There are 10 ways to get from France to Donegal by plane, bus, car, car ferry, train, or ferry
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Fly Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dublin Airport, bus
best- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane NTE - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Zone 12 to Donegalbus
8h 46m€68–242Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Paris to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1carferry
- Drive from Dublin Terminal 1 to Donegalcar
26h 33m€200–884Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Dublin Airport, bus
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CDG - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Zone 12 to Donegalbus
9h 4m€107–261Fly Paris Orly Airport to Dublin Airport, bus
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ORY - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Zone 12 to Donegalbus
9h 17m€106–260Fly Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Dublin Airport, bus
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BOD - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Zone 12 to Donegalbus
9h 19m€83–252Bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Dublin Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvaisbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BVA - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Zone 12 to Donegalbus
10h 19m€70–279Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Belfast International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane CDG - BFS
- Take the train from Antrim to Derry-Londonderrytrain
- Take the bus from Ulsterbus Depot to Donegalbus
10h 32m€101–242Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Cherbourgtrain K2+
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
- Take the bus from Dublin Busáras to Donegalbus 30
30h€176–725Train, ferry, bus via Sligo
- Take the train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Cherbourgtrain K2+
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to Sligotrain Re / ...
- Take the bus from Sligo Markievicz Road to Donegalbus 964
30h 54mBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Paris to Caenbus 774 / ...
- Take the bus from Caen to Cherbourgbus
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Zone 12 to Donegalbus 30
33h 35m€154–674
France to Donegal by subway, train, ferry, foot, tram, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from France to Donegal is to bus and fly which costs €65 - €280 and takes 10h 19m.
The fastest way to get from France to Donegal is to fly and bus which takes 8h 46m and costs €65 - €250.
The distance between France and Donegal is 1017 km.
The best way to get from France to Donegal without a car is to train and ferry and bus which takes 30h and costs €170 - €750.
It takes approximately 8h 46m to get from France to Donegal, including transfers.
Donegal is 1h behind France. It is currently 2:25 PM in France and 1:25 PM in Donegal.
There are 83+ hotels available in Donegal.
What companies run services between France and Donegal, Ulster, Ireland?
There is no direct connection from France to Donegal. However, you can take the bus to Aéroport, walk to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) airport, fly to Dublin Airport (DUB), walk to Dublin Airport Zone 12, then take the bus to Donegal. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Paris to Donegal via Port of Cherbourg and Dublin Terminal 1 in around 26h 33m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Dublin Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Dublin Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Belfast International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Belfast International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dublin Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Antrim to Derry-Londonderry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
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 Saint-Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Connolly to Sligo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €18–27
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Zone 12 to Donegal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Ulsterbus Depot to Donegal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Dublin Busáras to Donegal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–20
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Ulsterbus Depot to Donegal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Phone
- +353 74 954 8114
- info@feda.ie
- Website
- busfeda.ie
Bus from Sligo Markievicz Road to Donegal
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://busfeda.ie/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 3635
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Bus from Caen to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–750
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–550
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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