By Air: Three local airports, La Rochelle (50 minutes), Poitiers (1Hr 15Mins) and Bordeaux (1 Hr 30 mins). All have good links to the network of Autoroutes. Low cost flights are available to all airports from Stansted, Edinburgh, Bristol, East Midlands and many other UK airports.

By Rail: From the UK you can take Eurostar to Paris Gare du Nord and then the TGV to Niort from which you can either hire a car to complete your journey or jump on the SNCF train service to Loulay and we can collect you.

By Sea: The channel port at St Malo is around three and a half hours away, with Caen and Le Havre about five hours and Cherbourg in about five and a half hours. All these ports operate overnight ferries.

By Road: Calais is about 7 hours (450 miles) away, you can get to Calais withe by Eurotunnel from Folkstone or use one of the ferry operators from Dover.