There are 10 ways to get from Pau to Málaga by train, plane, bus, car, or train (TGV, Renfe, Ouigo)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to San Sebastián Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Pau to Bayonne
- Fly from San Sebastián Airport (EAS) to Málaga Airport (AGP)EAS - AGP
6h 3m€88–279Bus via Donostia / San Sebastián
cheapest- Take the bus from Pau to San Sebastian / DonostiaFlixBus N1137 / ...
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to MálagaIrun
19h 5m€52–105Bus, train via Madrid
- Take the bus from Gare Arrivée to CANFRANC ESPAGNE - Gare SNCF550
- Take the train from Canfranc to Zaragoza-DeliciasRe
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena GrandesAve
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria ZambranoAve
12h 26m€67–272Bus
- Take the bus from Pau to BayonneFlixBus N1137 / ...
- Take the bus from Bayonne to MalagaFlixBus N1158
18h 35m€81–136Drive 1,035.4 km
- Drive from Pau to Málaga1,035.4 km
11h 36m€164–237Train, bus to Bilbao Airport, fly
- Take the train from Pau to Bayonne
- Take the bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Airport Loiu Bilbao
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Málaga Airport (AGP)BIO - AGP
8h 24m€65–157Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly
- Take the train from Pau to Bordeaux St Jean
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Málaga Airport (AGP)BOD - AGP
7h 41m€86–288Train, bus to Pamplona Airport, fly
- Take the train from Pau to Bayonne
- Take the bus from Bayonne to Pamplona / Iruña Estación de autobuses
- Fly from Pamplona Airport (PNA) to Málaga Airport (AGP)PNA - AGP
12h 51m€163–698Bus, train
- Take the bus from Gare Arrivée to CANFRANC ESPAGNE - Gare SNCF550
- Take the train from Canfranc to Zaragoza-DeliciasRe
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Malaga Maria ZambranoAve
12h 46m€105–202Train
- Take the train from Pau to Toulouse MatabiauTer
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to NarbonneTer
- Take the train from Narbonne to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria ZambranoAve
14h 14m€121–266
Pau to Málaga by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pau to Málaga is to bus via Donostia / San Sebastián which costs €50 - €110 and takes 19h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Pau to Málaga is to train and fly which takes 6h 3m and costs €85 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Pau to Málaga. However, there are services departing from Pau and arriving at Malaga via Bayonne. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Pau to Málaga. However, there are services departing from Pau and arriving at Malaga Maria Zambrano via Toulouse Matabiau, Narbonne and Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 14m.
The distance between Pau and Málaga is 931 km. The road distance is 1035.4 km.
The best way to get from Pau to Málaga without a car is to bus and train via Madrid which takes 12h 26m and costs €65 - €280.
It takes approximately 6h 3m to get from Pau to Málaga, including transfers.
Pau to Málaga bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Pau station.
Pau to Málaga train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Pau station.
The best way to get from Pau to Málaga is to bus which takes 18h 35m and costs €80 - €140. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €120 - €270 and takes 14h 14m.
What companies run services between Pau, France and Málaga, Spain?
You can take a bus from Pau to Malaga via Bayonne in around 18h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Pau to Malaga Maria Zambrano via Toulouse Matabiau, Narbonne, and Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes in around 14h 14m.
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- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–95
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Pamplona Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–650
Flights from Pamplona Airport to Málaga Airport via Gran Canaria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–900
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–95
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from Pamplona Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–650
Flights from Pamplona Airport to Málaga Airport via Gran Canaria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–900
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–110
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Málaga Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
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 Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- 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 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €35–60
- Rail 1st Class
- €60–85
Train from Pau to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- 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 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Canfranc to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Narbonne to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–100
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–70
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Pau to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Bus from Gare Arrivée to CANFRANC ESPAGNE - Gare SNCF
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €2
- Schedules at
- transports.nouvelle-aquitaine.fr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Pau to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bayonne to Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Pau to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Pau to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–16
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Pau to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–25
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Pau to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €1–11
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Online ticket
- €1–11
Bus from Pau to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €1–13
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Online ticket
- €1–13
Bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Airport Loiu Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bayonne to Pamplona / Iruña Estación de autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–80
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 915 304 417
- socibus@socibus.es
- Website
- socibusventas.es
Bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://socibusventas.es/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Pau to Málaga bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bayonne station.
Pau to Málaga train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Toulouse Matabiau station.
Yes, the driving distance between Pau to Málaga is 1035 km. It takes approximately 11h 36m to drive from Pau to Málaga.
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