There are 8 ways to get from Ireland to Caen by plane, train, ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cork Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)ORK - CDG
- Take the train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Caen
7h 10m€122–314Fly Dublin Airport to Paris Orly Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)DUB - ORY
- Take the train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Caen
7h 38m€87–261Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to CherbourgDublin Ferryport B+I-Cherbourg
- Take the train from Cherbourg to CaenK2+ / ...
21h 54m€99–114Bus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Brussels
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Caen712
3d 15h€91–362Fly Dublin Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)DUB - CDG
- Take the train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Caen
7h 23m€122–281Fly Dublin Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA)DUB - BVA
- Take the bus from Paris-Beauvais Airport to Paris, Saint-Denis Université
- Take the train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Caen
9h 3m€102–246Fly Cork Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA)ORK - BVA
- Take the bus from Paris-Beauvais Airport to Paris, Saint-Denis Université
- Take the train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Caen
8h 55m€122–269Fly Dublin Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)DUB - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Le Mans
- Take the train from Le Mans to Caen
9h 36m€107–345
Ireland to Caen by tram, foot, ferry, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Caen is to ferry and train which costs €95 - €120 and takes 21h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Caen is to fly and train which takes 7h 10m and costs €120 - €320.
The distance between Ireland and Caen is 1122 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Caen without a car is to ferry and train which takes 21h 54m and costs €95 - €120.
It takes approximately 7h 10m to get from Ireland to Caen, including transfers.
Caen is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 9:06 PM in Ireland and 10:06 PM in Caen.
There are 2643+ hotels available in Caen.
What companies run services between Ireland and Caen, France?
You can take a vehicle from Dublin to Caen via Dublin, Rădăuți, Brussel Stadion, Brussel Noord afstaphalte, and Brussels-North train station in around 3d 15h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Cork Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Cork Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–280
Flights from Dublin Airport to Paris Orly Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Dublin Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Le Mans to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
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 Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Cherbourg to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €27
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Nantes to Le Mans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Le Mans to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–80
- 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 Nantes to Le Mans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24–180
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–60
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Paris-Beauvais Airport to Paris, Saint-Denis Université
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–85
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €210–1,000
- On Foot
- €70–85
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