There are 13 ways to get from Sligo to Poitiers by train, plane, car, car ferry, bus, or ferry
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 Dublin Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
best- Take the train from Sligo to Drumcondra
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)DUB - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Poitiers
11h 14m€110–319Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Sligo to Drumcondra
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)DUB - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
- Take the train from St Pierre Des Corps to Poitiers
12h 12m€97–397Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sligo to Cork Port
- Take the car ferry from Cork Port to Port de Roscoff
- Drive from Port de Roscoff to Poitiers
25h 40mBus
- Take the bus from Sligo Bus Station to Liffey Valley SC
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Nuremberg
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Poitiers
3d 17hTrain to Dublin Airport, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Take the train from Sligo to Drumcondra
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)DUB - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Poitiers
10h 26m€127–377Bus to Ireland West Airport Knock, fly to Poitiers–Biard Airport
- Take the bus from Sligo Bus Station to Knock Airport
- Fly from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Poitiers–Biard Airport (PIS)NOC - PIS
7h 10m€128–458Bus to Ireland West Airport Knock, fly to Limoges-Bellegarde Airport, train
- Take the bus from Sligo Bus Station to Knock Airport
- Fly from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Limoges-Bellegarde Airport (LIG)NOC - LIG
- Take the train from Limoges Benedictins to Poitiers
13h€178–493Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Sligo to Drumcondra
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA)DUB - BVA
- Take the bus from Aéroport Paris Beauvais to Saint Denis Université
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Poitiers
11h 42m€110–325Bus to Ireland West Airport Knock, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the bus from Sligo Bus Station to Knock Airport
- Fly from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)NOC - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
- Take the train from St Pierre Des Corps to Poitiers
13h 31m€98–438Bus to Donegal Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the bus from Sligo Markievicz Road to Croithlí
- Fly from Donegal Airport (CFN) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)CFN - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
- Take the train from St Pierre Des Corps to Poitiers
18h 1mTrain, ferry via Paris
- Take the train from Sligo to Dublin ConnollyRe / ...
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to PoitiersTgv
30h 51m€159–304Train, ferry
- Take the train from Sligo to Dublin ConnollyRe / ...
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Take the train from Cherbourg to CaenTer
- Take the train from Caen to Saint-Pierre-des-CorpsK39
- Take the train from St Pierre Des Corps to PoitiersTgv
31h 21m€158–265Bus, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Sligo Bus Station to Liffey Valley SC23
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Take the bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routiere
- Take the train from Rennes to NantesTer
- Take the bus from Gare Sncf Sud to Viaduc Leon Blum7
35h 56m
Sligo to Poitiers by train, foot, bus, ferry, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sligo to Poitiers is to train and fly which costs €95 - €400 and takes 12h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Sligo to Poitiers is to bus and fly which takes 7h 10m and costs €120 - €460.
The distance between Sligo and Poitiers is 1522 km.
The best way to get from Sligo to Poitiers without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 17h and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 14m to get from Sligo to Poitiers, including transfers.
Poitiers is 1h ahead of Sligo. It is currently 7:30 AM in Sligo and 8:30 AM in Poitiers.
There are 721+ hotels available in Poitiers.
What companies run services between Sligo, Ireland and Poitiers, France?
You can take a bus from Sligo Bus Station to Poitiers via Liffey Valley SC, Dublin, Rădăuți, Rădăuţi, Nuremberg central bus station, and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 3d 17h.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Poitiers–Biard Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Limoges-Bellegarde Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Limoges-Bellegarde Airport via East Midlands
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Dublin Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Donegal Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin Airport, London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
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 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Donegal Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Sligo to Drumcondra
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €18–26
Train from Sligo to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €18–27
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–90
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Nantes to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from St Pierre Des Corps to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–28
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rennes to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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 Bordeaux St Jean to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
- Rail 1st Class
- €60–90
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €65–95
- Rail 1st Class
- €100–140
Train from Limoges Benedictins to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €50–80
- Rail 1st Class
- €80–120
Train from Nantes to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from St Pierre Des Corps to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–25
- 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 Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- 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
- €13–21
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Caen to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- Rail 1st Class
- €65–100
Train from Rennes to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Caen to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Sligo Bus Station to Liffey Valley SC
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from Sligo Bus Station to Knock Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- 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
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Sligo Bus Station to Knock Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Schedules at
- https://www.expressway.ie/routes-and-timetables
- Book at
- https://www.expressway.ie/journey-search
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Aéroport Paris Beauvais to Saint Denis Université
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- Phone
- +353 74 954 8114
- info@feda.ie
- Website
- busfeda.ie
Bus from Sligo Markievicz Road to Croithlí
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://busfeda.ie/
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- capcotentin.fr
Bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- Cap Cotentin
Bus from Gare Sncf Sud to Viaduc Leon Blum
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- transports.nouvelle-aquitaine.fr
- Phone
- +353 21 427 7801
- reservations@brittanyferries.ie
- Website
- brittanyferries.ie
Car ferry from Cork Port to Port de Roscoff
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Brittany Ferries
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–85
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €210–1,000
- On Foot
- €70–85
Want to know more about travelling around France
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
5 delightfully under-the-radar French towns you need to visit
Read the travel guide
Train travel in France: A guide to SNCF
Read the travel guide
Want to know more about Flixbus?
Read the travel guide
























