Getting here

BY CAR

Poitou-Charente is easily accessed from the UK by car

 

in one day along the north/south A10 motorway,

3 websites which can provide routes are:

www.mappy.com

www.viamichelin.com

and

www.rac.co.uk

Directions to my office when coming by car from the North

 

There are 2 roads involved: the A10 motorway from the north to Exit 36, and the D732 west to my office in Gémozac.  Take the A10 south to Exit 36, D732 west (after turning right ‘direction Gemozac’ from Exit 36) for 7km (4.3 miles) to the only traffic lights in Gémozac where you will find my office across from the Post Office.


…rent a car at La Rochelle airport and at the first roundabout immediately as you leave the airport follow the exit sign with the BLUE sign ‘ROCADE’ or ‘BYPASS’ (indicating a toll road) and head south and this will take you to the A10 and Exit 36


Directions to my office when coming by car from the
South

 

There are 2 roads involved: E5/A10, D732…take the E5/A10 north from Bordeaux Airport to Exit 36 and then the D732 west (after turning right ‘direction Gemozac’ from Exit 36) for 7km (4.3 miles) to the only traffic lights in Gémozac where you will find my office across from the Post Office.

 

...rent a car at Bordeaux airport and at the first roundabout immediately as you leave the airport follow the exit sign with the BLUE sign ‘ROCADE’ or ‘BYPASS’ (indicating a toll road) and head north, always following the BLUE sign in the direction ‘ANGOULEME/NANTES/PARIS’...you will pass through a toll booth where you take a ticket...the road E5 eventually becomes the A10 and you stay on this road, always following 'ANGOULEME/NANTES/PARIS' until you reach EXIT 36

 

…Good luck!…call me if you have any problems!  

 

 PARKING

 

...if you come from the A10 and the east, come to the traffic lights at Gémozac (with the office on your left!) and turn right at the traffic lights and the parking is about 25 yards on your left at the "D'Stock" parking area
 
...if you come from the west and the coast, Royan and Cozes, come to the traffic lights at Gémozac (with the office on your right!) and turn left at the traffic lights and the parking is about 25 yards on your left at the "D'Stock" parking area

...if you come from the north and Saintes on the D6, pass the roundabout on the north side of Gémozac (you will see the Super-U supermarket on your right) and continue for a few hundred yards to about 25 yards before the traffic lights (and the office!) and turn right into the "D'Stock" parking area
 
...if you come from the south, filter to the left at the north end of the village square and then first-right at the newsagents and then right at the château to the traffic lights (with the office on your right!) and turn left and the parking is about 25 yards on your left at the "D'Stock" parking area.
 
Places to stay. 
 
For places to stay while you are here you will find a list of recommended accommodation under the "Where To Stay" icon on page 1 of my website. 

BY TRAIN

by Eurostar high speed train (TGV) from St. Pancras to a number of destinations (La Rochelle, Poitiers, Niort, Bordeaux, Angoulême)  (www.eurostar.com, 0870.518.6186, www.raileurope.co.uk, 0870.58Dublin4.8848, Rail Savers, www.railsavers.com, 0870.750.7070), and then you can connect with a local train to bring you to Saintes...www.voyages-sncf.com...Saintes is 20 minutes north of Gémozac by car...you can arrange car rental through the website, www.voyages-sncf.com

 

For travel by train in France go to www.sncf.co.uk

If possible it is best to change trains at Lille rather than Paris as you only have to change platforms whereas in Paris you have to cross the city.

Please note that Eurostar will launch its high speed passenger services to France from St. Pancras International on 14.11.2007 in a seamless switch from Waterloo...and it will reduce the journey between London and Paris by about 25 minutes, and London to Lille will be 1 hour 20 minutes.  Eurostar will also be launching its services from Ebbsfleet International, a new station just off junction 2 of the M25 close to Bluewater shopping centre near Dartford, Kent.



BY PLANE 

The information below is an overview of the available services however each has its own schedules, perhaps operating only on certain days of the week or for certain months, and the availability and times of flights can change so check before you make any final arrangements.  If you do find that any of the information below is not correct or has changed please let me know.

 

The airlines are:

 

FLYBE at www.flybe.com on 0044.1392.268.500

JET2 at www.jet2.com  on 0821 230 203
RYAN at www.ryanair.com  0 892 232 375

EASY JET at www.easyjet.com 0 899 700 041

AER ARRAN at www.aerarann.com 01 53 43 53 95

AER LINGUS at www.aerlingus.com  0818 365 000
BRITISH AIRWAYS at www.britishairways.com 0870 850 9850

BMIBABY at www.bmibaby.com 0870 720 0156

 

 

To:

 

La Rochelle

 

From

 

Southampton, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow by FLYBE

Edinburgh and Leeds by JET2

London Stansted and Dublin by RYAN

London Gatwick and Bristol by EASY JET

Cork by AER ARRAN

 

Bordeaux

 

From

 

Dublin by AER LINGUS

London and many points in the UK by BRITISH AIRWAYS

Southampton by FLY BE 

Manchester or Birmingham by BMIBABY

Bristol and Luton by EASY JET

 

 

To Angoulême

 

From

 

London Stansted by Ryan with a shuttle service from Cognac and Angoulême … www.aeroport-angouleme-cognac.com

 

 
BY FERRY

There are 9 Cross Channel Ferries…,

Brittany Ferries, 0870.536.0360, www.brittanyferries.com, Portsmouth to St. Malo, Caen, Cherbourg, Le Havre, Poole to Cherbourg, Plymouth to Roscoff,

Condor Ferries, 0845.345.2000, www.condorferries.co.uk, Poole to St. Malo, Portsmouth to Cherbourg, Weymouth to St. Malo,

Eurotunnel 0870.535.3535, www.eurotunnel.com, Folkestone to Calais,

Norfolkline, 0870 870.1020, www.norfolkline.com Dover to Dunkirk,
P&O Ferries
, 0870.520.2020, wwwPOferries.com, Dover to Calais, 
SeaFrance, 0870.571.1711,
www.seafrance.com, Dover to Calais,

Speed Ferries, 0870.222.7496, www.speedferries.com, Dover to Boulogne,

Transmanche Ferries, 0800.917.1201, www.transmancheferries.com, Newhaven to Dieppe,

LD Ferries, www.ldlines.com  have a daily ferry service for the summer between Newhaven and Le Havre and Portsmouth and Le Havre.

 

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0033.6.81.74.98.46

CHRISTOPHER KAY at IMMOBILIERE-INTERNATIONALE
53 rue Général Leclerc, 17260 Gémozac
(At the Traffic Lights, across from the Post Office)

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