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Centro de Interpretación de Laredo
Local interpretation center on Laredo’s history, heritage, and traditions. A practical starting point for understanding the town beyond the beach.
Cheapest price on Sep 08
$6
Average ticket price on Sep 08
$6
Fastest journey on Sep 08
50 m
Average journey duration on Sep 08
50 m
Buses on Sep 08
14
Distance
43 km
The best way to find a cheap bus ticket from Bilbao to Laredo is to book your journey as far in advance as possible and to avoid traveling at rush hour.
The average ticket from Bilbao to Laredo will cost around $6 if you buy it on the day, but the cheapest tickets can be found for only $6.
On Tue, Sep 08, we found 14 buses from Bilbao to Laredo, including 14 direct services.
On Tue, Sep 08 the direct buses cover the 43 km distance in an average of 50 m but if you time it right, some buses will get you there in just 50 m .
On Tue, Sep 08 the slowest buses will take 50 m and usually involve a change or two along the way, but you might be able to save a few pennies if you’re on a budget.
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NormalOmio recommends booking the bus as it is the most popular option from Bilbao to Laredo among Omio's users. If you are prioritising price, take the bus, with an average ticket price of $5 For those with little time, consider booking a bus, which has an average total journey time of 1h 22m. Average ticket prices depend on the travel mode: a bus costs an average of $5, while a train costs an average of $7.
Distance: 26 miles (43 km)
Most popular Bus | Train |
|---|---|
$5 Average price Cheapest | $7 Average price |
1h 22m Average total duration Fastest 52m Onboard + 30m Additional time* | 2h 29m Average total duration 1h 59m Onboard + 30m Additional time* |
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Direct Options | Direct Options |
This is compared to other travel options from Bilbao to Laredo:
A bus is $2 less than a train for this route with tickets for a train from Bilbao to Laredo costing on average $7.
Other travel options to Laredo take longer:
Train takes on average 1h 59m.
| Operator | Departure Time | Arrival Time | Duration | Departure days | Cheapest price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 12:30AM | Arrival Time 01:10AM | Duration 0h40 | Departure days Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 02:30AM | Arrival Time 04:00AM | Duration 1h30 | Departure days Sat | Cheapest price $16 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 07:00AM | Arrival Time 07:50AM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 07:20AM | Arrival Time 07:30AM | Duration 0h10 | Departure days Fri | Cheapest price $2 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 07:40AM | Arrival Time 07:50AM | Duration 0h10 | Departure days Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun | Cheapest price $4 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 08:20AM | Arrival Time 09:10AM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Wed | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 08:30AM | Arrival Time 09:00AM | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Thu | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 09:00AM | Arrival Time 09:50AM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 09:10AM | Arrival Time 10:20AM | Duration 1h10 | Departure days Fri | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 09:45AM | Arrival Time 10:35AM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 10:30AM | Arrival Time 11:30AM | Duration 1h00 | Departure days Sat | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 11:00AM | Arrival Time 11:50AM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 11:30AM | Arrival Time 12:20PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Sat | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 11:45AM | Arrival Time 12:45PM | Duration 1h00 | Departure days Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 12:30PM | Arrival Time 01:00PM | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Mon | Cheapest price $4 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 12:30PM | Arrival Time 01:20PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 12:50PM | Arrival Time 01:20PM | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Tue | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 01:00PM | Arrival Time 01:20PM | Duration 0h20 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Wed | Cheapest price $4 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 01:10PM | Arrival Time 02:10PM | Duration 1h00 | Departure days Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 01:30PM | Arrival Time 02:20PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 01:30PM | Arrival Time 02:20PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Thu | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 02:20PM | Arrival Time 02:40PM | Duration 0h20 | Departure days Tue | Cheapest price $2 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 02:30PM | Arrival Time 03:20PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Mon, Sat | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 02:35PM | Arrival Time 03:25PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 02:40PM | Arrival Time 03:00PM | Duration 0h20 | Departure days Mon | Cheapest price $4 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 03:00PM | Arrival Time 03:30PM | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Mon, Fri | Cheapest price $4 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 03:20PM | Arrival Time 04:10PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 03:30PM | Arrival Time 04:10PM | Duration 0h40 | Departure days Sat | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 03:30PM | Arrival Time 04:20PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 03:50PM | Arrival Time 04:10PM | Duration 0h20 | Departure days Wed, Thu | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 05:00PM | Arrival Time 05:50PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 05:15PM | Arrival Time 06:05PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 05:20PM | Arrival Time 06:10PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 05:30PM | Arrival Time 06:00PM | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Tue | Cheapest price $4 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 05:30PM | Arrival Time 06:35PM | Duration 1h05 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 06:00PM | Arrival Time 06:50PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Everyday | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 06:20PM | Arrival Time 06:40PM | Duration 0h20 | Departure days Fri | Cheapest price $4 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 06:30PM | Arrival Time 07:20PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Tue, Wed, Thu | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 06:30PM | Arrival Time 07:00PM | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Thu | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 06:50PM | Arrival Time 07:10PM | Duration 0h20 | Departure days Wed, Fri | Cheapest price $4 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 07:00PM | Arrival Time 07:50PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Everyday | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 07:30PM | Arrival Time 07:40PM | Duration 0h10 | Departure days Mon | Cheapest price $4 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 07:50PM | Arrival Time 08:20PM | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Sun | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 08:00PM | Arrival Time 08:50PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 08:20PM | Arrival Time 08:40PM | Duration 0h20 | Departure days Sun | Cheapest price $4 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 08:45PM | Arrival Time 09:35PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Wed, Thu, Fri | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 09:00PM | Arrival Time 09:30PM | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Sun | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 09:30PM | Arrival Time 10:20PM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Fri, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 10:20PM | Arrival Time 11:20PM | Duration 1h00 | Departure days Everyday | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 10:40PM | Arrival Time 11:40PM | Duration 1h00 | Departure days Sat | Cheapest price $11 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 11:20PM | Arrival Time 12:10AM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Alsa | Departure Time 11:45PM | Arrival Time 12:35AM | Duration 0h50 | Departure days Everyday | Cheapest price $6 |
The table below shows live departures for Bilbao to Laredo buses for today, Monday, September 7. You can also manually refresh the results below to see updated bus journeys.
| Provider | Departs | Duration | Arrives | Transfers | Tickets |
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Normal | 5:30 PM Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses | 1h05 | 6:35 PM Laredo, Estación De Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
Normal | 6:00 PM Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses | 0h50 | 6:50 PM Laredo, Estación De Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
Normal | 7:00 PM Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses | 0h50 | 7:50 PM Laredo, Estación De Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
Normal | 10:20 PM Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses | 1h00 | 11:20 PM Laredo, Estación De Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
Normal | 11:45 PM Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses | 0h50 | 12:35 AM Laredo, Estación De Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
Normal | 9:00 AM Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses | 0h50 | 9:50 AM Laredo, Estación De Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
Normal | 9:45 AM Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses | 0h50 | 10:35 AM Laredo, Estación De Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
Normal | 11:00 AM Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses | 0h50 | 11:50 AM Laredo, Estación De Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
Normal | 11:45 AM Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses | 1h00 | 12:45 PM Laredo, Estación De Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
Normal | 12:30 PM Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses | 0h50 | 1:20 PM Laredo, Estación De Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
Normal | 1:30 PM Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses | 0h50 | 2:20 PM Laredo, Estación De Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
Normal | 2:35 PM Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses | 0h50 | 3:25 PM Laredo, Estación De Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
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Buses from Bilbao to Laredo run on average 16 times per day, taking around 52m. Cheap bus tickets for this journey start at $5 if you book in advance.
There are 16 buses per day. The earliest bus runs at 06:40, the last at 23:45. The fastest bus covers the 26 miles (43 km) distance in 40m.
Distance 26 miles (43 km) |
Average bus duration 52m |
Cheapest ticket price $5 |
Buses per day 16 |
Direct buses 16 |
Fastest bus 40m |
First bus 6:40 AM |
Last bus 11:45 PM |
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Discover the best of Laredo — top attractions, local food, transport tips, budget advice, and currency essentials. Plan your perfect Laredo trip today.
Local interpretation center on Laredo’s history, heritage, and traditions. A practical starting point for understanding the town beyond the beach.
Interpretive exhibition area connected with the Santoña, Victoria and Joyel marshes nearby. Valuable for understanding the bay’s ecology.
Exhibition venue inside the old market building, used for rotating art and cultural displays. Useful for catching current local programming.
