Nantes to Bordeaux runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 14:39. One passenger pays between €13.93 and €38.84, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 40m over 276 km, on services run by 5 operators across 4 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 4 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€13.93 to €38.84
- 140%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Nantes
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:26First departure
- 14:39Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
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TER Pays de la Loire runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
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Brittany Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €27.13Tue15
- about €29.88Wed16
- about €32.08Thu17
- about €28.78Fri18
- about €23.83Sat19
- about €24.93Sun20
- about €19.98Mon21
- about €16.68Tue22
- about €17.78Wed23
- about €23.28Thu24
- about €24.38Fri25
- about €22.73Sat26
- about €21.63Sun27
- about €17.23Mon28
- about €15.03Tue29
- about €16.68Wed30
- about €18.33Thu1
- about €16.68Fri2
- about €17.23Sat3
- about €15.58Sun4
- about €13.93Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Bordeaux. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bordeaux for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Nantes to Bordeaux
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.1390 days
- €15.0360 days
- €16.1345 days
- €13.3830 days
- €13.9321 days
- €17.2314 days
- €19.987 days
- €32.083 days
- €27.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 140 percent. The dearest point is €32.08, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Nantes 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
276 km
275 km as the crow flies, 0% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
325,070 → 265,328
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/8
6 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 69% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 31% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 276 km against 275 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Fontenay-le-Comte, Rochefort, Royan, La Rochelle. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from BOD into Bordeaux is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
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 flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
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 Nantes 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 Nantes to Bordeaux?
The fastest journey from Nantes to Bordeaux takes 2h 40m door to door, of which 1h 57m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 24m, 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 Nantes to Bordeaux?
The cheapest fare from Nantes to Bordeaux is €13.93, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €30.04. 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 Nantes to Bordeaux?
The cheapest way from Nantes to Bordeaux is by coach, at €16.68 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 40m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Nantes to Bordeaux?
The fastest way from Nantes to Bordeaux is by train, at 2h 41m door to door. Only 1h 57m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €38.84.
When should I book Nantes to Bordeaux?
Fares from Nantes to Bordeaux bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €13.38. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 140 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Nantes to Bordeaux?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Nantes to Bordeaux, at €16.68. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Nantes to Bordeaux?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Nantes to Bordeaux, at €12.28 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 Nantes to Bordeaux?
5 operators sell services from Nantes to Bordeaux across 4 modes: Air France Hop, BlaBlaCar, Brittany Ferries, SNCF, TER Pays de la Loire. 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 Nantes to Bordeaux?
69 percent of the services we sell from Nantes to Bordeaux are direct. The rest connect at Fontenay-le-Comte, Rochefort, Royan, La Rochelle, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Nantes to Bordeaux produce?
Travelling from Nantes to Bordeaux by coach produces about 7.4 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 69.6 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Nantes to Bordeaux use?
Services from Nantes to Bordeaux by train leave from Nantes 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 Nantes to Bordeaux?
4 of the 5 operators we sell from Nantes 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Nantes to Bordeaux on 14 September 2026: 276 km of route against 275 km in a straight line, 13 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €13.93, and 2h 40m 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. We do not sell those either.
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
Nantes reaches 141 places in 29 countries on services we hold, over distances from 81 to 6,767 km. Bordeaux reaches 140 places in 33 countries, from 50 to 5,514 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Nantes
- 141Places you can leave for
- 29Countries
- 43Operators
Arriving in Bordeaux
Leaving Bordeaux
- 140Places you can leave for
- 33Countries
- 50Operators