Travel Routes

Pays Basque and Landes in South West France

NOTE: All distances & times are approximate and depend on the type & speed of car,your comfortable driving speed and only if you use the Autoroutes (Motorways): Remember the maximum speed limit on French & Spanish motorways is 130kms per hour (80mph) in dry conditions and 110kms per hour (70mph) in wet,the timings below have all been estimated on this basis. Bon Voyage!

• Airport Biarritz - 3 kms (2 Miles) South

• Airport Bordeaux - 186 kms (115 Miles) North: (1¾ - 2 Hours drive by car on the Autoroute 63)

• Airport Pau - 105 kms (65 Miles) East: (1 - 1¼ Hours drive by car on the Autoroute 64)

• Airport Tarbes - 144 kms (90 Miles) East: (1¼ - 1½ Hours drive by car on the Autoroute 64)

• Airport Toulouse - 290 kms (180 Miles) East: (3 - 3½ Hours drive by car on the Autoroute 64)

(Airports in Spain)

• Airport Bilbao - 152 kms (94 Miles) South: (1½ - 1¾ Hours drive by car on the Autoroute 63 in France and A1/ A8 Spain)

• Airport San Sebastian (Irun, Spain 3 kms inside Frontier) - 26 kms (16 Miles) South: (20 Mins drive by car on the Autoroute 63)

• Airport Santander - 256 kms (160 Miles) South: (2¾ - 3½ Hours drive by car on the Autoroute 63 in France and A1/ A8 Spain)

-- CAR FERRIES: Distances relevant to Bayonne (also see distance-ometer below).

• Docks Bilbao (Spain) (From Britain with P &O Ferries) - 152 kms (94 Miles) South: (1½ - 1¾ Hours drive by car on the Autoroute 63 in France and A1/ A8 Spain)

• Docks Santander (Spain) (From Britain with Brittany Ferries) - 256 kms (160 Miles) South: (2¾ - 3½ Hours drive by car on the Autoroute 63 in France and A1/ A8 Spain)

• Caen & Le Havre Docks (North France) - 780 kms (485 Miles) North: (8 - 10 Hours drive by car, in France on the Autoroutes 10 & 63)

--TRAIN STATIONS: For TGV

• Bayonne (TGV)

• Biarritz (TGV)

• Dax (TGV)

• Hendaye (TGV)

• St. Jean de Luz (TGV)

For further information on French trains see the SNCF website at www.sncf.fr

--AUTOROUTES & MAJOR ROADS:

• Autoroute A63 (A10 Paris - Bordeaux, A63 down to Frontier with Spain). Intersections for entry or exit on the motorways are shown thus on the above map

• Autoroute A64 (Bayonne - Toulouse)

• RN 10 (Paris - Frontier with Spain)

• RN 117 (Bayonne - Toulouse)