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Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux. From €58.09, fastest 5h 43m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €58.09, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 43m over 552 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 24 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €58.09, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026

€58.09

  • 124%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Aix-en-Provence

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €133.99Fri25
  2. about €176.89Sat26
  3. about €110.34Sun27
  4. about €89.44Mon28
  5. about €90.54Tue29
  6. about €109.24Wed30
  7. about €108.69Thu1
  8. about €100.99Fri2
  9. about €89.44Sat3
  10. about €90.54Sun4
  11. about €80.09Mon5
  12. about €80.64Tue6
  13. about €66.34Wed7
  14. about €86.69Thu8
  15. about €85.04Fri9
  16. about €89.44Sat10
  17. about €83.94Sun11
  18. about €58.09Mon12
  19. about €58.64Tue13
  20. about €67.44Wed14
  21. about €83.94Thu15

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Bordeaux. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Bordeaux for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €60.8490 days
  2. €61.3960 days
  3. €59.7445 days
  4. €65.2430 days
  5. €83.9421 days
  6. €86.6914 days
  7. €108.697 days
  8. €110.343 days
  9. €133.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €59.74.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 124 percent. The dearest point is €133.99, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€133.99€59.74137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

552 km

502 km as the crow flies, 10% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

146,821265,328

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

FranceSpainItalyBay of BiscayMilanMilanTurinTurinGenoaGenoaLyonLyonToulouseToulouseBilbaoBilbaoNiceNiceVitoria-GasteizVitoria-GasteizMontpellierMontpellierGenevaGenevaDonostia / San SebastianDonostia / San SebastianBurgosBurgosSaint-EtienneSaint-EtienneSantanderSantanderGrenobleGrenobleClermont-FerrandClermont-FerrandAix-en-ProvenceAix-en-ProvenceBordeauxBordeauxMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 552 km against 502 km in a straight line, a detour of 10 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Montpellier, Nîmes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

The fare from BOD into Bordeaux is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Bordeaux

Settled in advance, so the ride into Bordeaux costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Bordeaux Saint Jean

Most of the points near Bordeaux Saint Jean open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux?

The fastest journey from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux takes 5h 43m door to door, of which 4h 2m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 9m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux?

The cheapest fare from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux is €58.09, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €90.54. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux?

The cheapest way from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux is by train, at €58.09 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. That journey takes 6h door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux?

Fares from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €59.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 124 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux, at €67.44. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 24 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux, at €54.24 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux?

2 operators sell services from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux across 1 mode: Renfe, Trenitalia France. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux?

0 percent of the services we sell from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux are direct. The rest connect at Montpellier, Nîmes, with about 74 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux use?

Services from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux by train leave from Aix-en-Provence Centre and arrive at Bordeaux Saint Jean. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Aix-en-Provence to Bordeaux on 24 September 2026: 552 km of route against 502 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €58.09, and 5h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Bordeaux a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Bordeaux and across France

Day trips that leave Bordeaux in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Aix-en-Provence reaches 31 places in 8 countries on services we hold, over distances from 59 to 984 km. Bordeaux reaches 170 places in 35 countries, from 50 to 6,586 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Aix-en-Provence

  • 31Places you can leave for
  • 8Countries
  • 3Operators

Arriving in Bordeaux

Leaving Bordeaux

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  • 35Countries
  • 51Operators

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