Getting There
By Air
The South West of France is very rural which has its advantages. However a disadvantage is that we do not have a local bus service so we strongly recommend car hire from the airport if you are flying.
There are four airports within easy reach with direct flights to the UK.
Bordeaux (90 minutes) Direct flights to London (LGW, STN and LTN), Edinburgh, Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester with British Airways, EasyJet, Ryanair and FlyBE.
Biarritz (90 minutes) Direct flights to London (STN) with Ryanair.
Toulouse (120 minutes) Direct flights to London (LGW) with British Airways and EasyJet.
Bergerac (140 minutes) Direct flights to London (STN) with Ryanair and Southampton with FlyBE.
Non-Direct flights to many other UK airports can be found with connections at the above UK airports and Paris or Amsterdam.
By Train
Eurostar/TGV via Paris or Lille to Bordeaux. Fastest journey time about 7 hours.
There is a station at Mont de Marsan which is 25 kilometres from Le Houga. This has local services to Bordeaux and Dax.
By Car
Portsmouth - St Malo Brittany Ferries have both day and night sailings. St Malo is about 6 hours drive.
Portsmouth - Caen Brittany Ferries have both day and night sailings. Caen is about 6 hours 30 minutes drive.
Plymouth - Roscoff or St Malo Brittany Ferries operates both these routes. St Malo is about 6 hours drive and Roscoff 7 hours 30 minutes.
via Eurotunnel or various ferries. Calais is about 9 hours drive.
Portsmouth - Bilbao and Plymouth - Santander Have a minibreak on the longer routes to Spain operated by Brittany Ferries. Bilbao is 3 hours drive - stop off at the Guggenheim Museum on the way - and Santander is 4 hours drive.