There are 11 ways to get from Alsace to Basque Country by train (TGV), bus, car, plane, or train
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Selestat to Paris EstTgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to HendayeTgv
10h 39m€138–339Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Colmar to Brive-la-GaillardeBlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Brive-la-Gaillarde to San Sebastian / DonostiaFlixBus N1157
20h 15m€60–128Drive 1,103.8 km
- Drive from Alsace to Donostia / San Sebastián1,103.8 km
11h 3m€172–248Fly Strasbourg International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)SXB - BIO
7h 46m€101–233Train
- Take the train from Scherwiller to StrasbourgTer
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St JeanTgv
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to HendayeTer
12h 46m€150–380Train, bus
- Take the train from Selestat to Basel SbbTer
- Take the train from Basel SBB to BernIc6 / ...
- Take the bus from Fribourg to San Sebastian / Donostia
23h 31m€138–210Train to Basel, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Selestat to St Louis
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)BSL - BIO
6h 23m€86–213Fly Strasbourg International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)SXB - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
8h 5m€83–257Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Selestat to Basel Sbb
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)ZRH - BIO
7h 50m€112–308Fly Strasbourg International Airport to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport, train
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport (LDE)SXB - LDE
- Take the train from Lourdes to Hendaye
8h 21m€73–315Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Selestat to Strasbourg
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)FRA - BIO
9h 3m€144–562
Alsace to Basque Country by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Alsace to Basque Country is to bus which costs €60 - €130 and takes 20h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Alsace to Basque Country is to train and fly which takes 6h 23m and costs €85 - €220.
No, there is no direct train from Alsace to Basque Country. However, there are services departing from Scherwiller and arriving at Amara-Donostia via Selestat, Gare de l'Est, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 and Hendaia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 39m.
The distance between Alsace and Basque Country is 1281 km. The road distance is 1103.8 km.
The best way to get from Alsace to Basque Country without a car is to train via Paris which takes 10h 39m and costs €130 - €340.
It takes approximately 10h 39m to get from Alsace to Basque Country, including transfers.
Alsace to Basque Country train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Selestat station.
The best way to get from Alsace to Basque Country is to train via Paris which takes 10h 39m and costs €130 - €340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €130 and takes 20h 15m, you could also fly, which costs €100 - €240 and takes 7h 46m.
Alsace to Basque Country train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Est station.
Yes, the driving distance between Alsace to Basque Country is 1104 km. It takes approximately 11h 3m to drive from Alsace to Basque Country.
What companies run services between Alsace, France and Basque Country, Spain?
You can take a train from Scherwiller to Amara-Donostia via Selestat, Paris Est, Gare de l'Est, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Hendaye, and Hendaia in around 10h 39m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Dambach to San Sebastian / Donostia via Gare, Selestat, Colmar, Colmar, and Brive-la-Gaillarde in around 20h 15m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Basel to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Basel to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–260
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–450
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Selestat to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Selestat to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–19
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Scherwiller to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–12
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €35–60
- Rail 1st Class
- €60–85
Train from Selestat to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Selestat to St Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lourdes to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Selestat to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €28–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €255–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €120–150
- Seating Carriage
- €28–35
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–19
- 1st Class
- €23–40
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Colmar to Brive-la-Gaillarde
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Brive-la-Gaillarde to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brive-la-Gaillarde to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Fribourg to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Brive-la-Gaillarde to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €4–24
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Online ticket
- €4–24
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