Coach Hire by City: Twenty French Destinations
Each city page sets out where a coach can stop, where it parks, which low-emission rules apply and how far the airport is. Start with the city where your trip begins.
Same coach, different rules in every city
A coach that sets down freely in one centre is turned away in the next. Vieux Lyon is open to coaches, which stop on the quays. Avignon keeps heavy vehicles outside the walls. Strasbourg's restricted set-down places need an online authorisation 48 hours ahead, unless a licensed guide is with the group.
Some pages cover a destination rather than a city. Bayeux covers the D-Day beaches, Tours the Loire châteaux, and Mont-Saint-Michel the mainland coach park and the shuttle to the Mont.
Organisers ask
My town is not listed. Can you still book a coach?
Yes. Send the pickup address. A start anywhere in mainland France can go to partner operators.
Does a trip through several cities need several bookings?
No. One quote covers the whole itinerary, whichever cities it passes through.
Where are Versailles and Disneyland Paris?
They are day trips on the Paris page, as is Giverny. The Champagne houses sit on the Reims page.
Choose a city
- Paris — Île-de-France · nearest airport Aéroport Paris-Charles de Gaulle
- Nice — Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · nearest airport Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur
- Marseille — Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · nearest airport Aéroport Marseille Provence
- Lyon — Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · nearest airport Aéroport Lyon-Saint Exupéry
- Bordeaux — Nouvelle-Aquitaine · nearest airport Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac
- Strasbourg — Grand Est · nearest airport Aéroport de Strasbourg-Entzheim
- Toulouse — Occitanie · nearest airport Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac
- Cannes — Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · nearest airport Aéroport Nice Côte d'Azur
- Avignon — Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · nearest airport Aéroport Marseille Provence
- Aix-en-Provence — Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · nearest airport Aéroport Marseille Provence
- Montpellier — Occitanie · nearest airport Aéroport Montpellier-Méditerranée
- Lille — Hauts-de-France · nearest airport Aéroport de Lille
- Nantes — Pays de la Loire · nearest airport Aéroport Nantes Atlantique
- Reims — Grand Est · nearest airport Aéroport Paris-Charles de Gaulle
- Annecy — Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · nearest airport Genève Aéroport (Geneva, across the border in Switzerland)
- Chamonix-Mont-Blanc — Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · nearest airport Genève Aéroport (Geneva, across the border in Switzerland)
- Carcassonne — Occitanie · nearest airport Aéroport de Carcassonne
- Bayeux — Normandie · nearest airport Aéroport de Caen Carpiquet
- Tours — Centre-Val de Loire · nearest airport Aéroport Tours Val de Loire
- Mont-Saint-Michel — Normandie · nearest airport Aéroport de Rennes