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With the wide choice of options for travelling to France from the UK and Ireland, particularly the convenience and value of low cost flights, we have found that our clients prefer to make their own arrangements for travel to Provence. So to enable you to take advantage of the best value and most convenient travel options from your area, we have not included travel to Provence in the cost of your holiday.
A summary of the various options for travel to Provence is below including contact details for direct booking and we will be delighted to give you all the advice you need in helping you with your travel arrangements. |
Whatever your choice of travel, we ask you to advise us at the time of booking in order that we may provide you with either directions for driving to your first night hotel or, if you are are not driving, make appropriate transfer arrangements from your arrival point in Provence. |
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Provence is approximately a 10-12 hour drive from the Channel ports. To the right are details of the main cross channel routes and their operators with contact details for bookings. Just click on the name of the operator for more information on routes and fares.
For driving routes through France we can suggest a couple of websites which you may find useful.
Via Michelin
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Folkestone-Calais Norfolkline, Eurotunnel
Dover-Calais P&O, Seafrance
Dover-Boulogne Speedferries
Newhaven-Dieppe Transmanche Ferries
Portsmouth-Caen Brittany Ferries
Portsmouth-Cherbourg Brittany Ferries
Portsmouth-St. Malo Brittany Ferries
Portsmouth-Roscoff Brittany Ferries
Poole- Cherbourg Brittany Ferries
Plymouth-Roscoff Brittany Ferries
Portsmouth-Le Havre LD Lines
Cork-Roscoff Brittany Ferries
Rosslare-Roscoff Irish Ferries
Rosslare-Cherbourg Irish Ferries
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| Motorail services to Avignon run from late May to mid September and offer an excellent way to travel if you prefer not to drive long distances through France but to have the convenience of your own car for your holiday. Trains depart Calais early in the evening and arrive in Avignon early the following morning. There is a wide choice of sleeping accommodation from 4 and 6 berth couchettes to 2 berth first class sleeping compartments. |
An interesting option is to travel one way by motorail enabling you to take a leisurely drive through France with an overnight stop at either the beginning or end of your holiday. For full details of timetables and to book direct contact click on the link to Rail Europe. |
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| Rail travel to southern France is an increasingly popular option with frequent departures from London Waterloo or Ashford and a simple cross-platform change at Lille for onward TGV to Marseille or Avignon. Journey times are approximately 7 hours 30 mins hours to Avignon, 8 hours to Aix en Provence. |
During the summer months (June to September) there is a direct rail service from London Waterloo to Avignon with a journey time of approximately 6 hours 15 mins. Tickets can be booked direct via Rail Europe or Eurostar. Just click on the link for more details. |
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| Take advantage of the low cost flight options from many regional airports. The most convenient airports for a Real Provence holiday are Marseille or Nimes which are within 1 to 1hour 30 minutes drive of the areas in which we specialise. However other airports can be equally convenient where it means you are able to take advantage of a low cost direct flight from your local airport and just have a longer driving time to your holiday area on arrival in France. We think that this convenience combined with the ease of French motorway driving makes this is a very viable flight option. So in addition to Marseille and Nimes, we list below the other airports you could consider and the estimated drive time from these airports to our area of Provence together with the airlines which currently fly there from UK regional airports. |
New routes are being introduced all the time so it is always worth checking with your local airport to see what flight options may be available. Just click on the links below for details of timetables, availability and fares.
If your regional airport does not offer direct flights to one of the destinations below, your best option might be to fly from your local airport to Paris with onward rail connection by TGV direct from the airport - a fast and frequent service to Avignon and Aix en Provence.
Please note the information we give below is up to date to the best of our knowledge. New routes are being introduced all the time and additional routes are often operated during the summer months so we always recommend checking with your local airport to see what flight options may be available. |
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Southampton Flybe
Edinburgh Jet2
Exeter Flybe
Leeds Bradford Jet2
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Dublin Aer Lingus, Ryanair
Glasgow Prestwick Ryanair
Edinburgh Ryanair
London Gatwick easyJet, British Airways
Bristol easyJet
London Stansted Ryanair
Manchester Ryanair
Birmingham Ryanair bmibaby
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Nottingham East Midlands Ryanair
Liverpool Ryanair
Luton Ryanair |
London Gatwick
easyJet
London Stansted Ryanair |
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London Heathrow bmibaby, British Airways
London Stansted easyJet
Manchester bmi
Dublin Aer Lingus
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Belfast easyJet Aer Lingus
Birmingham bmibaby
Bristol easyJet
Dublin Aer Lingus
Cork Aer Lingus
Edinburgh easyJet
Leeds-Bradford Jet2
Liverpool easyJet
London Gatwick easyJet, British Airways
London Heathrow bmi; British Airways
Luton easyJet
Manchester Jet2
Newcastle easyJet
London Stansted easyJet |
Birmingham Flybe, bmibaby
Bristol easyJet
Norwich Flybe
Leeds-Bradford Jet2
Manchester Jet2, bmibaby
Cardiff bmibaby
Nottingham East Midlands bmibaby
Edinburgh easyJet
Bournemouth easyJet
Belfast easyJet Aer Lingus
Dublin Aer Lingus |
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If you are arriving in the area by rail or air you can collect a hire car directly from your arrival railway station or airport. Bookings can be made direct with the car hire companies either via their websites or by phone. Details of some of the main car hire companies and links to their websites are to the right.
You may find that the best car hire rate is offered by one of the preferred partners of the airline with which you are traveling and it is always worth checking this option before booking car hire direct. If you prefer, we can also book car hire for you. For this service we charge a 10% arrangement fee. If you would like us to provide you with a car hire quotation for your holiday please just let us know. |
Autos Abroad autosabroad.co.uk Tel:08070 66 7788
Holiday Autos holidayautos.com Tel: 0870 400 0099
National nationalcar.com Tel: 08705 365 365
Hertz hertz.co.uk Tel: 08705 996699
Europcar europcar.com Tel: 0870 607 5000
Avis avis.co.uk Tel: 0870 6060 100
Sixt e-sixt.co.uk Tel: 01246 506776 |
