Cheapest€15.03
- BlaBlaCar BB812014:443h 39m18:23Bordeaux Saint JeanNantes Gare Routiere
Door to door 4h 23mCO2 7.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bordeaux to Nantes bus
Buses from Bordeaux to Nantes start at €16.68 and take 4h 23m at their fastest.
The Buses from Bordeaux to Nantes starts at €16.68 and takes 4h 23m door to door, run by 2 operators over 275 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 4h 23mDoor to door
- 3h 39mMoving
- €16.68From
- 7.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €15.03 | 4h 22m |
| TER Pays de la Loire | €16.13 | 4h 23m |
The bus gets you into Nantes. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Nantes
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Bordeaux to Nantes
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.6890 days
- €13.9360 days
- €12.2845 days
- €13.3830 days
- €17.2321 days
- €19.4314 days
- €19.987 days
- €19.983 days
- €28.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 130 percent. The most expensive point is €28.23, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €20.53Sun
- €16.68Mon
- €16.68Tue
- €17.78Wed
- €23.28Thu
- €24.38Fri
- €19.43Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Bordeaux
Bus
- Bordeaux Saint Jean
- Buttinière
Nantes
Bus
- Nantes Gare Routiere
- Gare Routière de Nantes
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 275 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 La Rochelle, Fontenay-le-Comte, Rochefort, Royan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Bordeaux at 06:02 and the last at 14:54, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 57m | 2h 13m | 44m | €38.84 | 9.1 kg | 2 |
| Flight | 3h 57m | 47m | 3h 10m | €34.36 | 69.6 kg | 1 |
| Coach | 4h 23m | 3h 39m | 44m | €16.68 | 7.4 kg | 4 |
| Ferry | 9h 48m | 8h 18m | 1h 30m | €22.89 | 31.6 kg | 6 |
Questions about Bordeaux to Nantes
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Coach from Bordeaux to Nantes take?
The Coach from Bordeaux to Nantes takes 4h 23m door to door, of which 3h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 275 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Bordeaux to Nantes cost?
The Coach from Bordeaux to Nantes starts at €16.68 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €17.23. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Bordeaux to Nantes?
2 operators run the Coach from Bordeaux to Nantes: BlaBlaCar, TER Pays de la Loire. Between them they file around 4 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Bordeaux to Nantes use?
The Coach from Bordeaux to Nantes leaves from Bordeaux Saint Jean and arrives at Nantes Gare Routiere. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Bordeaux to Nantes?
Traveling from Bordeaux to Nantes by Train costs €38.84 and takes 2h 57m door to door, against 4h 23m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Bordeaux to Nantes?
Fares for the Coach from Bordeaux to Nantes bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 130 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Bordeaux to Nantes produce?
The Coach from Bordeaux to Nantes produces about 7.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 275 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Bordeaux to Nantes?
Operators on the Coach from Bordeaux to Nantes publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 23m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bordeaux to Nantes on September 12, 2026: 275 km of route against 275 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.68, and 4h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Nantes and elsewhere in France. None of it is ours to sell.
Things to do in Nantes
Day trips that leave Nantes in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.
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