By ferry:
Big choice of ferry crossings:
Dover - Calais - then 5½-6 hours to the gîte. (The journey from Calais is 315 miles.)
Dover - Boulogne - then 5½- hours to the gîte.
Portsmouth to Caen - then 3½ hours to the gîte.
Portsmouth to St. Malo - then 3 hours to the gîte.
Poole to Cherbourg - then 5 hours to the gîte.
Hull to Zeebrugge - then 7 hours to the gîte.


By train:
Eurostar from London St Pancras to Paris or Lille and then TGV to Angers or Saumur

By air:
Ryanair from London Stansted to Tours - then hire car - just over 1 hour to gîte.
Ryanair from London Stansted to Poitiers - then hire car - 1.30 to gîte.

A16 Calais - Abbeville (70 miles)
A28 Abbeville - Rouen (65 miles)
A13 Rouen towards Caen (8 miles)
A28 Just outside Rouen - Le Mans (110 miles)
A11 Le Mans - Angers (47 miles)
A85 Angers - Longue-Jumelles (15 miles)

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