There are 10 ways to get from Stuttgart to Saintes by train (TGV), bus, car, plane, or train
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Train
best- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Angoulemetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Angouleme to Saintestrain Ter
9h 41m€222–388Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leonberg Bus Station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus RegioJet 195
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Saintesbus N1703
16h 41m€70–118Drive 973.3 km
- Drive from Stuttgart to Saintescar 973.3 km
10h 46m€149–215Fly Stuttgart Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane STR - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintestrain
9h 25m€110–294Bus via Antony
- Take the bus from Stuttgart - Airport Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau Vilmorin Bus to Saintesbus BlaBlaCar Bus
18h 51m€76–158Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane SXB - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintestrain
7h 45m€92–310Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane FRA - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintestrain
8h 15m€139–404Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane SXB - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Saintestrain
8h 26m€113–400Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausentrain
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane ZRH - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintestrain
10h 32m€153–397Train, train to Basel, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane BSL - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintestrain
10h 30m€96–372
Stuttgart to Saintes by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Stuttgart to Saintes is to bus which costs €70 - €120 and takes 16h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Stuttgart to Saintes is to train and fly which takes 7h 45m and costs €90 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Stuttgart to Saintes. However, there are services departing from Feuersee and arriving at Saintes via Leonberg Bus Station and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 41m.
No, there is no direct train from Stuttgart to Saintes. However, there are services departing from Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Saintes via Strasbourg and Angouleme. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 41m.
The distance between Stuttgart and Saintes is 1153 km. The road distance is 973.3 km.
The best way to get from Stuttgart to Saintes without a car is to train which takes 9h 41m and costs €220 - €390.
It takes approximately 9h 41m to get from Stuttgart to Saintes, including transfers.
Stuttgart to Saintes bus services, operated by RegioJet, depart from Leonberg Bus Station.
Stuttgart to Saintes train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Stuttgart to Saintes is to train which takes 9h 41m and costs €220 - €390. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €120 and takes 16h 41m.
What companies run services between Stuttgart, Germany and Saintes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France?
You can take a train from Hauptbahnhof to Saintes via Strasbourg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, and Angouleme in around 9h 41m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Feuersee to Saintes via Leonberg Bus Station and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 16h 41m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–600
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Bastia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Angouleme
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- 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 Angouleme to Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Nantes to Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Leonberg Bus Station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Stuttgart - Airport Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau Vilmorin Bus to Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Stuttgart to Saintes bus services, operated by RegioJet, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Stuttgart to Saintes train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Strasbourg Bahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Stuttgart to Saintes is 973 km. It takes approximately 10h 46m to drive from Stuttgart to Saintes.
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