Sites near Bilbao ferry port

[Marilou]

Can anyone tell me the name of a site near Bilbao Ferry Port please? The nearer the better as we have an early crossing. Thanks.

 

[Parksy]

I moved your query to a more appropriate message board where hopefully you will receive more replies

 

[12colmore]

You can park in the ferry port overnight, i've done it a few times now. Theres a toilet block and a cafe/bar that open in the evening and early in the morning. If you get there between 4.30 and 7.30 the day before the early crossing they do a check in and you can park in your designated lane - corners steadies down, fill up aquaroll with pipe from cold tap in toilet, fridge on gas, 12v system off leisure battery. My wife and I have a shower in the van, cook tea before bed for the night!
last year (end of August) we met some people we new from a campsite on the Costa Brava and we all sat outside drinking wine till late, it was a great atmosphere!

 

[Jaydug]

Yes - I'll second staying overnight at the port. I've done it a couple of times - arriving there at 4pm. By evening there's been 8 or 9 there with quite a party atmosphere developing. More recently my return has been from Santander where you are not allowed to stay overnight at the port. However Virgen del Mar is only nine miles away.