Read more about Paris and Bordeaux.
Capital of Aquitaine, Bordeaux is in the Gironde on the Atlantic coast.
Paris to Bordeaux by Train
The TGV Atlantique trains to Bordeaux leave from Paris Gare Montparnasse Paris (17 Boulevard de Vaugirard, Paris, 14th arrondissement) all through the day.
Trains go directly to Bordeaux Saint Jean from Paris in 3hrs 3 mins.
TGV trains also go directly to Bordeaux Saint Jean from Lille (which connects with Eurostar).
There is also a train that goes from Charles de Gaulle Airport via Marne-la-Vallee (Disneyland stop), Paris Montparnasse, Massy TGV, Vendome-Villiers-sur-Loire, St-Pierre des Corps, Chatellerault, Poitiers (with connections to Futuroscope), Ruffec, Angouleme, Libourne and Bordeaux.
Metro lines to and from Gare Montparnasse
- Ligne 4 – Porte de Clignancourt to Porte d’Orleans
- Ligne 6 - Charles de Gaulle Etoile to Nation
- Ligne 12 - Porte de la Chapelle to Mairie d’Issey
- Ligne 13 - Saint Denis/Universite et Gabriel Peri-Asnieres Gennevillers to Chatillon-Montrouge.
There are taxis outside the station, and two buses, nos. 7 & 8 into the center. Buy your ticket on board.
Booking Train Travel in France
- Check prices and buy online with Rail Europe
- Plan a Trip with sncf (French only)
- TGV Europe Booking
There is a Tourist Office inside the station
Tel.: 00 33 (0)5 56 91 64 70
Bordeaux Tourism website
Open November to April
Monday to Friday 9:30-12:30 & 2pm-4pm
Closed Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holidays
Open May to October
Monday to Saturday 9:00-noon & 1pm-6pm
Sunday & Bank Holidays 10am-noon & 1pm-3pm
Getting to Bordeaux by plane
Bordeaux’s Mérignac Airport is a fair way outside the cityConnections to the city center
Bus A shuttle bus runs from the airport to Bordeaux city centre every 30-45 minutes taking between 30 and 40 minutes
Taxi Taxis run to the city center from outside Terminal B
Paris to Bordeaux by car
The distance from Paris to Bordeaux is around 569 km (354 miles) and the journey takes around five and a half hours depending on your speed. The toll charges are around 53 euros.Details of French toll charges from the AA
Driving Directions from Paris to Bordeaux
From the center of Paris make for A3/A6 Peripherique to Porte de Bercy/CharentonFollow signs for Aéroport Orly/Lyon/Périphérique Interieur/Quai d'Ivry/Porte d'Italie and merge onto Bd Périphérique
Take exit A6B towards A10/Bordeaux/Nantes/Lyon/Evry/Aeroport Orly-Rungis
Take the E50 signposted A10/E5/Palaiseau/Etampes/Bordeaux-Nantes/Massy/Longjumeau
Merge onto the A10/E5 signposted A71/Toulouse/Clermont Ferrand/Bordeaux/Orleans/A20
Take exit 30 towards Angouleme/Poitiers-Sud/vivonne/Luisignan
Take exit onto A10 towards Bordeaux
Continue onto the A630
Take exit 4 signposted Bordeaux-Centre/Bordeaux-Lac
Car hire
For information on hiring a car under the lease-back scheme which is the most economical way of hiring a car if you’re in France for more than 17 days, try Renault Eurodrive Buy Back Lease.
Compare car rental rates in Europe.Bus/Coach
Eurolines operates from Paris to Bordeaux six days a week from Saturday to Thursday. The journey takes from 9 hours.
Eurolines website
Getting from London to Paris
- By train (Eurostar)
Eurostar between London, Paris and Lille By bus/coach Eurolines offers a cheap service from London, Gillingham, Canterbury, Folkestone and Dover to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and Paris Gallieni. Six coaches a day; 2 overnight; journey time is 7 hours. The Eurolines stop is at the Paris Gallieni Coach Station, 28 ave du General de Gaulle, just by the Gallieni metro station near the Porte de Bagnolet (Metro line 3, final stop).
Eurolines websiteIDBusalso operates between London and Lille and London and Paris. IDBus also goes from Lille to Amsterdam and Brussels.
IDBus website
