There are 12 ways to get from Swansea to Irun by train (Eurostar, TGV), car, car ferry, bus, car train, train, or plane
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 Swansea to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to HendayeTgv
12h 21m€188–646Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Swansea Bus Station Stand B to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris to San Sebastian / Donostia
26h€40–242Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Swansea to Plymouth
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Drive from Santander to Irun
25h 48m€158–827Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Swansea to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Irun
14h 50mTrain, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Swansea to Cardiff Central
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Plymouth
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Irun
31h 37m€172–888Train, bus to Bristol Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Swansea to Newport (S Wales)
- Take the bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)BRS - BIO
- Take the bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastián
8h 55m€98–243Train, bus to Bristol Airport, fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Take the train from Swansea to Newport (S Wales)
- Take the bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)BRS - BIQ
10h 25m€112–392Train, bus to Bristol Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Take the train from Swansea to Newport (S Wales)
- Take the bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)BRS - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
10h 30m€102–260Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Swansea to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)LHR - BIO
- Take the bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastián
10h 5m€149–444Train to Cardiff Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Swansea to Bridgend
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)CWL - BIO
- Take the bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastián
11h 29m€99–308Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Swansea to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)LGW - BIO
- Take the bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastián
10h 59m€123–341Train, bus to Bristol Airport, fly to San Sebastián Airport
- Take the train from Swansea to Newport (S Wales)
- Take the bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)BRS - EAS
9h 39m€99–353
Swansea to Irun by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Swansea to Irun is to bus which costs €35 - €250 and takes 26h.
The fastest way to get from Swansea to Irun is to train and bus and fly which takes 8h 55m and costs €95 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Swansea station to Irun. However, there are services departing from Swansea Bus Station Stand B and arriving at Hondarribia - N-638 - Amute via London Victoria, Paris and Donostia - Renfe Geltokia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h.
No, there is no direct train from Swansea to Irun. However, there are services departing from Swansea and arriving at Hendaye via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Gare du Nord and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 21m.
The distance between Swansea and Irun is 1536 km.
The best way to get from Swansea to Irun without a car is to train which takes 12h 21m and costs €180 - €650.
It takes approximately 12h 21m to get from Swansea to Irun, including transfers.
Swansea to Irun bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Swansea Bus Station Stand B.
Swansea to Irun train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Swansea station.
The best way to get from Swansea to Irun is to train which takes 12h 21m and costs €180 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €35 - €250 and takes 26h.
What companies run services between Swansea, Wales and Irun, Spain?
You can take a train from Swansea to Hendaye via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 12h 21m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Swansea Bus Station Stand B to Hondarribia - N-638 - Amute via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Paris, San Sebastian / Donostia, and Donostia - Renfe Geltokia in around 26h.
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- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bilbao Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bilbao Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Bristol Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–480
Flights from Bristol Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–420
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–420
Flights from Bristol Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–480
Flights from Bristol Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Swansea to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Swansea to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Swansea to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–26
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Swansea to Bridgend
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–13
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Swansea to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- 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 St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €44
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Swansea to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Swansea to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Swansea to Bridgend
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–6
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Swansea Bus Station Stand B to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–60
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Paris to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Irun
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Paris to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €7–88
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Online ticket
- €7–40
Bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–700
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
- Adult
- €75–95
- Car
- €230–330
- Single Ticket
- €100–220
- Car Single Ticket
- €280–700
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More Questions & Answers
Swansea to Irun bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Irun is 1h ahead of Swansea. It is currently 9:38 PM in Swansea and 10:38 PM in Irun.
Swansea to Irun train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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