How to get here
By Sea/Eurotunnel
There are many cross-Channel ferry routes from the UK to France. The most popular include:
Dover - Calais
Dover - Dunkirk
Newhaven - Dieppe
Portsmouth - Le Havre
Portsmouth - Caen
Poole - Cherbourg
Plymouth - Roscoff
The tunnel is also quick and easy. Joining the excellent French motorway network is very straightforward, whichever crossing you take. It will take approx 10.5 hours driving to reach us.
https://www.eurotunnel.com/uk/home/
This is where we are on google maps - our coordinates are 44.509440 and 0.386037. The nearest town is St Barthélemy d’Agenais or Labretonie.
By air
The two nearest airports are Bergerac and Bordeaux, about an hour and a quarter/an hour and half respectively from our gite. Both Easyjet and Ryan Air fly to Bergerac and Bordeaux from airports including Stanstead, Bristol, Luton, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Liverpool and Gatwick.
https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/cheap-flight-destinations
http://www.easyjet.com/en/routemap
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If you are driving you may want to stop-over; it's wise to book up well in advance as lots of families have the same idea. Some places we can recommend where we have stayed and which have pools are as follows:
http://www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-0432-novotel-rouen-sud/index.shtml
Car hire is easy from the airport. We have arranged preferential rates with Rhinocarhire.com and our guests can save up to 10% off standard rates, Rhino offer a very competitive service and wide range of cars from all of the leading rental agents. Discount code will be included on booking confirmation, or please contact us for more information. Please see our link below:
St Bartholemy d'Agenais
Labretonie
Our Gite is South East of the village of St Bartholémy-d'Agenais
Coat of Arms of Labretonie
This image was created with Inkscape by Spedona for the Blazon Project of the French Wikipedia.