Day trips
8 trips
Give a day to the coast or a town beyond Bilbao. These trips start with public transport. Travel times are approximate, include the suggested walk from the arrival stop and exclude waiting; each guide names the departure station. Allow time to reach it and check your return timetable before setting off. Open each trip for the route and official visitor information.
8 trips
Puente Bizkaia Bizkaia Zubia
A working transporter bridge between Getxo and Portugalete, with riverfront walks on both banks.
About 30 min from Bilbao
Photo: Mikemod, CC BY-SA 3.0 es
Follow the estuary into a small maritime old town, then continue towards the beach.
About 50 min from Bilbao
Photo: Pmk58, CC BY-SA 4.0
A compact old town with Santa María’s covered portico and streets to explore on foot.
About 55 min from Bilbao
Photo: Txo, CC BY 4.0
The Assembly House and oak tree give a day in Gernika a clear starting point.
About 70 min from Bilbao
Photo: Telle, CC BY-SA 3.0
A medieval bridge, riverside streets and a historic centre reached by train from Bilbao.
About 80 min from Bilbao
Photo: Mentxuwiki, CC BY-SA 4.0
A small harbour at Urdaibai’s mouth, with surf watching when the wave is breaking.
About 85 min from Bilbao
Photo: Jules Verne Times Two, CC BY-SA 4.0
Fishing history, harbourfront walks and the old town above one of Bizkaia’s working ports.
About 95 min from Bilbao
Photo: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0
Donostia / San Sebastián Donostia
Make a full day of La Concha’s seafront and the pintxo streets of the Parte Vieja.
About 120 min from Bilbao
Photo: Juan Francisco Contreras Fernández, CC BY-SA 4.0
