Train Spain to France.

[Naomicorlett]

Looking to travel one way from Aviles ( Asturias ) to Lorient ( Brittany) at the beginning of August. I realise that the sites might not operate that far in advance but am looking for basic information. Or perhaps we need to fly ? Anything but car as we will be flying back to Isle of Man from Lorient. TIA.

[mushroom25]

Aviles isn't on the "RENFE" Spanish rail network, but you can take a train from Aviles to Gijon, journey about 45mn - see http://www4.feve.es/horarios/
from Gijon you can travel by train via Leon, Irun/Hendaye, Les Aubrais (Orleans), Nantes and Redon, with a journey time of just under 26 hours (dep Gijon 10h25, arr Lorient 12h20 the next day) Journey opportunities can be checked using Deutsche Bahn's all-Europe journey planner, http://reiseauskunft....t=yes&protocol=http:&
An alternative might be to take the bus along the coast from Aviles to the French border, dep Aviles 13h45, journey under 9 hours, but sadly this misses a useful train connection at Hendaye leaving you with an enforced overnight stop. http://www.alsa.es/portal/site/Alsa
Asturia airport is not far from Aviles, Gijon or Oviedo, and there is a flight from there to Paris, with journey opportunities onward from there.

[Naomicorlett]

Thank you very much. I have a starting point. Hmm !! 26 hours on train !. Might look into flying via Paris. :o)

[Mosaic]

It's the mountains thereabouts. makes for a winding route.

[Naomicorlett]

Actually it looks as if it might be cheaper to fly back to the UK and then out to Lorient via Paris !! Weird. We have a choir trip to Aviles and then a Band trip to Lorient and were trying to tie the 2 together.