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are several ways to reach The Languedoc area, most travelers
either drive or fly to the region but high speed trains
now service the area either to carry just passangers or
passangers with their cars. Bringing your car on an overnight
train is wonderful but expensive. |
The location of the main airports
in relation to Pezenas |
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Airline Routes
(as of October 2005)
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Ryanair
Stansted - Montpellier,
Nimes, Perpignan, Carcassonne
East Midlands - Carcassonne, Nimes
Liverpool - Carcassonne, Nimes
Luton - Nimes
Dublin, Shannon - Barcelona (Girona)
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Easyjet
Gatwick - Toulouse
Bristol, Liverpool, Newcastle, Stansted
- Barcelona
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Flybe
Birmingham, Edinburgh,
Southampton - Perpignan
Birmingham, Bristol - Tolouse
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Most
of the properties on this web site are within easy travelling
distance of the airports. A guide to travel times is given
below based on Pezenas. There may be slight differences
for individual properties.
Montpellier - 40/60 Minutes
Carcassonne - 70/90 Minutes
Nimes - 60/80 Minutes
Perpignan - 70/90 minutes
Toulouse - 2 Hours
Barcelona - 3 Hours
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Car
Hire |
All
the airports have car hire desks. Some (Carcassonne and
Perpignan) are only served by Hertz, the rest have several
of the larger companies represented. A medium size car
will cost approximately £150 per week in the height
of the season. If you do want to book ahead, it is worth
doing it through an American website as the hire comanies
(scandallously and inexplicably) discriminate in favour
of Americans.
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Road Routes
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The
main routes to The Languedoc by road are via Reims, Dijon,
Lyon (A26, A31, A6, A7 A9) or Via Orleans, Bourges Clermont
Ferrand and Millau(A71, A75) using the newly completed
Millau viaduct (see below). It is normal to complete the
journey taking an overnight stop either around the Dijon/Beaune
area or Clermont Ferrant. The journey can be completed
in one day but the total travel time from Calais is about
10 hours.
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Trains |
TGV:
The network of fast trains (TGV) extends to Montpellier.
The journey time from Paris to Montpellier is three hours.
The Mediterranean i now four and a half hours from the
North Sea.
SNCF
Eurostar
To check train timetables call the following number: +33
(0)8 36 35 35 35
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