[Gocamino] Bilbao to Roncesvalles

[Grant Spangler]

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Bilbao – Roncesvalles

Here are a few of the details for flying into Bilbao (airport code: BIO).
It’s a striking new terminal building, and they currently handle about a 
million passengers per year. The airport is about 10 km north of town and 
there is a bus which whisks travelers to the city center. The bus line is 
BizkaiBus, after Bizkaia, the Basque spelling of the province Vizcaya. The 
bus is number A3247 and runs half-hourly from the airport to the city, and 
vice-versa. There are three stops in the city before you get to where you 
want to be. Stay on the bus until Termibus, the Bilbao main bus station. 
There is a Metro just steps away: San Mamés.

TEMIBUS Estación de autobuses
Calle Gurtubay, 1
48013 BILBAO (Vizcaya) España
Phone +34 944 395 205

I found five references for the time tables, all of which were different. I 
finally happened upon two PDF documents from BizkaiBus, and decided to take 
their word for it. I consolidated these two PDFs into one, and replaced the 
Basque text with English. It has been uploaded to the Web for immediate 
access by the pilgrim community, and is clickable here: 
http://www.ElCaminoSantiago.com/PDF/Info_City_Bilbao_Airport_BizkaiBus_A3247.pdf 
.

The easiest way from Bilbao to Pamplona is
Compañía de Autobuses La Burundesa
http://www.pamplona.net/sacweb/VerFicha.asp?a=20-62016
07:30 Monday – Saturday
08:30 Sunday & Holidays
10:00 Monday – Saturday
11:45 Sunday & Holidays
13:30 Monday – Saturday
16:00 Daily
17:30 Sunday & Holidays
18:00 Monday – Thursday + Saturday
18:30 Friday
20:00 Daily

Once in Pamplona there is another bus to Roncesvalles:
Previously known a ‘La Montañesa’, now ‘Autocares Artieda’ (+34 948 330 
581):
http://www.pamplona.net/sacweb/VerFicha.asp?a=20-42249
Price is under € 5
18:00 Monday - Friday
16:00 Saturday
N/A   Never, never on a Sunday

Option two for Pamplona to Roncesvalles is a taxi (+34 948 232 300):
€50 Monday - Friday
€62 Saturday, Sunday & Holidays

Buen Viaje!

Grant

Grant Spangler
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