The property is in a tranquil village in the heart of the Quercy region in SW France, which has remained unspoilt for centuries. Local shops are just a mile away from the property, in a little village where you will find a small supermarket, a bakery, post-office, chemist, Bar/Restaurant and Sunday morning market. The nearest town is CAHORS.

By Road: Click on the map to the right to plan your personal itinerary as far as CAHORS.

Crossing the Channel Your simplest option is to contact Chez Nous Travel Services (08700 444 6600), who offer competitive/low prices for ferry and Eurotunnel crossings, motorail bookings, personal and car break-down insurance, as well as overnight hotels en route. Or you could contact any of the following: Eurotunnel  (0870 840 0046) Hoverspeed  (0870 240 8070) P&O and Stena Line  (0870 600 0600) Ferry Savers (0870 442 4223) Condor ferries (0845 345 2000) Brittany Ferries (0870 556 1600)

By Air:

The property is within easy reach of the following seven airports.

	Time from the property:	Hire cars from :
Brive/Vallée de la Dordogne	64 minutes
Toulouse (Blagnac)	90 minutes
Rodez	100 minutes
Limoges	2 h.
Bergerac	2 h. 10 mins
Carcassonne	2 h. 20 mins
Bordeaux	3 h.

You can use one of the following sites - Travelocity, Toulouse-car-hire or eRentals - to compare rental car prices, or book direct by clicking on the rental company of your choice in the list above.

If you are coming here from outside the UK, the nearest international gateway is undoubtedly Toulouse, which has direct flights from a whole range of international locations. Alternatively, fly into Paris, from where you can either fly on to one of the local airports listed above, take a train to CAHORS, or hire a car and drive directly to the property.

From the UK & Ireland, there are regular flights to all the above aiports, with the following airlines (Clicking on the symbol next to an airport name will open up a window displaying parking information for that UK airport):

		Toulouse	Rodez	Limoges	Bergerac	Brive/Dordogne	Carcassonne	Bordeaux
Aberdeen		Air France, BA, KLM		Air France				Air France, BA, KLM
Belfast City		Jet2		Flybe	Flybe			Flybe
Birmingham		BA, Flybe		Air France	Flybe			Flybe
Bournemouth
Bristol		easyJet		Ryan Air	Ryan Air			easyJet, KLM
Cork							Ryan Air	Ryan Air
Dublin		Aerlingus	Ryan Air	Flybe	Flybe	Cityjet	Ryan Air	Aerlingus
Dundee					Flybe	Cityjet
East Midlands (Nott'ham)				Ryan Air	Ryan Air		Ryan Air
Edinburgh		Jet2		Flybe	Flybe	Cityjet		Flybe, Ryan Air
Exeter					Flybe
Glasgow		BA, KLM		Flybe	Flybe		Ryan Air	Flybe
Guernsey				Flybe	Flybe
Inverness					Flybe
Isle Of Man					Flybe
Jersey				Flybe	Flybe
Leeds Bradford		Jet2		Flybe, Ryan Air	Flybe, Jet2		Ryan Air
Liverpool				Ryan Air	Ryan Air		Ryan Air	easyJet
London City Airport						Cityjet
London - Gatwick		BA, easyJet			Flybe			BA, easyJet
London - Heathrow		Air France
London - Luton								easyJet
London - Stansted			Ryan Air	Ryan Air	Ryan Air		Ryan Air
Manchester		bmibaby		Flybe	Flybe			bmibaby
Newcastle		Jet2		Flybe	Flybe
Shannon
Southampton				Flybe	Flybe			Flybe
Stornoway					Flybe

You may like to try one of the Travel sites, such as SKYscanner, Flylc, Cheap Flights, or Expedia, to shop around for the best deals on airline tickets and rental-cars.

Alternatively, clicking on the name of an airline on this page will take you straight to their website where you can check availability, pricing and make reservations - or you can phone them directly as follows:

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By Rail:

Take the Toulouse train from the Gare d'Austerlitz in Paris, which stops at CAHORS. It's a 5-6 hour journey, depending on the time of day. The Rail Europe website will help you with train travel from the UK to Paris, and the SNCF website will help you with the onward journey to CAHORS.

You can rent a car at CAHORS station from Avis (+33 565 30 13 10) or - half a mile up the hill - from Hertz (+33 565 35 34 69), or take a taxi: the property is a 20-25 minute ride away.

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