Travel
Airports: Toulouse (63km); Tarbes (113km); Pau (151km); Carcassonne (145km);
Airlines Servicing the Pyrénées:
Air France - Heathrow or Birmingham
BMI - Manchester
British Airways - Gatwick or Birmingham
Easyjet - Gatwick or Bristol
Flybe - Bristol or Birmingham
Jet2 - Belfast, Edinburgh or Leeds
Ryanair - Stanstead, East Midlands, Liverpool, Dublin, Shannon
Car hire at local airports is available through the usual operators: Avis, Budget, Europcar, Holiday Autos, etc.
By Train: Fast trains run to Toulouse, from there you can get a slow train to Cazères. We can collect our visitors from the Cazères station free of charge, as it is only a couple of minutes drive from our house. See the SNCF website for train times and also Eurostar.
By Coach: In addition to the usual suspects see European Bike Express (also known as The Bike Bus).
Driving from Calais: (1035km) From Calais take the A26 followed by the A1 to Paris; To pass down the East side of Paris use the A3 followed by the A86, west onto A4 [A86], travel south-west through Paris on the A86 for Bordeaux-Nantes-Lyon; Pick-up the E15 south bound; stick with the E15, it merges with the A6 heading south away from Paris centre; look for signs for Orléans, Nantes, Bordeaux; Take the E50 that splits off from the E15/A6 look for signs for the A10 Orléans that continue to take you South away from Paris; Take the A10 to Orléans; From Orléans take the A71to Vierzon, from there the A20 to Châteauroux, continue on the A20 to Limoges, Brive, Cahors, Montauban; Take the A20 then A62 to Toulosue; In Toulouse take the A620 follow signs for Tarbes-Lourdes-St Sébastien and the A64. Take the A64 South-West from Toulouse.
Maps: showing our location: detailed, local roads, regional, south of France.
Local Directions: Turn off the A64 at junction 23 and follow signs for Cazères. Proceed South through Cazères on the D6 following signs for St Girons (D6) or Couladère (D7). Cross the bridge from Cazères to Couladère. There is only one bridge across the Garonne river in Cazères town. Having crossed the bridge you are now in Couladère. Immediately after crossing the bridge you come to a roundabout, take the first right (D7) follow this road through the village until you reach a second roundabout. Here continue straight ahead on the D7 sign posted for Saint Michel. Follow the road up the hill through the trees. When you reach the brow of the hill you will see our house appearing on your left with a green fence. Take the first left (on the brow of the hill), this narrow road is Impasse Saint Michel, our house is the first on the left, number 2, a large house with green fence and brown shutters.
