Travel


Flying with car hire

The nearest airports are Toulouse, Bordeaux, Bergerac and Pau.

All the main car rental companies have counters in the airport terminals and and their cars within a few minutes' walk. Driving times are around 90 mins from Toulouse and Pau up to two hours from Bordeaux and Bergerac. The airlines flying these routes from the UK are:

Toulouse British Airways (Heathrow), EasyJet (Gatwick, Bristol),
bmibaby (East Midlands)

Bordeaux

British Airways (Gatwick), EasyJet (Gatwick, Luton)

Bergerac Ryanair (Stansted), flybe (Southampton)

Pau

Cityjet (London City Airport)


Driving

Cherbourg, Roscoff and Caen are each around 500 miles from Le Lavandou. Taking an overnight ferry gives an early start in France and you should arrive at Le Lavandou late afternoon, depending on stops and traffic.

Distances from Channel ports

Cherbourg 500 miles
Caen 460 miles
Calais 620 miles

By train from London and Paris

From London, take the Eurostar to Paris (Gare du Nord) and then a TGV from Paris (Montparnasse station) to Agen. Several major car hire companies are within a few minutes walk of Agen station, which is around 45 minutes from Le Lavandou.