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Bordeaux Mérignac Airport
Tel: (05) 5634 5000.
Website: www.bordeaux-airport.com

The airport is located 12km (8 miles) from Bordeaux.

Facilities in arrivals include car hire, information desks, 24-hour currency exchange offices, restaurant and shops in both terminals, ATMs in Terminal B and a post office in Terminal A. In departures of both halls there is car hire, restaurant, bars and shops, 24-hour currency exchange (Terminal A) and ATMs (Terminal B). The Business Center is in Terminal A with all facilities and meeting rooms.

Jet’Bus (tel: (05) 5634 5050) operates a shuttle bus from the airport to Bordeaux city center every 30-45 minutes (journey time - 30-40 minutes). There are taxis outside Terminal B.

Getting There By Road:

Bordeaux is well connected with major highways running through. The A10 connects Bordeaux with Paris, via Poitiers, Tours and Orleans. The A62 connects with the Mediterranean via Toulouse and Agen and the A63 runs to Spain via Bayonne and Dax. The A89 connects with the East via Lyon and Clermont Ferrand. All of these highways connect with Bordeaux’s ring road (la Rocade).

Emergency breakdown service:
Tel: 17 (from roadside boxes).

Buses
The main bus terminal in Bordeaux is the Halte Routière, allée des Chartres, off Esplanade des Quinconces. Citram Aquitaine (tel: (05) 5643 6843; website: www.citram.fr) operates the buses in the Gironde region, and has an office at the bus station. Eurolines (tel: (08) 9289 9091; website: www.eurolines.fr) runs buses to the main cities in Europe from their office opposite the train station on rue Charles Domercq.

Getting There By Rail:

The SNCF Gare St Jean, rue Charles Domercq (tel: (08) 3635 3535; website: www.sncf.fr), is 3km (2 miles) from the center. The station is served several times daily by the high speed TGV trains (website: www.tgvesteuropeen.com) to Lille, Toulouse, Paris Montparnasse and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, with connections to London, Brussels and Amsterdam. Regular trains (SNCF) go to Nantes, Poitiers, Marseille, Nice, Lyon and Toulouse, and regional trains (TER) to Bayonne, La Rochelle, Arcachon, Limoges, Agen and Pau.

Getting Around:

The center of Bordeaux is small and many streets are pedestrianized, so most of the sights are easily reached on foot.

Public Transport
The Communauté Urbaine de Bordeaux (CUB) (tel: (05) 5757 8888; website: www.infotbc.com) runs an efficient network of buses (95 lines) which join up with the three lines of the tramway, connecting the city center with the surrounding area of Bordeaux from 0500-0100. The tramway also connects with the car parks outside the center, to avoid traffic jams and parking fares. A Tickarte 7 Jours allows free travel on the network and access to the carparks outside the center for seven days. The Tickarte Découverte Bordeaux allows for free travel for one, two or three days on the network.

Taxis
There are 24-hour taxi ranks at the railway station, on place Gambetta and in key locations all over the city, including the Grand Théâtre and the Hôtel de Ville. Reputable taxi companies include Allo Taxis Girondins (tel: (05) 5699 2841) and Aquitaine Taxi Radio (tel: (05) 5686 8030).

Car Hire
The surroundings of Bordeaux, with some of the world’s best vineyards, excellent beaches and gorgeous countryside, are perfect to explore by car. Car hire agencies with offices at the airport and/or the train station include: Budget (tel: (05) 5647 8422; website: www.budget.fr), Europcar (tel: (05) 5634 0579; website: www.europcar.fr), Hertz (tel: (08) 2500 2400; website: www.hertz.fr) and Sixt (tel: (05) 5692 0835; website: www.e-sixt.com).

Bicycle Hire
La Maison du Vélo, 69 cours Pasteur (tel: (05) 5633 7375), rents out good bicycles for the day or longer.

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