Planes, trains and automobiles. Oh and ferries. There are plenty of ways to get to our beautiful villa and gites...
Plane
The main airports closest to us are as follows:
La Rochelle -- 1 hour 15 minutes
Angouleme (Cognac) -- 50 mins
Bordeaux -- 1 hour 45 mins
Poitiers -- 1 hour 30 mins
Limoges -- 2 hours
You can fly with either Air France or British Airways out of the main UK airports but you can take advantage of many low cost airlines throughout the UK. Here are a few examples…
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»Stansted -- Ryanair to Angouleme, La Rochelle, Limoges, Poitiers
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»Gatwick -- Easyjet to La Rochelle
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»Luton -- Easyjet to Bordeaux
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»Bristol -- Easyjet to La Rochelle or Bordeaux
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»Southampton -- Flybe to La Rochelle and Limoges
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»Birmingham -- Flybe to La Rochelle, BMI Baby to Bordeaux
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»Manchester -- BMI Baby to Bordeaux, Flybe to La Rochelle
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»Leeds Bradford -- Jet2 to La Rochelle
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»Newcastle -- Flybe to Limoges
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»Liverpool -- Ryanair to Limoges
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»East Midlands -- Ryanair to Poitiers
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»Glasgow -- Flybe to La Rochelle
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»Edinburgh -- Jet2 to La Rochelle
Handy tip? Book early (it's cheaper) and sign up for the special offers alerts (you can save a fortune)
Useful airline websites...
Car Hire
If you decide to fly then you will probably need to hire a car right ?
Well, we have used several companies over the years for our car hire and the cheapest was always www.auto-europe.com -- for reference, they tend to use either Europcar or National.
But of course all the other main car rental companies would be more than happy to accommodate (Avis, Hertz etc.).
Ferry
People who can help you do just that are Brittany Ferries, P&O and Seafrance.
The easiest route tends to be via St Malo, Caen or Cherbourg (using Brittany Ferries from Portsmouth or Poole). It is then about a 4 to 5 hour drive to Le Gicq.
You can also go across La Mancha to Calais, Boulougne or Le Havre (all a bit longer to drive of course, more like 7 hours) but you can always take in another destination along the way (like an overnight in Paris maybe ?).
Train
Fast, efficient and affordable in France. You might want to consider letting the train take the strain?
Getting across the channel is easy via Eurotunnel / Eurostar (and you can also take the car of course)
For internal travel in France itself there are lots of options, including the high speed TGV which takes just over 3 hours from Paris to St Jean Angely on the high speed TGV. Check out these websites...
