Bilbao Airport (BIO) to the city

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The A3247 runs to Termibus every 15 minutes via Gran Via and Plaza Moyua. Line DO04 runs hourly to San Sebastian.

Bizkaibus line A3247 is the airport bus, connecting Bilbao Termibus with the airport.
Stops on the way: Gran Via 79, Plaza Moyua, and Alameda Recalde 11.
From the airport: 06:10 to 23:40, every 15 minutes, at :10, :25, :40 and :55 past the hour.
To the airport: 05:00 to 22:00, every 15 minutes, at :00, :15, :30 and :45.
The airport stop for leaving is on the Arrivals level; the stop for arriving buses is on the Departures level.
There is a Bizkaibus customer service and ticket desk on the arrivals floor, where you can also top up a Barik card.
For San Sebastian, take Pesa Lurraldebus line DO04. Donostia to the airport hourly, 05:00 to 21:00.
Back the other way: 07:45 to 22:45 daily, plus one at midnight; from 06:45 at weekends.
DO04 stops at Zarautz fifteen minutes after leaving Donostia, if you have bought a ticket from there.

Bizkaibus line A3247 runs between Bilbao's Termibus coach station and the airport, and it is the service almost everyone uses.
On the way it calls at Gran Via 79, Plaza Moyua (Osaguna/Hacienda) and Alameda Recalde 11 - which between them cover the centre of Bilbao, including the walk to the Guggenheim.
Leaving the airport: 06:10 to 23:40, every 15 minutes, at ten, twenty-five, forty and fifty-five past.
Going to the airport: 05:00 to 22:00, every 15 minutes, on the hour and at fifteen, thirty and forty-five past.
Stops at the airport: the departure stop towards Termibus is on the Arrivals level; buses arriving from Termibus set down on the Departures level.

There is a Bizkaibus customer service and ticket desk on the arrivals floor.
You can recharge a Barik card there - the Basque Country's transport card, which also works on Bilbao's metro and tram.
Fares are Bizkaibus's, and the desk is the place to check the current one.

Pesa Lurraldebus line DO04 runs Donostia/San Sebastian to Bilbao Airport, by way of Zarautz.
Donostia to the airport: hourly, first at 05:00, last at 21:00. Every journey stops at Zarautz fifteen minutes after leaving Donostia, provided a ticket from there has been bought.
Airport to Donostia: daily 07:45 to 22:45 hourly, plus one at midnight; at weekends from 06:45.
Since 18 March the Lurraldebus lines serving Loiu have been in the MUGI system, so a MUGI card works.
This matters because San Sebastian's own airport is small. For a lot of travellers, Bilbao plus this coach is the way into Gipuzkoa.

Bilbao Airport is at Loiu, about 9 km north of the city, and its Santiago Calatrava terminal is the one that looks like a bird - locally, "La Paloma".
It is the main airport of the Basque Country, and it is well placed for the whole northern coast.
Vitoria and San Sebastian have their own airports and both are much smaller.

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Getting from Bilbao Airport to the city