The following ports are all approximately 6 to 7 hours drive from La Haute Faye:
St. Malo, Cherbourg, Le
Havre, Dieppe and
Calais. The shortest crossing is Dover - Calais which is 1 hour 10 mins. - 1 hour 30 minutes. Dieppe and Cherbourg are approximately 4 hours, and St. Malo approx 6 hours. Details can be obtained from P&O tel. 0870 600 0600
www.posl.com , Sea France www.seafrance.com and Brittany Ferries
www.brittany-ferries.com tel. 08705 360360.
There is now a new cars only
ferry service between Dover and
Boulogne, called Speedferries - see
www.speedferries.com
The price for a car and up to 6 passengers return is around £50. The
crossing takes 50 minutes and there are 5 crossings per day.
The Eurostar from
St. Pancras goes all the way to
Angoulême, which is 20 minutes from the house. One train involves a change of stations at Paris, the other, a change of platforms at Lille.
Eurostar tel. 08705 186 186
Ryan Air are launching a
new service between London Stansted
and
Angoulême-Cognac
from 1st April 2008. This is for summers only to start with. Flights are
three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. Please see
www.aeroport-angouleme-cognac.com for details.
Haute Faye is only 30 minutes
drive from this airport. Follow signs to N10 and Bordeaux, then follow
the green Périgueux signs. This takes you to the D939 Périgueux road,
continue for 15 minutes through Dignac and Gardes-le-Pontaroux. Then
continue for about 2 kilometres, turn left at the crossroads which says
right to Villebois-Lavalette and left to Rougnac, Marthon and Montbron.
Then first right, which is
signed to Haute Faye. Haute Faye is 1 km up this lane, the second house
on the left.
Road improvements on the
N10 South of Angoulême have now shortened the travelling time to and from
Bordeaux Airport to just over
one hour. Follow signs to Villebois-Lavalette from the N10 just South of
Angoulême.
The following airports are all equidistant from the house, i.e. 1 hour 30 minutes by car:
Bergerac,
Limoges and Poitiers.
La Rochelle is about 2 hours drive.
Cars can be hired from the
airports, it is probably best to book in advance when booking a flight, as
there are some good deals.
- By Car (Directions to the house)
For those with Satellite
Navigation: North 45.50222°
East 0.33976°
From the NORTH:
Follow signs to Poitiers and then
Angoulême. Travel South through Angoulême, following the green Périgueux signs, which take you through the commercial area of
Soyaux, and on to the D939. The D939 South takes you through Dignac and then Le Pontaroux, which takes approx 20 minutes from
Angoulême. After Le Pontaroux, continue on the D939 Southwards for about a
mile. You will come to a crossroads saying right to Villebois-Lavalette and left to Rougnac and Marthon. Do not turn here,
but go on round a bend, then you will see a 90km sign. Just after the sign,
you will see a small lane on your left, turn up here. This leads 400 metres
up to a crossroads and the house is in front of you with white gate posts, and a large barn. Go up the drive and the holiday cottage is directly at the top of the drive.
From the WEST:
From
Bordeaux, take the N10/E606 then follow N10 Angoulême signs. Before coming
to Angoulême, follow signs to Villebois-Lavalette. From Villebois-Lavalette, follow signs to Montbron
and Rougnac, which will take you through Le Peyrat, to a crossroads where
you join the D939 i.e. the main Angoulême - Périgueux road. Turn right
here, go round a bend, then you will see a 90km sign. Just after the sign,
you will see a small lane on your left, turn up here. This leads 400 metres
up to a crossroads and the house is in front of you with white gate posts, and a large barn. Go up the drive and the holiday cottage is directly at the top of the drive.
From the SOUTH:
Follow
signs to Angoulême. By-pass Mareuil and go through La Rochebeaucourt, or go
through Ribérac and then Verteillac to La Rochebeaucourt. Follow the D939
North for about 3 kms. Just after two left turns to Édon, continue about 1
km and you will see a lane off to the right saying Haute Faye. Follow the
lane Northwards and you pass a farm with a bungalow, the next house on the
right is La Haute Faye.
Click
here for overview map
If you do not drive, a pick-up
service is available.
- Pick-up service to and from Poitiers, Bergerac,
Bordeaux and Limoges Airports costs £50 or 70 euros per trip.
- Pick-up service to and from Angoulême
Train
Station costs £20 or 28.40 euros.
For those wishing to enjoy this country cottage, and have no car, a shopping service is available to stock up with
groceries.
- Shopping service - up to 10 items costs
£3.50
or 5 euros
-
up to 30 items costs £10.50 or 15 euros
- Bicycle Hire 10 euros per day per bicycle.
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