By Car

Brittany Ferries: Portsmouth to St Malo, Caen and Cherbourg and Plymouth to Roscoff.

St Malo, Caen and Cherbourg are 4½, 5½ and 6 hours away respectively and Roscoff about 5½ hours away. An overnight crossing to any of these ports will bring you to La Soliniere in time for a leisurely lunch and an afternoon swim. The morning boats will enable you to reach us in time for an evening meal, or why not take the cheaper afternoon ferries and have an overnight stop en route.
We will be happy to advise on overnight accommodation.

For further information click on www.brittanyferries.co.uk


P&O Ferries: Dover to Calais.

Le Havre is situated about 6 hours away from La Soliniere and Calais about 5½ hours. The new autoroute (A280) between Alencon and Rouen means that you can drive the whole of the way from Calais and Le Havre to Poitiers on autoroutes avoiding Paris. Unlike UK motorways these are far less crowded and provide ample aires for regular stops.

For further information click on www.poferries.com


Sea France: Dover to Calais.

Sea France sails from Dover to Calais with numerous sailing’s right through the day. Book early for the best deals. Bouin can be reached from Calais within 6½ hours and now almost the whole journey can be undertaken on the autoraoutes.

For further information click on www.brittanyferries.co.uk


Speed Ferries: Dover to Boulogne.

‘’The new kids on the block’ and already altering the style and price of cross channel travel. An amazing £25.00 each way. With the new A28 motorway from Rouen to Alencon, Boulogne is now only 6 hours away by car on the autoroutes.

For further information click on www.speedferries.com

By Rail

Eurotunnel: Dover to Calais.

’The quickest and probably the easiest way across the channel travel. Bouin can be reached from Calais within 6½ hours and now almost the whole journey can be undertaken on the excellent French motorways. 

For further information click on www.eurotunnel.com

By Air

Ryan Air: Stansted to Poitiers, La Rochelle and (soon) Angouleme; Liverpool to Limoges.

Very low fares (if you book far enough in advance these can be as low as 1 euro!!). Each of the airports has facilities to hire cars or we can arrange for a taxi to meet you. Poitiers and Angouleme airports are both about 50 minutes away from Bouin, La Rochelle is about an hour away and Limoges about 75 minutes (leave time for the wonderful pottery shops and warehouses).

For further information click on www.ryanair.com


EASYJET: London to Bordeaux and La Rochelle

Very low fares (if you book far enough in advance).

For further information click on www.easyjet.com


Flybe: Southampton to La Rochelle and Bordeaux; Birmingham to La Rochelle.

Frequent and efficient services at budget prices. The longer you book in advance the cheaper the fares tend to be. Hire cars can be collected at La Rochelle airport.

For further information click on www.flybe.com


British Airways: Gatwick to Nantes and Bordeaux.

For times visit www.britishairways.com



Visitors from further afield can fly direct to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris and then connect with the TGV to Poitiers.