Getting here is easy!
Travel Information
BY AIR
There are now several low-cost operators offering cheap flights to the Dordogne, the easiest airport of which is Bergerac located only 20 mins away:
Southampton (SOU) - Bergerac (EGC)
Bristol (BRS) - Bergerac (EGC)
Birmingham (BHX) - Bergerac (EGC)
Bristol (BRS) - Bordeaux (BOR)
Southampton (SOU) - Bordeaux (BOR)
Stansted (STD) - Bergerac (EGC)
Liverpool (LPL) - Bergerac (EGC)
London Gatwick (LGW) - Bordeaux (BOR)
There are an abundance of regular low-cost flights between major UK Airports & South-West France: London-Stansted and Bergerac (Ryanair) Southampton and Bergerac (Flybe) Bristol and Bergerac (Flybe) Cardiff and Toulouse (Bmibaby) East Midlands and Toulouse (Bmibaby) The above are just a sample. Additional routes between the Midlands and Bergerac are planned to become operational soon. There are also flights from Nottingham East Midlands to Bordeaux and Toulouse and from Manchester to Bordeaux. Le Grand Moulin is only 10 minutes drive from Bergerac, 1.5 hours drive from Bordeaux and 2 hours drive from Toulouse.
BY TRAIN
Regular Eurostar train services run from London-Waterloo to Lille and a TGV (high speed train) from the same station in Lille to Bordeaux (total journey time 9 hrs).
Alternatively, there is a TGV from Lille to Libourne where you can change to a train that takes you directly to Bergerac. There are also connections that take you to Marmande, a forty minute drive away.
EuroStar at www.eurostar.com
SNCF at www.sncf.com
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BY FERRY
P & O Stena operate regular Ferry crossings from Dover/Portsmouth to Calais/Cherbourg/Le Havre.
operate regular services from Dover to Calais.
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Cork - Roscoff
Plymouth - Roscoff
Poole - Cherbourg
Portsmouth - St-Malo / Cherbourg / Caen
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find that the most relaxing start to the holiday is Portsmouth to St Malo,
a longer ferry journey but then only a six hour drive through to Le Grand
Moulin.
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Dover - Calais in an hour, with prices from £29 each way for a car plus five passengers.
Only 35 minutes, travelling from Folkestone to Calais, from £49 for a car.
CAR
Travelling through France is a breeze on the autoroutes. There are excellent route cards for customisation here: (NB set the destination as Pomport, postcode 24240)
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Car Hire
For Bergerac, we recommend Sophie at Apolo (part of the UCAR
franchise) - she is very reasonably priced, has less of a queue when flights
come in and speaks good English. Please mention our name if you call her
- it all helps in getting the best service for guests.
Her details are: tel +33 (0) 5 53 61 08 16
31 bd Victor Hugo
Bergerac
24100
Alternatives available at Bordeaux and / or Bergerac are:
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Hotels en Route
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