There are 10 ways to get from Munich to Loire Valley by train, bus, car 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.
Recommended option
Train • 9 h 8 min
$215 - $245
Cheapest option
Bus FlixBus • 17 h 4 min
$62 - $113
8 alternative options
Train via Strasbourg • 9 h 45 min
$222 - $292
Bus Eurolines FR • 18 h 8 min
$112 - $160
Drive • 9 h 44 min
$130 - $200
Fly to Paris CDG, train • 7 h 32 min
$102 - $283
Fly to Nantes, train • 8 h 21 min
$107 - $237
Fly to Paris Orly, train • 9 h 25 min
$123 - $384
Fly to Tours St Symphorien • 10 h 3 min
$91 - $369
Fly to Poitiers, train • 8 h 17 min
$339 - $660
Questions & Answers
No, there is no direct bus from Munich to Loire Valley. However, there are services departing from München and arriving at Tours via Paris - Gallieni. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18 h 8 min.
No, there is no direct train from Munich to Loire Valley. However, there are services departing from München Hbf and arriving at Tours via Stuttgart Hbf, Strasbourg and St-Pierre-des-Corps. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9 h 45 min.
The distance between Munich and Loire Valley is 816 km. The road distance is 1033 km.
The best way to get from Munich to Loire Valley without a car is to train which takes 9 h 8 min and costs .
It takes approximately 9 h 8 min to get from Munich to Loire Valley, including transfers.
Munich to Loire Valley bus services, operated by Eurolines FR, depart from München station.
Munich to Loire Valley train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn, depart from München Hbf station.
The best way to get from Munich to Loire Valley is to train which takes 9 h 8 min and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 17 h 4 min, you could also fly, which costs and takes 10 h 3 min.
The quickest flight from Munich Airport to Paris CDG Airport is the direct flight which takes 1 h 30 min.
Munich to Loire Valley bus services, operated by Isilines, arrive at Tours station.
- Distance: 510 miles
- Duration: 9 h 8 min
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Loire Valley, France?
You can take a train from Munich to Loire Valley via Paris Est, Gare De L'est, Gare Montparnasse., Paris Montparnasse, St-Pierre-des-Corps, and Tours in around 9 h 8 min. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Munich to Loire Valley 4 times a week. Tickets cost $60 - $110 and the journey takes 15 h 25 min.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Munich to Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 41 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $460
Flights from Munich to Nantes via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 22 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $460
Flights from Munich to Poitiers via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 52 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310 - $1,400
Flights from Munich to Poitiers via Venice, Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 50 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280 - $1,800
Flights from Munich to Poitiers via Nuremberg, Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $260 - $1,600
Flights from Munich to Poitiers via Frankfurt, Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 35 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340 - $1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich to Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85 - $420
Flights from Munich to Paris CDG via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85 - $420
Flights from Munich to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $650
Flights from Munich to Nantes via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160 - $450
- Website
- hop.com
Flights from Munich to Poitiers via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 52 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310 - $1,400
Flights from Munich to Poitiers via Venice, Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 50 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280 - $1,800
Flights from Munich to Poitiers via Nuremberg, Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $260 - $1,600
Flights from Munich to Poitiers via Frankfurt, Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 35 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340 - $1,500
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Munich to Paris Orly via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95 - $550
Flights from Munich to Paris Orly via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 7 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $550
Flights from Munich to Paris Orly via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 30 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95 - $550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Munich to Tours St Symphorien via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 10 min
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240 - $1,100
Flights from Munich to Tours St Symphorien via Frankfurt, Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 45 min
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260 - $1,200
Flights from Munich to Tours St Symphorien via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 14 h 20 min
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $550
Flights from Munich to Tours St Symphorien via Cologne/Bonn Apt, London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 14 h 25 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65 - $340
Flights from Munich to Poitiers via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 30 min
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160 - $800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Munich to Paris Orly via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80 - $280
Flights from Munich to Paris Orly via Berlin Tegel
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80 - $280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Munich to Nantes via Amsterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 23 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $480
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Munich to Paris Orly via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95 - $550
