Transport from Biarritz Airport to Irun

[Jose Abalo]

Hi
I will be walking the Camino del Norte - with 2 friends from late August 2025. We will be flying from Melbourne to Paris and then to Biarritz airport.
We are keen to get some help re how to get from Biarritz airport to Irun, using public transport, either train or buses.
Many thanks for your support
Jose

 

[trecile]

If you have two extra days start walking from Biarritz! It's a marked Camimo route with albergues. You get a couple of days of fairly flat terrain before the climbs begin in Spain.

Camino del Norte | Gronze.com

www.gronze.com

 

[Jose Abalo]

Thanks Trecile, but we do not have the 2 extra days. We will be doing the Camino del Norte and the Primitivo.

 

[MikeJS]

I got a taxi to Bidart and then walked to Irun - about 23kms.

 

[Jose Abalo]

I believe there might be a bus from Biarritz airport to Hendaye. Can anyone confirm this?

 

[naplesdon]

Search Rome2Rio or Omio. You can buy bus tickets on the Omio site but it too early to view the schedule. There are trains as well that take you to Hendaye. If you do chose the bus I suggest buying a ticket in advance because the bus drivers do no sell tickets. The last time I took the bus to SS, it was completely full of passengers coming from previous stops and the bus driver refused to allow passengers board without tickets. The Biarritz train station is a short walk, cab ride or bus ride from the airport.

 

[geot]

I believe there might be a bus from Biarritz airport to Hendaye. Can anyone confirm this?

I don't know about a bus, but there are trains :
Train timetables Biarritz-Hendaye

 

[Takahiwai]

If you do take the train to Hendaye, just turn right as you come out of the station, head up a slight slope, and you'll see a bridge to your right. Cross that and you're in Irun.

 

[Keyser]

In 2018 my wife and I we got off a plane in Biarritz. When we walked out of the airport there was bus to Hendaye leaving in 5mins. Not planned but a great start to our CN.

 

[Tincatinker]

Thanks Trecile, but we do not have the 2 extra days. We will be doing the Camino del Norte and the Primitivo.

I find that statement a little worrying. You are planning to walk some 750km and you've no slack in your timetable. Or is that two days from Biarritz the slack that you have?

 

[Corned Beef]

In 2018 my wife and I we got off a plane in Biarritz. When we walked out of the airport there was bus to Hendaye leaving in 5mins. Not planned but a great start to our CN.

If you use the site https://www.txiktxak.fr/ you can plan your bus journey from the airport.

 

[Slkalina]

Hi
I will be walking the Camino del Norte - with 2 friends from late August 2025. We will be flying from Melbourne to Paris and then to Biarritz airport.
We are keen to get some help re how to get from Biarritz airport to Irun, using public transport, either train or buses.
Many thanks for your support
Jose

There are both buses and trains between Biarritz or Bayonne and Irun.

 

[Slkalina]

There are both buses and trains between Biarritz or Bayonne and Irun. There are city buses between the airport and the train stations.

 

[GraemeHall]

You can walk down the hill from Biarritz airport to ther train station, then get a train to Hendaye and walk across the bridge to Irun.

 

[Patterson]

Hi
I will be walking the Camino del Norte - with 2 friends from late August 2025. We will be flying from Melbourne to Paris and then to Biarritz airport.
We are keen to get some help re how to get from Biarritz airport to Irun, using public transport, either train or buses.
Many thanks for your support
Jose

2023 we got a bus to Hendaye from the airport - a bit of a milk run - but fine. Train may be quicker depending on time table. Like others, walked across the bridge into Irun, where we picked up our Camino credential and sim cards, then walked to Hendaye for night one. Enjoy! Buen Camino.

 

[Jose Abalo]

Search Rome2Rio or Omio. You can buy bus tickets on the Omio site but it too early to view the schedule. There are trains as well that take you to Hendaye. If you do chose the bus I suggest buying a ticket in advance because the bus drivers do no sell tickets. The last time I took the bus to SS, it was completely full of passengers coming from previous stops and the bus driver refused to allow passengers board without tickets. The Biarritz train station is a short walk, cab ride or bus ride from the airport.

Hi Naplesdon,
Many thanks

 

[Jose Abalo]

I find that statement a little worrying. You are planning to walk some 750km and you've no slack in your timetable. Or is that two days from Biarritz the slack that you have?

Hi Tincatinker, We are still working, so time is limited, and yes we have a bit of slack, but is taken in doing other changes in our Camino. We have done a number of Camino, Frances 2014 and 15, Portuguese in 2018 and Le Puy in 2023. Many thanks for your contribution...

 

[Jose Abalo]

2023 we got a bus to Hendaye from the airport - a bit of a milk run - but fine. Train may be quicker depending on time table. Like others, walked across the bridge into Irun, where we picked up our Camino credential and sim cards, then walked to Hendaye for night one. Enjoy! Buen Camino.

Hi Patterson,
Many thanks for this info, do you remember the number of the bus or the bus company?

 

[Patterson]

Hi Patterson,
Many thanks for this info, do you remember the number of the bus or the bus company?

Hi Jose
Unfortunately I don't have it however if you put Biarritz to Hendaye (rather than irun) in Rome2Rio website, it will give you train and bus information. We were still jet-lagged at the time but thankfully a local person helped us! Buen Camino. Gwyn