When you have made a reservation with us you will be given a booking reference number that will enable you to obtain discounted travel
There are several cross-ferry routes - short and long crossings.
The most convenient route is overnight Porstmouth to St.Malo
and then on excellent roads via Rennes, Nantes, La Rochelle, Rochefort - about 4 hours travel time
Another good route is overnight Portsmouth to Caen and then by good roads to Rennes, Nantes, La Rochelle, Rochefort - about 5½ hours travel time Other routes from Calais, Cherbourg and Roscoff entail a longer journey.
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The Channel-Tunnel may be your choice if you live in the south-east.This avoids having to make a ferry booking.
Then onwards using the autoroutes. This can be fast on France's empty motorways - expect about 8 hours travel time
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 Fly to the Charente
The nearest airport for schedule flights is Bordeaux, which is about 1½ hours drive. You could investigate if the airport at La Rochelle has a suitable service for your needs.
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 Car Hire in the Charente
These days it is extremely economic to fly-drive.The cost of car hire is substantially leass than the UK and there are deals available for an all-in fly/drive ticket.
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The Euro-Star service has superb opportunities
Holiday makers frequently have friends and family to visit them by air or rail. Change at Paris to the inter-city service(TGV) to La Rochelle, then take a local commuter train.
We have used this service to leave the north of England early morning and arrived early evening.