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Rail or Bus from Marseilles to Barcelona?

Hello All,

I've been doing research on traveling along the coast from Marseilles to Barcelona. I can't seem to find information on doing this trip by bus.

Can anyone recommend a website where I can check out bus fares? I'm also fed up with RailEurope (please don't recommend it, Jeff) and would like a recommendation for a website to look up rail fares and timetables for the same trip.

Thanks!

Posted by
4555 posts

Carlos.....you can check train fares and purchase tickets at tgv-europe.com, a website of the French national rail service. Unfortunately, rail links between southern France and Spain aren't very good...all roads lead to Paris, it seems. www.Eurolines.com will provide you with bus info, but you may have to deal with the French version of the website. Buses will probably be faster, and certainly cheaper, than rail. There's a Spanish bus company called Iberbus that makes the run, but I haven't seen a website for it.

Posted by
22 posts

Thanks Norm.

I'm leaning towards the bus. Has anyone done this link by bus?

Is it scenic?

Posted by
8700 posts

Carlos,

After you go to eurolines.com and choose France as your departure country, the site will switch to French (as Norm suggested). Note that the departure times are not the same for every day of the week.