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.