Travel to Area
There is a wide choice of options for travel to Provence and below are some suggestions which we hope you find useful. We have done our best to ensure that the details are correct and up to date. However, in regard to the flight information in particular, new routes are being introduced all the time so we always recommend checking the latest information with the airlines or your regional airport before booking your holiday with provenceholidayhouses.com
Driving with your own car
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 but we also supply detailed information on recommended routes at the time of booking your provenceholidayhouses.com property
Via Michelin
The AA
Motorail
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.
Train with Eurostar and TGV
Rail travel to southern France is an increasingly popular option with frequent departures from London St. Pancras or Ashford and a simple cross-platform change at Lille for onward TGV to Avignon. Journey times are approximately 7 hours 30 mins hours to Avignon. During the summer months (June to September) there is a direct rail service from London St. Pancras 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.
Flight options
Flying and hiring a car means you can take advantage of the low cost flight options from many regional airports and many of our guests are choosing this method of travel to Provence.
The most convenient airports for your holiday are Marseille or Nimes which are within 1 to 1hour 30 minutes drive of all the houses on provenceholidayhouses.com. However other airports can also be 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. Just click on the links for details of timetables, availability and fares.
Another option you could consider if your regional airport does not offer direct flights to one of the destinations below, would be to fly from your local airport to Paris, Charles de Gaulle. From here there is an onward rail connection by TGV direct from the airport terminal - a fast and frequent service to Avignon in a journey time of approximately 2 hours 30 minutes. Car hire is readily available at Avignon TGV station and can be pre-booked direct with all the major car rental companies.
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.
Car Hire
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 below.
You may find that the best car hire rate is offered by one of the preferred partners of the airline with which you are travelling and it is always worth checking this option before booking car hire direct.
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 car hire sixt.co.uk Tel: 01246 506776
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