Les Sabots

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With regard to ferries, the main operator on the western channel routes remains Brittany Ferries, who serve Caen and St. Malo from Portsmouth. Their contact details are  www.brittanyferries.com or by telephone 0871 244 0744.

However they have been joined by two new (associated), generally cheaper, companies:-

• LD Lines who operate from Portsmouth and Newhaven to Le Havre (www.ldlines.co.uk, telephone 0844 576 8836) and,

• Transmanche Ferries, from Newhaven to Dieppe (www.transmancheferries.com, telephone 0800 917 1201 (Transmanche are currently operated by LD Lines under licence.)

By Car

• To locate Les Sabots please use the Map link. Precise  directions will be sent with your booking confirmation.

• Les Sabots is about 65km (40 miles) west of junction 56 on the A20 Paris - Toulouse motorway (green road on map) and 160km (100 miles) east of Bordeaux.

• The channel ports of St. Malo and Caen are about 630km (390 miles) from Les Sabots.

• Using an overnight ferry, and with a reasonable number of driving breaks for lunch etc., Les Sabots can easily be reached by the early evening.

• Alternatively stopovers in the Loire are convenient.

By Air

• Bergerac Airport (56km, 35 miles) is served by Ryanair and Flybe  from several UK airports, including Stansted, Birmingham, Liverpool, East Midlands, Gatwick, Southampton, Bristol, Edinburgh, Belfast and Exeter.

• Toulouse is served by Easyjet and Flybe

• Bordeaux has flights by Easyjet, Flybe and BMIBaby

• Angoulême, Limoges, Carcassonne and Rodez Airports (all Ryanair) are also possibilities.

• Car hire may be  arranged from the airports.

By Train

• The small railway station of Villefranche du Perigord, is 2km from the house.

• Small, very modern, trains offer several daily services to and from Agen, Perigueux and Limoges, with connections to Bergerac, Toulouse, Sarlat and Bordeaux.

• There is a daily Paris service (5 hours 20 minutes) in each direction via Limoges.

• Please note: The line is very much a branch line, with only about 5 trains a day - Villefranche station is unmanned. Tickets and information are available at Belvès station. Website: http://www.ter-sncf.com/aquitaine/index.asp

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