There are 5 ways to get from Cape Town to Pau by plane, train, or bus
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Fly to Pau Pyrénées Airport
best- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Pau Pyrénées Airport (PUF)plane CPT - PUF
20h 5m€716–2,418Fly to Bilbao Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane CPT - BIO
- Take the bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastiánbus
- Take the bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stopbus
- Take the train from Bayonne to Pautrain
21h 15m€296–677Fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane CPT - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Pautrain
18h 38m€341–1,048Fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane CPT - BIQ
- Take the train from Bayonne to Pautrain
19h 20m€473–1,253Fly to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)plane CPT - TLS
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Pautrain
18h 39m€510–744
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Pau Pyrénées Airport (PUF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Pau is to fly and bus and train which costs €290 - €700 and takes 21h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Cape Town to Pau is to fly and train which takes 18h 38m and costs €340 - €1100.
The distance between Cape Town and Pau is 8844 km.
It takes approximately 20h 5m to get from Cape Town to Pau, including transfers.
There are 733+ hotels available in Pau.
What companies run services between Cape Town, South Africa and Pau, France?
Air France and KLM fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Pau Pyrénées Airport (PUF) once daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Pau Pyrénées Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Pau Pyrénées Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Pau Pyrénées Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Pau Pyrénées Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €750–2,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,700
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–850
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €290–950
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–850
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Pau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Pau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bayonne to Pau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Pau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bayonne to Pau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +34 900 121 400
- [email protected]
Bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- Flixbus
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