There are 11 ways to get from Avignon to Basque Country by bus, train (TGV), car, train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus
best- Take the bus from Avignon to San Sebastian / Donostiabus FlixBus N1156
9h 30m€45–80Train
- Take the train from Avignon Centre to Nimestrain Ter
- Take the train from Nimes to Toulouse Matabiautrain Ter
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Hendayetrain
10h 22m€99–271Drive 653.5 km
- Drive from Avignon to Donostia / San Sebastiáncar 653.5 km
6h 20m€104–150Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgvtrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane MRS - BIO
7h 19m€73–237Bus via Toulouse
- Take the bus from Avignon to Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station to Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Toulouse Matabiau to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
12h 15m€47–103Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgvtrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane LYS - BIQ
4h 58m€83–411Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to San Sebastián Airport
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgvtrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)plane MRS - EAS
6h 41m€111–422Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgvtrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane MRS - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendayetrain
7h 38m€73–244Train to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane BCN - BIO
7h 28m€72–200Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgvtrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane MRS - BIQ
5h 3m€86–324Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, train
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgvtrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)plane MRS - TLS
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Hendayetrain
8h 45m€122–380
Avignon to Basque Country by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Avignon to Basque Country is to bus which costs €45 - €80 and takes 9h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Avignon to Basque Country is to train and fly which takes 4h 58m and costs €80 - €420.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Avignon and arriving at San Sebastian / Donostia. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday to Saturday. The journey takes approximately 9h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Avignon to Basque Country. However, there are services departing from Avignon Centre and arriving at Amara-Donostia via Nimes, Toulouse Matabiau and Hendaia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 22m.
The distance between Avignon and Basque Country is 695 km. The road distance is 653.5 km.
The best way to get from Avignon to Basque Country without a car is to bus which takes 9h 30m and costs €45 - €80.
The bus from Avignon to San Sebastian / Donostia takes 9h 30m including transfers and departs three times a week.
Avignon to Basque Country bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Avignon station.
Avignon to Basque Country train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Avignon Centre station.
The best way to get from Avignon to Basque Country is to bus which takes 9h 30m and costs €45 - €80. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €95 - €280 and takes 10h 22m.
What companies run services between Avignon, France and Basque Country, Spain?
FlixBus operates a bus from Avignon to San Sebastian / Donostia 3 times a week. Tickets cost €45–80 and the journey takes 9h 30m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Avignon Centre to Amara-Donostia via Nimes, Toulouse Matabiau, Hendaye, and Hendaia in around 10h 22m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Bilbao Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €20–110
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €20–110
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bilbao Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €20–110
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €20–110
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–410
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €450–950
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Menorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Bilbao Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–390
- Website
- corsair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,200
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 Avignon Centre to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–18
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Nimes to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–28
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- 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
- €30–90
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Nimes to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Avignon to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Avignon to Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station to Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Toulouse Matabiau to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
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More Questions & Answers
Avignon to Basque Country bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at San Sebastian / Donostia station.
Avignon to Basque Country train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Nimes station.
Yes, the driving distance between Avignon to Basque Country is 653 km. It takes approximately 6h 20m to drive from Avignon to Basque Country.
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