From Rennes to Barcelona

Posted 11 years ago

Hi!

We're planing to travel from Paris to Mont St. Michel, so we'll take the train from Paris to Rennes.

From Rennes our next step should be Barcelona... but I can't find any train for this...
We would also make a stop in a city between these two cities and stay there for a night, if its not possible otherwise.

Can you suggest us some trains? We rather drive longer than pay an extra fee. ||

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Flo
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replied 11 years ago

Hej!

St Malo/Rennes to Barcelona within one day is only possible via Paris and with the use of several TGV/Alvia connections that require extra reservations (total ~18€).
I would recommend to travel along the coast via Rennes - Nantes - La Rochelle to Bordeaux. Then either stay in Bordeaux or continue to Arcachon and the Dune de Pyla. This is all possible without extra reservations.

From Bordeaux, I would recommend to travel to Hendaye via Biarritz, then across the border to Irún and then with an Alvia train (6,50€ reservation) to Barcelona. If you want, you could also continue beyond Irún to San Sebastian and tae the Alvia from there after a short visit to the city.

You could also travel from Bordeaux via Toulouse - Narbonne - Perpignan - Cerbère - Portbou - Girona to Barcelona; on this route I would recommend to get a reservation (6€) for either a TGV or Intercités from Bordeaux to Narbonne, then continue with regional trains. It should be possible also to travel Bordeaux - Narbonne with regional trains however this can be quite a slow and long trip.
Maybe you also want to think about going from Toulouse to Latour de Carol, then to Barcelona, this would be possible with regional trains only; or take the Petit Train Jaune from Latour de Carol down to Villefranche, then again via Perpignan - Girona to Barcelona. This option would require an additional overnight stop along the route however.

Flo 8)

PS: We have a German forum as well. ;)

KaarinaundDennis
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replied 11 years ago

Trank you for the quick response! :D Arcachon seems like a nice stop, i think we will stay there for a night, thanks for the good advice. And oh... I see there is a german Forum :P Haha, next Time! :)