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Here is some
practical information showing times and distances – after all, there’s a
lot of logistics involved in getting your itinerary together! The following map shows some of the more major airports that are worth considering in your planning. |
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| As well as the
major airlines, smaller budget airlines
such as Ryan Air operate
services to many internal airports in France from the UK. See our
resource page link if you wish to follow this up later.
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| Apart from London, Rome and Paris, you might also think of Nice,
Marseilles, Avignon, Nîmes, Montpellier, Bergerac, Bordeaux, Tours, or
from the Iberian Peninsula - Madrid, Barcelona, Porto and Lisbon. For Provence choose Montpellier, Avignon, Marseilles or Nice. For Dordogne choose Bordeaux or Bergerac. For the Loire, Tours is the place to fly to, or Paris then the train. |
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| For routes and times by fast train (TGV) or by car see the following map… | |||||||||||
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| Rome is about 8 hours drive from Nice; Barcelona is about 5 hours from Nîmes; Calais is about 11 hours from Nîmes; London is about 3 hours from Dover; Madrid is about 6 hours from Barcelona; Santiago de Compostella is about 6 hours from St Sebastian which is about 4 hours from Monpazier. Chinon is about 2 hrs 45 mins from Paris. | |||||||||||
| Now you are in the picture about getting to each region, let’s take a closer look at what you can expect from each one… | |||||||||||
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