickAir (XG), www.clickair.es
SAS (SK), www.flysas.com
Iberia (IB) (VMIB), www.iberia.com
Lufthansa (LH), www.lufthansa.es
Air Europa (UX), www.air-europa.com
Spanair (JK), www.spanair.com
Vueling (VLG), www.vueling.com
TUIFLY (X3), www.tuifly.com
TAP PORTUGAL (TP), www.flytap.com
The airport is linked to major cities via the following roads;
- A8 to Santander (108 km) to the West and San Sebastián (119 km), Bayona (160 km) y Pau (265 km) to the East - A68 to Vitoria-Gasteiz (66 km), Logroño (152 km), Burgos (158 km) and Pamplona (159 km). To get to/from the airport by bus take Bizkaibus A3247, a yellow urban bus from Termibús (also provides connections with San Mamés metro station, Euskotran, and RENFE short-distance trains). Other ss in Bilbao include Alameda Recalde 14, Gran Via 74 nd Plaza Moyua. See www.bizkaia.net/herri_lanak/bizkaibus/ca_index.htm for details.
TRAIN There are three suburban train systems operating in Bilbao: EuskoTren, FEVE and RENFE. Stick to RENFE if you have a rail pass. The Cercanías (Aldirikoak) suburban train network operated by RENFE has three lines. The Santurtzi line is the busiest with trains every 10 minutes, the Orduña line has a half-hourly service. Fares are based on zone with central Bilbao zone one and fares are cheaper on weekdays. Single tickets are €0.90 for trips in zone one and two, €1 for trips to zone three. The RENFE station Estación de Abando (Plaza Circular 2, tel. 90 224 0202; www.renfe.es) has short distance trains within metropolitan Bilbao and long distance trains around Spain. You can go to Madrid, Barcelona, Galicia, Alicante, Valencia and Malaga. The Renfe Abando station is across the river from Plaza Arriaga and has daily trains to Madrid, Barcelona, Burgos and Valladolid. EuskoTren (www.euskotren.es, tel. 902 543210) operates two suburban train lines with trains running every 15-20 minutes. Services operate between San Sebastian and Bilbao and Bermeo and Bilbao. They also have a service to Hendaye on the French border Their regional services are from Atxuri Station, 1km upriver from Casco Viejo. The narrow gauge railway FEVE (Ferrocarriles de Via Estrecha, tel. 944 23 22 66; www.feve.es) operates a suburban line to Balmaseda. This operates from Corcordia Station and along the north coast sping at Santander, Oviedo and Ferrol. METRO The Metro Bilbao (www.metrobilbao.net/eng/usuario/mapainteractivo.html) runs through the city and connects to the beaches to the north-west of the city. FERRIES P&O Ferries and Acciona Transmediterránea sail between Bilbao and Portsmouth. Ferries depart from Santurtzi in Spain (Avda. Cristóbal Murrieta, s/n, Santurtzi, tel. 944 839 494). Contact details of the ferry companies are as follows: P&O EUROPEAN FERRIES C/ Cosme Etxebarrieta, 1. 48009 Bilbao
Tel: 0034 944 234 477
www.poferries.com
Acciona Transmediterranea www.trasmediterranea.es To get to Santurtzi from Bilbao: - By bus take Bizkaibus line A-3151 from Plaza Jado.
- By train RENFE C-1 short distance train to Santurtzi station from Abando station
- By car A-8 highway to Santander, exit "Santurtzi-Puerto" BUS The main bus station in Bilbao is Termibús (Gurtubay 1, Tel. 94 439 50 77) southwest of the centre. You can get to anywhere in the city from here as it is accessible by the Renfe Short Distance lines, Bilbao Tramway (EuskoTran) and the metro (San Mames Bilbao Underground station). Services from Termibús operate to/from Madrid, Barcelona, Burgos, Vitoria, Pamplona, Logroño, Irún and the French border, Santander and Oviedo (€17.60, five hours). Pesa (tel. 902 101210) operates to San Sebastian, Durango-Elorrio and Oñati. Bizkaibus (tel. 902 22 22 65) operates around rural Basque including places like Lekeito and Beremo. Major bus companies leaving from Termibús include: Autobuses La Unión, Tel. 94 427 11 11, www.autobuseslaunion.com
Bilman bus, S.L, Tel: 94 441 44 98, www.bilmanbus.es Eurobus, tel. 902 11 96 99, www.unionbus.com
Alsa Group, tel. 902 42 22 42, www.alsa.es Continental Auto, tel. 94 427 42 00, www.continental-auto.es
Vibasa / Socitransa, tel: 94 441 44 98, www.socitransa.com, www.vibasa.com Bizkaibus-Encartaciones, tel. 94 636 34 24, www.alsa.es www.socitransa.com
Pesa, tel. 902 10 12 10, www.pesa.net
Atlassib, www.atlassib.ro FUNICULAR There is also a funicular between Plaza Funicular (Castaños Street) and Mountain Artxanda. From the you can enjoy a view of Bilbao.
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