Flights from Munich to Paris Orly via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 30 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95 - $550
- Website
- airmalta.com
Flights from Munich to Paris Orly via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 40 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $1,300
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Munich to Paris CDG via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270 - $1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Munich to Paris CDG via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170 - $950
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Munich to Nantes via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160 - $450
- Website
- tunisair.com
Flights from Munich to Paris Orly via Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 20 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400 - $1,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Munich to Paris Orly via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 30 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $600
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Munich to Paris Orly via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 35 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $800
- Phone
- 0033 892 353535
- Website
- sncf.com
Train from München Hbf to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 52 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $160 - $180
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $160 - $180
- 1st Class
- $210 - $310
Train from Paris Montparnasse to St-Pierre-des-Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 13 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45 - $55
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $45 - $55
- 1st Class
- $70 - $90
Train from München Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 16 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $50 - $60
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $50 - $60
- 1st Class
- $75 - $95
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 19 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35 - $45
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $35 - $45
- 1st Class
- $55 - $65
Train from Strasbourg to St-Pierre-des-Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130 - $150
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $130 - $150
- 1st Class
- $170 - $250
Train from Aeroport Paris-Charles de Gaulle TGV to St-Pierre-des-Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 42 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40 - $55
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
Train from Poitiers to St-Pierre-des-Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25 - $30
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $25 - $30
- 1st Class
- $43 - $46
Deutsche Bahn is the German railway company, and the largest railway operator and infrastructure owner in Europe. Based in Berlin, Deutsche Bahn was founded in 1994, and offers many different types of rail transportation including ICE or Intercity-Express for high-speed services between major cities and regions, IC (InterCity) for long-distance trains, RE (Regional Express) trains that connect regions and cities, and the S-Bahn rapid transit service. There are two main tickets on offer: the Flexpreis that has full flexibility, and the Sparpreis which is the cheaper, advanced fare.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from München Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 17 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50 - $75
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 19 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35 - $55
- Website
- bahn.de
Loosely translated as the French National Railway Corporation, the SNCF is France’s state-owned railway company. It covers the country’s extensive rail network, as well as the TGV and Thalys, France’s two high-speed railway networks. With over 14,000 trains operating daily, it is a fast and efficient way of travelling around the country. The railway network consists of about 32,000km in total, of which 1800km are high-speed lines and 14,500km are electrified.
Rome2rio's guide to SNCF
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 9 70 60 99 70
- Website
- sncf.com
Train from Nantes to Tours
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30 - $50
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $30 - $50
- 1st Class
- $45 - $70
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves over 1400 destinations, in 26 countries including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, and across Scandinavia and central and eastern Europe. Founded in 2012, Flixbus’ extensive network connects cities with approximately 200,000 trips, with buses often departing every 30 minutes. One of the most affordable ways to get around Europe (and expanding soon into the US), a Flixbus journey is cost-effective, well-connected, comfortable and safe.
Rome2rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Munich, Munich Fröttmaning to Tours
- Ave. Duration
- 15 h 25 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60 - $110
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- + 33 1 41 86 24 21
- Website
- eurolines.fr
Bus from München to Paris Gallieni
- Ave. Duration
- 13 h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95 - $140
- Schedules at
- eurolines.fr
- Phone
- 0 892 89 12 00
- Website
- isilines.com
Bus from Paris - Gallieni to Tours
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13 - $22
- Schedules at
- isilines.com
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Read the travel guideMore Questions & Answers
Munich to Loire Valley train services, operated by TGV, arrive at St-Pierre-des-Corps station.
Yes, the driving distance between Munich to Loire Valley is 1033 km. It takes approximately 9 h 44 min to drive from Munich to Loire Valley.
Luxair, Swiss, Air France and Lufthansa offer flights from Munich Airport to Paris CDG Airport.
There are 553+ hotels available in Loire Valley. Prices start at $71 USD per night.