The routes below are only suggestions based on our experience. They give the route to Parcay les Pins, our nearest hamlet. For details form there to the house please see LOCATION

For most people the easiest route is Portsmouth - Caen on Brittany Ferries. The UK motorway system leads right up to the terminal in Portsmouth - a lot to visit if you arrive early. The crossing takes about 7 hours and can be done overnight. There are 3 sailings a day in summer. The journey from Caen to Longue takes about 3 hours.

St Malo - Longue takes about the same driving time but the ferry crossing is 2 hours longer.

Cherbourg, Le Havre & Dieppe are about an hour further away.

The Newhaven-Dieppe crossing is much shorter for those not enamoured with the sea.

From Caen the suggested route is:

N158 Caen - Falaise - Argentan - Sees. N138 Sees - Alencon - Le Mans. Follow the bypass or "peripherique" around Le Mans. Take the D307 to Arnage. Continue on the D307 to Le Lude and then to Noyant (the road number changes to D767 as you enter Maine et Loire). Go straight through Noyant on the D141. Parcay Les Pins is signposted from Noyant.

Simple - Eurostar from Waterloo International to Lille. Change for the TGV to Tours. Change at Tours for Saumur. Total travelling time to Saumur 6 hours -if the connections work.

You can go via Paris on the Eurostar but be warned the cross-town Metro from Gare de Nord to Gare Montparnasse for the TGV to Tours is a pig. Especially in summer with luggage. You could of course take a Parisian cab…….!

How you get from Saumur is of course a different matter. There are taxis but they are expensive.

More difficult unless you own your own light aircraft - there is an aerodrome at Saumur. There are flights from Paris and some UK airports to Nantes which is about 90 minutes by car to "Les Courosses" or the same to Saumur by train.