Uk to Biarritz in March

Waka

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• Dec 8, 2017

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Need some help here guys / girls

I want to fly from the Southern UK to Biarritz in March then onto SJPdP, I've looked extensively t various airlines and it would appear that they don't start this service until the end of May.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, otherwise I'll have to walk from here which I know I can't do.

 

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• Dec 8, 2017

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If there is no service direct to Biarritz I would fly to Bordeaux, take an airport bus to the main railway station, then train to Bayonne. Ryanair, Easyjet and British Airways all have flights from London to Bordeaux in March.

 

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• Dec 8, 2017

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Ryanair and Easyjet bring tourists to Biarritz from May to September. Air France has some regular flights off season but Bradypus is correct about Bordeaux. It is a busy airport, the bus to the train station makes the connection by train to Biarritz pretty seamless. The same is true for flights to Bilbao and bus connections to Biarritz except they are not as frequent.

 

Waka

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• Dec 8, 2017

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Bradypus said:

If there is no service direct to Biarritz I would fly to Bordeaux, take an airport bus to the main railway station, then train to Bayonne. Ryanair, Easyjet and British Airways all have flights from London to Bordeaux in March.

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I didn't even think of Bordeaux, obviously my head is way up in the clouds. Very greatfull for the information.

 

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• Dec 8, 2017

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Fly to Bilbao (from Heathrow (BA) or Bristol (EasyJet). I prefer the BA flight as it gets you into Bilbao around 11.30am, giving you enough time to get buses or trains on to your final destination.

 

Waka

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• Dec 10, 2017

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julia-t said:

Fly to Bilbao (from Heathrow (BA) or Bristol (EasyJet). I prefer the BA flight as it gets you into Bilbao around 11.30am, giving you enough time to get buses or trains on to your final destination.

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I've looked at the flights which are quite handy but the buses (unless I'm missing something) don't get into Bayonne until near midnight. I have to say flying from Bristol would be a bonus for me, I'll have to do some more computermebob searching on the interweb.
If you know where I'm going wrong I'd appreciate you pointing me in the right direction.

 

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• Dec 11, 2017

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Easyjet also flies from Bristol-Bordeaux on Mondays and Fridays until the end of March. You'd have to spend the night in Bordeaux as the flight only arrives 8-9pm, but transport into Bordeaux centre is cheap and easy, it's really easy to get to Bayonne the next day, with trains just about every hour (and only taking 1h45). From Bayonne there are trains to SJPP four times a day (as you probably know!)

If you wanted to get there via Bilbao it's doable, although you'd have to look for transport options to Irun/Hendaia, first, and then get the train Hendaye-Bayonne. The first leg is served by Alsa or the local Euskotren (takes around 2h), and then SCNF for the French leg. Not sure whether you'd make it to Bayonne in time for the 6pm train to SJPP thought, would be cutting it very fine.

 

Last edited: Dec 11, 2017