Hideaway in France - gîtes in the Pyrénées near Carcassonne

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Where we are

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How to get here by road



French travel by road

Rush hour on the A66 near Pamiers!

The new motorways which are being opened across France have made the journey to the South much much easier than it used to be. We take regular ferry crossings to the UK, and it usually takes about ten hours of driving from the ferry to here at L'Enclos (excluding stops).

This speed makes it possible to get here from the ferry without an overnight stop, but, this needs the journey to be very carefully planned and we would still recommend an overnight stop in most circumstances.

What's the best route from the channel?

From Calais or the channel tunnel we take the motorway (A16 or A13) to Rouen.

From Rouen, we take the A13 towards Paris, and leave the motorway at Junction 10 heading South on the D191 past Rambouillet.

We then join the A10/A20 autoroute and follow this South past Orleans, Limoges and Toulouse, joining the A61 then A66 to Pamiers (which is 15 minutes from us).

The entire journey costs about €40 in tolls, which we believe is more than offset by the petrol and time saved.

For full details of our route, including maps, please download our 'Directions from Calais' on the Travel Directions page.

How to cross the channel

Ferries can be the cheapest and easiest way for a larger group to travel, and there's no baggage allowance so you can bring (or take home!) as much as you can fit in.

The list below gives the ferry crossings and companies that we are aware of, although like the airlines it does change quite regularly.

Last updated Feb 06
From To Ferry Company Frequency
Dover Calais P&O Ferries Up to 30 crossings a day
Seafrance Up to 15 crossings a day
Dunkirk Norfolkline 8-10 per day
Boulogne Speedferries 1 per day
Folkestone Calais Eurotunnel Up to 30 crossings a day
Harwich Hook of Holland Stena line Ferries 4 per day
Hull Rotterdam P&O Ferries 1 per day
Zeebrugge P&O Ferries 1 per day
Newcastle Amsterdam DFDS seaways 1 every 2 days
Newhaven Dieppe Transmanche ferries 2-3 per day
Plymouth Roscoff Brittany Ferries 1-3 per day
Santander Brittany Ferries 2 per week
Poole Cherbourg Brittany Ferries 1-3 per day
St Malo Condor Ferries 1 per day
Portsmouth Le Havre (New for 2006) LD Lines 1 per day
Caen (Ouistreham) Brittany Ferries 3 per day
Cherbourg Condor Ferries 1 per week
Brittany Ferries 4 per day
St Malo Brittany Ferries 1-2 per day
Bilbao P&O Ferries 2 per week
Rosslare Cherbourg Irish ferries 2-3 per week
Roscoff Irish ferries 1 per week
Rosyth Zeebrugge Superfast ferries 1 per day
Weymouth St Malo Condor Ferries 1 per day

In addition, we advertise with the 'Chez Nous' direct booking brochure who provide a travel booking/advice/insurance service which is available to anyone who stays at L'Enclos. Please ask us for the contact number and reference numbers when booking.

...or by rail

The French rail network SNCF runs a motorrail from Calais to Toulouse, but we have found the prices to be expensive - especially if you are planning to bring a car. It is theoretically possible to load a car on the Eurostar in England, and drive it off again in Toulouse, but with the costs and changes, we've yet to find anyone who's been prepared to try!

Good luck!

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