There are 10 ways to get from Nice to Cauterets by train (TGV), bus, car, plane, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Nice Ville to Marseille St Charlestrain Tgv
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Toulouse Matabiautrain
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Lourdestrain Ter
12h 24m€146–266Bus via Toulouse
cheapest- Take the bus from Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1 to Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station to Lourdesbus BlaBlaCar Bus
15h 22m€50–88Drive 729.4 km
- Drive from Nice to Cauteretscar 729.4 km
7h 33m€117–169Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport (LDE)plane NCE - LDE
8h 17m€125–328Bus
- Take the bus from Nice Airport to Paubus FlixBus 768 / ...
- Take the bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Lourdesbus BlaBlaCar Bus
16h 53m€70–110Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, train, line 965 bus
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)plane NCE - TLS
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Lourdestrain
- Take the bus from LOURDES - Gare SNCF to CAUTERETS - Garebus
8h 22m€95–268Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, train, line 965 bus
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane NCE - BIQ
- Take the train from Bayonne to Lourdestrain
- Take the bus from LOURDES - Gare SNCF to CAUTERETS - Garebus
8h 21m€121–332Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Pau Pyrénées Airport, train, line 965 bus
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Pau Pyrénées Airport (PUF)plane NCE - PUF
- Take the train from Pau to Lourdestrain
- Take the bus from LOURDES - Gare SNCF to CAUTERETS - Garebus
9h 32m€212–489Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane NCE - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Lourdestrain
9h 34m€101–267Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, train
- Take the train from Nice Ville to Marseille St Charlestrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)plane MRS - TLS
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Lourdestrain
10h 42m€139–361
Nice to Cauterets by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nice to Cauterets is to bus via Toulouse which costs €45 - €90 and takes 15h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Nice to Cauterets is to drive which takes 7h 33m and costs €110 - €170.
No, there is no direct bus from Nice station to Cauterets. However, there are services departing from Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1 and arriving at CAUTERETS - Gare via Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station and LOURDES - Gare SNCF. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 22m.
No, there is no direct train from Nice to Cauterets. However, there are services departing from Nice Ville and arriving at Lourdes via Marseille St Charles and Toulouse Matabiau. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 24m.
The distance between Nice and Cauterets is 854 km. The road distance is 729.4 km.
The best way to get from Nice to Cauterets without a car is to train which takes 12h 24m and costs €140 - €270.
It takes approximately 12h 24m to get from Nice to Cauterets, including transfers.
Nice to Cauterets bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1.
Nice to Cauterets train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Nice Ville station.
The best way to get from Nice to Cauterets is to train which takes 12h 24m and costs €140 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus via Toulouse, which costs €45 - €90 and takes 15h 22m, you could also fly, which costs €120 - €330 and takes 8h 17m.
What companies run services between Nice, France and Cauterets, France?
You can take a train from Nice Ville to CAUTERETS - Gare via Marseille St Charles, Toulouse Matabiau, Lourdes, and LOURDES - Gare SNCF in around 12h 24m. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Jean Médecin to CAUTERETS - Gare via Aéroport Terminal 1, Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1, Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station, Lourdes, and LOURDES - Gare SNCF in around 15h 22m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Pau Pyrénées Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–750
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–330
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–410
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport via Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180–410
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–480
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Pau Pyrénées Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €950–2,400
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,300
- Website
- pro.flyamelia.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Pau Pyrénées Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–700
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–410
- Website
- aircorsica.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Ajaccio
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- corsair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Nice Ville to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Pau to Lourdes
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Lourdes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Nice Ville to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Nice Ville to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Nice Ville to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Marseille St Charles to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Lourdes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Lourdes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bayonne to Lourdes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Pau to Lourdes
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Lourdes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Lourdes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1 to Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station to Lourdes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Lourdes
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nice Airport to Pau
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Lourdes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +33 800 31 31 31
- Website
- liO Occitanie - Hautes-Pyrénées
Bus from LOURDES - Gare SNCF to CAUTERETS - Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2
- Schedules at
- liO Occitanie - Hautes-Pyrénées
Bus from LOURDES - Gare SNCF to CAUTERETS - Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2
- Schedules at
- liO Occitanie - Hautes-Pyrénées
Bus from LOURDES - Gare SNCF to CAUTERETS - Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2
- Schedules at
- liO Occitanie - Hautes-Pyrénées
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Booking & Getting There
Nice to Cauterets bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station.
Nice to Cauterets train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Marseille St Charles station.
Yes, the driving distance between Nice to Cauterets is 729 km. It takes approximately 7h 33m to drive from Nice to Cauterets.
There are 2812+ hotels available in Cauterets.




















