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Getting Here
By Plane, Train or Car |
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Transport from your
home is not included in our price.
However, once you have arrived in our area, a free transfer
service to and from airports or railway stations is provided
by us, as detailed below.
You should aim to
arrive on a Saturday if at all possible.
This is because our
painting and photography schedules run from Monday to Friday
inclusive. Saturday is pick-up/drop-off day and Sunday is a
free day for guests and a 'catch up on garden/pool/house maintenance
/ office work' day for us!
If you can only get
flights on a Sunday, you will need to get a train from the nearest
town to your chosen airport to Tonneins (we'll pick you up at
Tonneins station) and you would need to book hotel accommodation
near your chosen airport on the Saturday prior to your departure.
Of course if you prefer to hire a car and drive to us
(perhaps because one person is not going to participate in
the painting or photography schedules and/or because you
wish to arrive mid-week and want to make your own
arrangements for getting here)
Europcar and others have desks at the arrival
airports.
In any event, whether you choose to fly to us, drive, or come by train,
you will find that getting here is very easy.... |
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Two worldwide low-cost flight
price comparison websites
have recently been launched:
Skyscanner.net
Dohop.com
(we can't yet
vouch for the results produced from these sites and so would be
pleased to receive
your feedback regarding their usefulness and reliability)
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To
Bergerac,
Bordeaux
or
Toulouse
Bergerac and Bordeaux are our two preferred airports as there are flights in and out on
Saturdays and your transfer time is only approximately one
hour for either.
Toulouse is twice as far and so has a transfer time of apx. 2 hrs, dependent on traffic.
We have to levy an extra charge of 125 euros each way for
Toulouse pick-ups/drop-offs |
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By Air
from the UK
Clicking the
links in black type below will connect you to the airlines
and airports listed: |
Ryanair
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To:
Bergerac
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From: Bristol, London Stansted,
East Midlands &
Liverpool
(Online
booking may not be available from October to March
inclusive from some of these airports) |
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To:
Bordeaux
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From: Cork &
Edinburgh |
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British Airways |
To:
Bordeaux
and
Toulouse |
From: London Gatwick with connecting flights to several other UK
airports if required -
please check with British
Airways for details |
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Bmibaby |
To:
Bordeaux
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From: Manchester &
Birmingham
(Online
booking may not be available from October to March
inclusive) |
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FlyBe
(Online
booking may not be available from October to March
inclusive from some of these airports) |
To:
Bergerac
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From: Birmingham, Edinburgh, Exeter,
Glasgow,
Leeds-Bradford, London Gatwick and
Southampton |
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To:
Bordeaux |
From: Southampton |
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To:
Toulouse |
From: Birmingham |
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EasyJet |
To:
Bordeaux |
From: Luton |
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To:
Toulouse |
From:
London Gatwick |
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Other... |
Lufthansa, Air
France and several others
also fly in to the area |
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By Air
from other countries |
Paris is the
main 'hub' for long-haul international flights, with
connecting flights to Bordeaux from there. However,
Amsterdam, Munich, Frankfurt and London have all been used
as 'hubs' by previous clients. Bordeaux tends to deal more
with European and North African flights. Therefore, if your
country of departure is outside Europe you will need to bear
this in mind. |
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By Rail
within France |
The high speed TGV runs
to Agen and Bordeaux enabling connections to our local
station at Tonneins
We will collect you from Tonneins station (10 minutes away)
Please check with
the French rail service,
SNCF,
for full service information
in English.
You may book tickets online and have them posted to the UK.
Discounts apply to the over-60s. An alternative site is
SNCF from UK |
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View Painting-Photography-France in a larger map
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By Road
within France |
We are just 15 minutes
from the A62 autoroute
If you have a GPS/SatNav
device that allows navigating to precise co-ordinates (such as Tom-Tom), you can target us at these
co-ordinates : 44ş 23' 14"N - 0ş 15' 40"E.
Failing that, enter the town/village as "Lagruere" and the
address as "St. Juin" There is no house
number.
If you
are using a road atlas then....
From Bordeaux....
Take the A62 autoroute, leaving at Jct 5 (Marmande).
From the roundabout after leaving the toll booth, follow the
sign to Casteljaloux and Samazan and apx. 500 metres later, at the next
roundabout, turn left and take the D289 to St. Marthe and Le Mas d'Agenais.
Eventually you will hit the T junction with the D6 (Le Mas
d'A to Casteljaloux road), turn left here to Le Mas d'Agenais
After you have come down the hill in Le Mas, turn
right at the crossroads (signed
D143 to Calonge and Damazan).
After you leave the village, take the next turn left onto the D234 signed Lagručre.
Follow this road, and, after you enter the village of Lagručre, turn left at the T junction.
Then, JUST BEFORE the canal bridge ahead of you, turn immediately right,
following the signs to The 'Halte Nautique'. This will take
you on through the rest of the village of Lagručre.
You will eventually pass the 'Mairie' (Mayor's Office), on your right,
and then you will go steeply downhill, curving sharp left to
take you across the canal.
Once over the bridge, bear right and keep straight on, past 'La Halte
Nautique' with the canal on your right and stay straight on
this road.
Turn next right by the
old ruined church (signed to Villeton) and you will see the
gated entrance to
"Les Peupliers" immediately on your left. just
after you make the turn.
From Toulouse...
Take the A62 autoroute, leaving at Jct 6 (Aiguillon /
Tonneins) at the village of Damazan.
From Damazan, there are two roads signposted to Tonneins. DO NOT follow the
sign to Tonneins which has the sign for Heavy Goods
Vehicles on it! Take the other road.
You are now on the D300 (although this first sign doesn't
say so)
Follow the D300 towards Villeton for about 8 kilometres.
On the edge of Villeton cross straight over the D120 and continue ahead for apx 3 kms until the road forks. The left fork leads over the
canal bridge to Lagručre and Calonges. Take the right fork and
drive down away from the trees to the T junction near the ruined church at St Juin. The
gated entrance to
"Les Peupliers" is immediately on your right just
before you reach this junction
From Bergerac....
Take the D933 to Seyches
In Seyches, take the D641 to Gontaud-de-Nogaret, continuing
on the D641 for 3.5 kms until you reach the N113. Turn left
here to Tonneins.
In Tonneins town, turn right at the first set of traffic
lights (signed D120 - Casteljaloux). Cross the Garonne river
and then turn right at the sign for Lagručre and "Halte
Nautique"
Turn first left at the sign for "Halte
Nautique de Lagručre"
Turn left at the ruined church (signed Villeton)
The gated entrance to
"Les Peupliers" is immediately on your left as you
turn at this junction
You may find it helpful to
plan your route using the
AA European Route Planner
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