Laredo’s medieval old town, filled with narrow lanes, stone houses, and historic gates. The essential area for atmosphere and heritage.
Long urban beach promenade beside Salvé Beach, ideal for strolling with sea views. Popular for sunsets and everyday local life.
Large sandy beach backed by town and promenade. It is one of Cantabria’s signature coastal spaces for walking and scenery.
Fresh anchovies from the Cantabrian Sea, often served salted, marinated, or on toast. Laredo is closely linked to quality anchovy fishing and preserving.
A rich fishermen’s stew of fish and potatoes, traditional along the Cantabrian coast. It reflects the local seafaring culture and everyday home cooking.
Line-caught tuna prepared simply grilled or stewed. It is especially valued in summer when bonito del norte season is central to coastal Cantabrian cuisine.
Established seafood restaurant known for fresh fish, shellfish, and traditional Cantabrian cooking in a polished but relaxed setting.
Popular traditional venue for tapas, rabas, and seafood plates. Casual atmosphere and a reliable choice near the center of Laredo.
Well-known dining spot serving rice dishes, fish, and regional specialties with a comfortable classic restaurant feel.
Moderate for northern Spain. Hotels rise in summer, but dining and local transport stay reasonable versus larger coastal resorts.
Tipping is modest. Round up or leave 5-10% in restaurants for good service. Taxis: round up. Cafes: small change only.
Bilbao Laredo buses are a quick and comfortable way to get from the city of Biscay to the Cantabrian population. Work and tourism are two of the main reasons why many travellers take this 60 km route every day, which is covered in 45 minutes.
Bilbao Laredo bus line is managed by two companies: Eurolines and Alsa. Both provide coaches equipped with the basic comforts for such a journey, with the possibility of carrying pets and bulky luggage.
The duration of the itinerary of the Bilbao Laredo buses depends on the number of stops, as it leaves and picks up passengers in towns such as Castro Urdiales. The longest takes 1 hour, while the shortest reaches the Cantabrian city in three quarters of an hour. All routes are direct.
The Bilbao Laredo bus route is characterised by offering dozens of departures a day, especially in the summer period due to the tourist interest of the destination locality. There can be up to 4 services per hour, especially first thing in the morning and last thing in the evening. The rest of the day, there are departures every hour or every 2 hours.
Bilbao Termibus Bus Station: To get to the main station in the city, you only have to get off at the San Mamés train or tram stop, or use one of the urban bus lines BAI, DG01, DG02, DO01, DO03 and DO41G. You can also get there by taxi. Those who want to go on foot, should know that there are about 2 kilometers from the Casco Viejo. It has invoicing of parcels, consignments, free WiFi, cafeteria, shop with press and other useful services. It is located in Plaza Garellano 14.
Laredo Bus Station: Bilbao Laredo buses arrive at the city station, located in Reconquista de Sevilla 1. It has automatic food and beverage stalls, as well as a photo booth. In your hallway there are seats to rest. One of the interesting aspects of this station is its proximity to the beach of the city, as it is less than 1 kilometer away. The city buses of LAREDOBUS, the only line of the city, have here also their head. From there, they reach El Puntal, passing through the main places of interest in the city.
Find answers to the most common questions about traveling from Bilbao to Laredo by bus. From journey times and ticket prices to direct connections, first and last departures, and even whether the route is scenic, our FAQs cover everything you need to plan your trip. Whether you’re looking for the fastest bus, the cheapest option, or tips for making the most of your visit at Laredo, this guide helps you travel smarter and with confidence.

Most Bilbao to Laredo buses use the Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses to Laredo, Estación De Autobuses station pair. Use this guide to compare Bilbao and Laredo bus stations on this route, check city-centre transport, alongside checking practicalities like bus station facilities and services.
Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses is 1 km from Bilbao city centre. Public transport options include:
Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses has practical services for this route, including Wifi, Parking, Dining, ATM, Taxis, Accessibility, WC, and Ticket Office.
Food options include: Café de la Estación (in the station), Fast Food Express (in the station).
Free Wi-Fi. ATMs are located near the main entrance.
Ticket office support is available at Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses.
Available at Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses: Parking, Taxis, WC.
Accessibility facilities are available at Bilbao, Estación de Autobuses: Elevators, ramps.
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