Rick Steves' France 2014 by Rick Steves & Steve Smith

Author:Rick Steves & Steve Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avalon Travel
Published: 2014-01-07T00:00:00+00:00

By Bus

San Sebastián’s “bus station,” called Amara (for the neighborhood), is a congregation of bus parking spots next to the big Hotel Amara Plaza, at the Plaza Pío XII (on the river, four blocks south of EuskoTren Station; take bus #21, #26, or #28 from Boulevard). Some schedules are posted at various stops, but confirm departure times. You must buy your tickets in advance at the bus companies, with offices on either side of the block north of the station area (toward downtown, along Avenida de Sancho el Sabio and Paseo de Vízcaya). Bus tickets are not available from the driver. The Pesa office, which serves St-Jean-de-Luz and Bilbao, is located at Avenida de Sancho el Sabio 33 (tel. 902-101-210, www.pesa.net). The Alsa office—which serves Madrid, Burgos, and León—is just beyond Pesa at Sancho el Sabio 31 (tel. 902-422-242, www.alsa.es). Conda—which serves Pamplona and Bayonne—shares an office with Alsa (tel. 943-461-064, www.conda.es). The Vibasa office—which serves Burgos, Pamplona, and Barcelona—is on the other side of the block along the river, at Calle Vizcaya 15 (closed 13:30-15:00, tel. 902-101-363, www.vibasa.com).

From San Sebastián, buses go to Bilbao (2/hour, hourly on weekends, 6:30-22:00, 1.25 hours, get ticket from Pesa office, departs from Amara; morning buses fill with tourists, commuters, and students, so consider buying your ticket the day before; once in Bilbao, buses leave you at Termibús stop with easy tram connections to the Guggenheim modern-art museum); Bilbao Airport (a Pesa bus leaves directly from Plaza Pío XII, hourly, 1.25 hours, get tickets from Pesa office), Pamplona (8-10/day, 1 hour, Conda office), León (1/day, 6 hours, Alsa office), Madrid (8/day, 6 hours direct, otherwise 7 hours; a few departures direct to Madrid’s Barajas Airport, 5.25 hours; Alsa office), Burgos (7/day, 2-3.25 hours, Alsa or Vibasa office), and Barcelona (2/day and 1 at night, 7 hours, Vibasa office).

To visit Hondarribia (described next), you can catch bus #E21 or #E23 much closer to the center at Plaza de Gipuzkoa (1 block south of TI; about 3/hour, 35 minutes, #E21 goes to airport en route to Hondarribia).

Buses to French Basque Country: A bus goes from San Sebastián’s Amara bus station to St-Jean-de-Luz (Mon-Sat only, 2/day at 9:00 and 14:30, none on Sun, 1 hour, return trips at 12:45 and 19:15, only 1/week off-season, get ticket from Pesa office), then continues directly to Biarritz (1.25 hours from San Sebastián) and Bayonne (1.5 hours from San Sebastián).

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