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Bilbao is not as easy to reach as you may think.<\/p>\n
It is served by direct flights from only three English cities – London, Manchester and Bristol.<\/p>\n
According to reports in Spain, 282 flights are expected in Bilbao on Wednesday – a record for a single day – while there has been a 94% week-on-week spike in departures from the UK to Bilbao.<\/p>\n
The prices of those flights – some as high as \u00a31,400 – soared once United and Spurs made it to the final, with airlines scrambling to put on added flights to meet demand.<\/p>\n
Even then, many fans had been priced out, preferring instead to catch indirect flights or fly to nearby Spanish or French cities before making connections.<\/p>\n
Others have avoided flying, preferring instead to cross the Channel via ferry, car or train to France before making their way to the north coast of Spain.<\/p>\n
Some fans took a direct 33-hour ferry<\/a> from Portsmouth to Bilbao, while one United fan made a 2,500 mile journey<\/a> from Manchester taking in Dublin, Paris and Rome.<\/p>\n Bilbao has one airport, which is 12km from the city centre.<\/p>\n Most people opt for a bus or taxi into town but local newspaper El Correo reported, external<\/span><\/a> that Uber prices have surged to more than 100 euros for a journey which normally costs about 30.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n