There are 9 ways to get from Pau to Castelo Branco by bus, train (TGV, Renfe), car, train, plane, or towncar
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus via Bayonne
best- Take the bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps to Terminal Rodoviário do Fundãobus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário do Fundão to Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Brancobus
12h 54mBus
cheapest- Take the bus from Pau to Castelo Brancobus FlixBus N1155
14h 5m€65–110Train
- Take the train from Pau to Toulouse Matabiautrain Ter
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Narbonnetrain Ter
- Take the train from Narbonne to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Badajoztrain Alv
- Take the train from Badajoz to Abrantestrain Re
- Take the train from Abrantes to Castelo Brancotrain Ic
22h 1m€231–417Drive 855.3 km
- Drive from Pau to Castelo Brancocar 855.3 km
8h 6m€133–192Train to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, fly to Lisbon-Portela Airport, bus
- Take the train from Pau to Toulouse Matabiautrain
- Fly from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane TLS - LIS
- Take the bus from Lisboa - Aeroporto Humberto Delgado (LIS) to Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Brancobus
10h 43m€117–326Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Lisbon-Portela Airport, bus
- Take the train from Pau to Bordeaux St Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane BOD - LIS
- Take the bus from Lisboa - Aeroporto Humberto Delgado (LIS) to Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Brancobus
10h 40m€104–296Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar, bus
- Take the train from Pau to Bordeaux St Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane BOD - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Guardatowncar
- Take the bus from Guarda to Castelo Brancobus
11h 50m€345–528Train to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar, bus
- Take the train from Pau to Toulouse Matabiautrain
- Fly from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane TLS - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Guardatowncar
- Take the bus from Guarda to Castelo Brancobus
11h 57m€353–568Bus, bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Take the bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop to San Sebastián - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Airport Loiu Bilbaobus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane BIO - LIS
- Take the bus from Lisboa - Aeroporto Humberto Delgado (LIS) to Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Brancobus
12h 5m€82–237
Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pau to Castelo Branco is to bus which costs €65 - €110 and takes 14h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Pau to Castelo Branco is to drive which takes 8h 6m and costs €130 - €200.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Pau and arriving at Castelo Branco. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday to Saturday. The journey takes approximately 14h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Pau to Castelo Branco. However, there are services departing from Pau and arriving at Castelo Branco via Toulouse Matabiau, Narbonne, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Badajoz and Abrantes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 1m.
The distance between Pau and Castelo Branco is 879 km. The road distance is 855.3 km.
The best way to get from Pau to Castelo Branco without a car is to bus via Bayonne which takes 12h 54m and costs .
It takes approximately 12h 54m to get from Pau to Castelo Branco, including transfers.
Pau to Castelo Branco bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc station.
Pau to Castelo Branco train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Pau station.
The best way to get from Pau to Castelo Branco is to bus via Bayonne which takes 12h 54m and costs . Alternatively, you can train, which costs €230 - €420 and takes 22h 1m.
What companies run services between Pau, France and Castelo Branco, Portugal?
You can take a bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco via Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps and Terminal Rodoviário do Fundão in around 12h 54m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Pau to Castelo Branco via Toulouse Matabiau, Narbonne, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Badajoz, and Abrantes in around 22h 1m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–440
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
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 Pau to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- 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 Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Pau to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- 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 Toulouse Matabiau to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Pau to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Narbonne to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Badajoz
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Badajoz to Abrantes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
Train from Abrantes to Castelo Branco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Guarda to Castelo Branco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lisboa - Aeroporto Humberto Delgado (LIS) to Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Pau to Castelo Branco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Guarda to Castelo Branco
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +33 6 31 09 82 47
- contact@euroscoach.com
- Website
- euroscoach.com
Bus from Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps to Terminal Rodoviário do Fundão
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euroscoach.com
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário do Fundão to Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Airport Loiu Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- info@vmtransfers.com
- Website
- vmtransfers.com
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Guarda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €255
- Website
- https://www.vmtransfers.com/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Pau to Castelo Branco bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop station.
Castelo Branco is 1h behind Pau. It is currently 5:55 PM in Pau and 4:55 PM in Castelo Branco.
Pau to Castelo Branco train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Toulouse Matabiau station.
Yes, the driving distance between Pau to Castelo Branco is 855 km. It takes approximately 8h 6m to drive from Pau to Castelo Branco.
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