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Compare train, coach and flight for Nantes to Pau
Omio recommends booking the coach as it is the most popular option from Nantes to Pau among Omio's users. If you are prioritising price take the coach with prices starting from £27. For those with little time consider booking a coach which can get you there in 7h 11m. The ticket price range depends on the travel mode: a coach costs an average of £27, and a train costs an average of £46.
Distance: 445 km
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£44 Average Price Cheapest | £89 Average Price |
7h 41m Average total duration Fastest 7h 11m Onboard + 30m Additional time* | 9h 10m Average total duration 8h 40m Onboard + 30m Additional time* |
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How to get to Pau from Nantes by train, bus, flight or ferry.
Our recommendation
The best way to travel from Nantes to Pau is by taking a coach because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
FlixBus · FlixBus18:0511h55Pôle d'échange multimodal Gare Sud SNCF, 44000 Nantes6:00Pau, Lycée St John Perse£461One-way1 change
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FlixBus · FlixBus18:0511h55Pôle d'échange multimodal Gare Sud SNCF, 44000 Nantes6:00Pau, Lycée St John Perse£461One-way1 change
Fastest
3833+
857511:476h43Nantes station18:30Pau station£811One-way1 change
Other options
3831+
85727:386h53Nantes station14:31Pau station£861One-way1 change
8874 · 8549+
L52 (867254)13:047h31Nantes station20:35Pau station£1121One-way2 changes
8922 · 859315:047h25Nantes station22:29Pau station£1201One-way1 change
FlixBus · FlixBus7:3012h15Pôle d'échange multimodal Gare Sud SNCF, 44000 Nantes19:45Pau, Lycée St John Perse£461One-way1 change
FlixBus · FlixBus8:3012h15Pôle d'échange multimodal Gare Sud SNCF, 44000 Nantes20:45Pau, Lycée St John Perse£461One-way1 change
50766 · 5404914:059h05Pôle d'échange multimodal Gare Sud SNCF, 44000 Nantes23:10Pau, Bd Lucien Favre (Technopôle Héliparc)£541One-way1 change
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This is compared to other travel options from Nantes to Pau:
A coach is £45 less than a train for this route with tickets for a train from Nantes to Pau costing on average £89.
A coach is £81 less than a flight for this route with tickets for a flight from Nantes to Pau costing on average £125.
Other travel options to Pau take longer:
Train takes on average 8h 40m.
Flight takes on average 11h 34m.
- Around 5 trains per day.
- Around 5 coaches per day.
- Around 3 flights per day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your route between Nantes and Pau as scheduled services by train, coach and flight can vary by season or day of the week.
- Flights mostly depart from Nantes Atlantique Airport and arrive in Pau Pyrenees Airport.
- Trains mostly depart from Nantes station and arrive in Pau station.
- Coaches mostly depart from Nantes, Route de Paris and arrive in Pau, Lycée St John Perse.
- Travel with FlixBus, BlaBlaCar Bus, BlaBlaCar to go to Pau by coach.
- Travel with SNCF | Intercités, SNCF | Intercités de nuit, SNCF | TGV INOUI, Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF) to go to Pau by train.
- 2 direct coaches per day with BlaBlaCar.
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