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La Bergerie is only 30 minutes from Poitiers Airport; 50 minutes from Tours Airport; 90
minutes from La Rochelle, and 2 hours from Limoges airport. If you come from Paris, you can catch a direct train from Montparnasse
station to Châtellerault which takes only 1 hour 29 minutes. Buses run from Charles de Gaule airport to Montparnasse
every 30 minutes. Otherwise you could catch a direct train from Charles de Gaule airport to Futuroscope or Poitiers,
but these do not run as frequently.
How
to get here from Britain:
Flights
Fly to Poitiers (30 mins to house) from
Stansted, Edinburgh or Birmingham by Ryan Air
Fly to Tours (50
mins to house) from Stansted by Ryan Air
Fly
to La Rochelle (90 mins to house) from Gatwick, Southampton,
Bristol, Coventry, Birmingham, Stansted and Dublin by Easyjet, Ryan Air and others. (May-October)
from Manchester and Southampton by Flybe and from Edinburgh by Jet2
Fly to Limoges (2 hours to house) from East Midlands, Edinburgh, Stansted (May -October) and from Newcastle and Southampton
Fly
to Paris Charles de Gaule (around 3 hours drive to house) direct flights from most airports
Fly to Paris Beauvais (around 5 hours
drive) from Prestwick via Ryan Air
Driving
If you
are driving, from Caën, Dieppe etc take the motorway via Le Mans to Tours then take the A10 south to Bordeaux. If you
are driving from Paris, take the A10 south to Bordeaux until Junction 26, Châtellerault Nord. At the first roundabout,
take the third exit. Straight on until the fifth roundabout, when you turn right into Chemin de la Bergerie. La
Bergerie is the first house.
Arriving from the United States,Canada,Russia or Europe
Flights arrive at Charles de Gaule Airport.
From there, you have the option of taking a train (the TGV) from the airport terminal to Futuroscope (2x day)
or to Poitiers (5 x day) which takes 2 hours 12 minutes. These should be prebooked online. More trains are available
if you take the bus from Charles de Gaule Airport to Mont Parnasse and take the train to Châtellerault.
Or you can hire a car (Approx 3 hours of motorway driving).
Driving from Europe
Most
roads lead to Paris. Châtellerault is situated south of Paris on the A10 motorway which goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
If you are driving in or around Paris, just follow the signs for A10 Bordeaux. Once on the A10, leave at Junction 26,
Châtellerault Nord. At the first roundabout, take the third exit. At the fifth roundabout turn right, and La Bergerie is the first house. It couldn't be easier !
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