From the UK to France
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.
Route from Calais (in brief)
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)
Links
Quick links to travel websites.
www.eurostar.com
www.poferries.com
www.seafrance.com
www.eurodrive.co.uk
www.brittany-ferries.com
Route planning sites.
www.multimap.com
www.rac.co.uk
www.theaa.com
mapping.drive-alive.co.uk
Print directions
Download a detailed print friendly route plan from Calais as a PDF file (115kb)
GPS Coordinates
GPS Coordinates - La Bribonnière
47.37740° N
0.19091° W