Bus Transportation

Posted by verofurca on 03/08/25 08:15 PM

HI, how I move around French coast in bus? since trains are not available. I much prefer train than bus but it seems there is not trains in this areas??
im looking for transportation info
from Barcelona to Marseilles
from Marseilles to Saint Tropez
from Saint Tropez to Antibes or Nice (i'm still deciding where I gonna base here )
from nice to Paris

Can you share websites where I can see this buses routes ? I found bus sites very complicated o understand :-O

If anyone has done this route on train or bus or a mix please advice.
How my transportations its gonna look like here?? First timer in this area... Im traveling in July

Thanks

Posted by Jazz+Travels

Chicago

03/08/25 08:25 PM

8293 posts

If you don't want to take trains or can't wait to buy tickets until they are available for travel in July you can get them for Barcelona to Marseille on flixbus:
https://www.flixbus.com/

Posted by ChristineH

Gettysburg PA

03/08/25 08:32 PM

7567 posts

St. Tropez does not have a train station but all the other locations you've listed do.

What makes you think trains are not available?

Posted by Judy

Long Beach, Ca, usa

03/08/25 08:51 PM

1682 posts

Train schedules for July aren't up yet.

Posted by JoLui

France Southwest

03/08/25 10:37 PM

2622 posts

Public transport in France is managed by the regions.
Regarding the south of France, the western part from the Spanish border to Avignon (Occitanie region) is managed by the network called liO

The network map is available here:

https://storage.googleapis.com/is-wp-90-prod/uploads-prod/2024/11/Reseau-liO-2024-11-14.pdf

The eastern part (Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur region) is managed by the Zou! network

For this one there is no general map, you have to select the department

The six maps are available here:

https://zou.maregionsud.fr/en/plans-du-reseau-zou/

On all these maps the colored lines with a number are bus lines.
Also note that the schedules of most bus lines vary depending on the time of year. especially if it is during school or vacation periods because the buses also serve as school transport.

So it is not because a line is shown on the map that you will have buses every day. You must check the schedules of each line