Travel to Bordeaux

Every way to reach Bordeaux: 4 modes compared, with fares.

Bordeaux is reachable from 140 places across 33 countries by 4 modes, on services run by 50 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88 and the fastest takes 2h 24m door to door. The nearest origin is 50 km away.

Checked 3 October 2026Priced for 3 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Bordeaux

Every mode that actually calls at Bordeaux, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train52€29.492h 24m758 km2
Coach50€16.683h 42m758 km2
Flight197€48.524h 9m5,514 km45
Ferry40€11.883h 32m539 km1
  • 140Places you can arrive from
  • 140Places you can leave for
  • 33Countries
  • 50Operators

Bordeaux sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Bordeaux Saint Jean

Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km165%La Teste-de-Buch, 50 km
200 to 600 km13640%Les Sables-d'Olonne, 207 km
600 to 1,500 km13339%Reims, 603 km
Over 1,500 km5416%Dubrovnik, 1518 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Bordeaux that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
France16853%
Italy268%
Spain258%
United Kingdom165%
Morocco144%
Germany124%
Greece83%
Portugal83%
Switzerland62%
Croatia52%
Tunisia52%
Algeria41%
Ireland41%
Netherlands31%
Poland31%
Albania21%
Belgium21%
Canada21%
Czechia21%
Denmark21%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Bordeaux

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Bordeaux

Rail
  • Bordeaux Saint Jean
  • Bordeaux St-Jean
  • Ludon
Coach
  • Bordeaux Saint Jean
  • Buttinière
Air
  • BOD
Ferry
  • Cité du Vin

The fare from BOD into Bordeaux is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

Getting from BOD into 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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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Bordeaux

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Bordeaux, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
La Teste-de-Buch to Bordeaux ferry€11.883h 32m50 km
Royan to Bordeaux ferry€11.884h 46m94 km
Rochefort to Bordeaux ferry€12.995h 46m126 km
La Rochelle to Bordeaux ferry€15.196h 57m154 km
Niort to Bordeaux ferry€16.297h 12m165 km
Bayonne to Bordeaux ferry€16.297h 5m166 km
Anglet to Bordeaux ferry€16.297h 29m168 km
Toulouse to Bordeaux bus€16.683h 42m212 km
Nantes to Bordeaux bus€17.234h 25m275 km
Fontenay-le-Comte to Bordeaux ferry€17.947h 46m182 km
Les Sables-d'Olonne to Bordeaux ferry€19.598h 42m207 km
Rennes to Bordeaux bus€21.635h 49m373 km
Nantes to Bordeaux ferry€22.899h 42m275 km
Lyon to Bordeaux bus€23.836h 27m436 km
Angers to Bordeaux bus€23.835h 33m292 km
Couëron to Bordeaux ferry€26.1910h 5m278 km

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

Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular journeys to Bordeaux

Common questions about Travel to Bordeaux

How can I get to Bordeaux?

Bordeaux is reachable by 4 modes on our network, from 140 places, across 33 countries, on services run by 50 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Bordeaux?

The cheapest way into Bordeaux is by ferry, from €11.88 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 140 origins we sell into Bordeaux over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Bordeaux?

The fastest journey into Bordeaux is by train, at 2h 24m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 50 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Bordeaux have?

Bordeaux has 7 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Bordeaux Saint Jean, Bordeaux St-Jean, Ludon. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Bordeaux from within 200 km?

16 of the routes we sell into Bordeaux start within 200 km. The nearest is La Teste-de-Buch, 50 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Bordeaux in France?

Bordeaux connects to 140 places on our network across 33 countries, the furthest of them 5,514 km away in a straight line. France routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in France

The wider region

The journey is the easy half to plan. The days in Bordeaux are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

What to book in Bordeaux before you go

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Bordeaux, with free cancellation on most of it.

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