Estella to Bilbao bus with BlaBlaCar

La Estellesa is a Spanish bus company founded in Estella, Navarre, on August 11, 1909, making it one of the oldest in the sector. Initially using horse-drawn carriages, the company quickly adopted steam-powered vehicles and later internal combustion engines, demonstrating a history of technological adaptation. La Estellesa focuses on providing regular bus lines and facilitating road communication between towns in Navarre, La Rioja, and Gipuzkoa. Their services also include bus rentals with a driver for various events, school transport, and corporate transport. Since 2020, La Estellesa has been integrating into the Jiménez Movilidad group, its main shareholder, leading to fleet modernization and management changes.

BlaBlaCar is a French online marketplace for carpooling, connecting drivers with empty seats and passengers traveling to the same destination to share costs. Founded in 2006, it operates in Europe and Latin America, boasting 26 million active members. The platform also includes BlaBlaCar Bus, an intercity bus service. BlaBlaCar's name comes from its rating system for drivers' chattiness: \Bla\" for quiet, \"BlaBla\" for talkative, and \"BlaBlaBla\" for very chatty. The company aims to be the leading marketplace for shared travel, offering affordable and sustainable solutions by combining carpooling with bus journeys."