Biarritz

Biarritz is a nice spot. It's fierce expensive though.

Claret Murph wrote: Gashley Grimes wrote: Based here for the second game. Presuming the trains are regular enough to Bordeaux on a Saturday morning.     Have not seen a lot released yet but wait nearer the time , but what i have see Beyonne seems to be a more important link to Bordeaux with more trains between the two . Hey if SD sees this thread we will soon know

The trains are not regular, unfortunately. There is one very early local train, over €30, and then a TGV about 10am.

You'll need to book tickets in advance and they'll probably be €28 each or so for the TGV.

wicklowrunner wrote: Getting the 2 30pm TGV on the Tues from Paris. €35 single.

Yep we are on one around noon i think , hey had to pay a little more as someone wanted 1st class travel , no prize for guessing who 

It's a decent enough distance down to Biarritz from Bordeaux, and it is in the wrong direction too.

It would make more sense to head there after Paris before Bordeaux, rather than after the Belgian game.

It's showing as €50.40 for me on voyages-sncf.com now, although you'll need to add a metro journey across Paris onto that.

There is a potential (but only a potential) that you might be able to get it for under €40 in a few weeks, but I couldn't guarantee that, and that would only apply if you were doing a group booking for three or more people. In any event, if you were going to wait to do that, I'd still recommend booking the Paris to Brussels leg now.

Journey details:
Tours 13:58 - 14:03 Saint Pierre des Corps 14:14 - 15:18 Paris (Montparnasse) - Paris (Gare du Nord) 16:49 - 18:17 Brussels

You can book it all now on www.voyages-sncf.com

SuperDave84 wrote: It's a decent enough distance down to Biarritz from Bordeaux, and it is in the wrong direction too. It would make more sense to head there after Paris before Bordeaux, rather than after the Belgian game. We couldn't make it after Paris as we will travel to Tours for a night or 2 then we are into La Rochelle travelling south towards Arcachon before staying 2 nights in Bordeaux . I think we just needed to be told it was a bit much and I never looked into Lille and just thought it wouldn't be a great place but 2 separate people have said it was a decent place . Biarritz was just somewhere to go rather than going to Lille . Cheers

Word of advice: if you are looking for Biarritz to Bordeaux tickets, have a look at Biarritz to Paris: it may actually, bizarrely, be cheaper. That 07:13 train on Saturday, for instance, is 25 euro to Paris but 28.10 to Bordeaux. The same is true of the 10:13 train.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Thomson_d'Abbadie

Visit the home of a Dub when at it

http://southweststory.com/tourist-attractions/abbadia-castle

3 of us flying from Paris on the 14th and staying until the 19th. We're on the early train to Bordeaux and the last one back after the match but might be interested in a bus if there's one being organised. Can't bloody wait!