Where we're situated
Our comfortable family holiday Gite is located in the tranquil centre of rural Brittany near the D778 between the market town of Loudeac and historic medieval town of Josselin, as shown on this map of Brittany.Local Maps of the area
For more detailed maps of where to find us, see maps.google.fr, www.viamichelin.com or www.multimap.com.Travel Directions
To plan your journey to the Gite, it's easiest to navigate to the nearby town of La Cheze. We will send you full travel directions (right up to the front door) from your chosen airport or ferry port on confirmation of your holiday booking.Driving in France
Driving is considerably easier than it is in the UK or Ireland (well, apart from driving on the wrong side of the road that is) with the roads being generally quieter and straighter. Brittany has the additional benefit of having no tolls on any of its autoroutes but there are the occasional fixed speed cameras (see the controleradar website for camera locations) and the fines can be high.How to get to our Brittany Holiday Gite
It's easy to reach our Gite with a number of ferry and flight options available depending on where you live and whether you want to take your own car over or not:Option 1 - Take your own car on the Ferry or CatamaranWe're just a short drive from the french ferry ports and most of the route is on the motorway : | |
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| Poole/Weymouth to St Malo 4 ½ - 5 ¼ hours catamaran | 1 ½ hours drive |
| Guernsey/Jersey to St Malo 1 ¾ hours catamaran | 1 ½ hours drive |
| Portsmouth to Cherbourg 5 ½ hours ferry | 4 hours drive |
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| Portsmouth to St Malo Day: 8 ¾ hours ferry Overnight: 10 ¾ hours ferry | 1 ½ hours drive |
| Plymouth to Roscoff Day: 5 ½ hours ferry Overnight: 8 hours ferry | 2 hours drive |
| Portsmouth to Caen High Speed: 3 ¾ hours catamaran Day: 5 ¾ hours ferry Overnight: 7 hours ferry | 3 ½ hours drive |
| Portsmouth to Cherbourg High Speed: 3 hours catamaran Classic Cruise: 6 hours ferry | 4 hours drive |
| Poole to Cherbourg High Speed: 2 ¼ hours catamaran Day: 4 ¼ hours ferry Overnight: 5 ¾ hours ferry | 4 hours drive |
| Cork to Roscoff 12 hours ferry | 2 hours drive |
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| Portsmouth to Le Havre Day: 5 ½ hours ferry Overnight: 7 ½ hours ferry | 4 hours drive |
| Newhaven to Le Havre 5 hours ferry | 4 hours drive |
| Rosslare to Le Havre 20 hours ferry (starts November 2008) | 4 hours drive |
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| Newhaven to Dieppe 4 hours ferry | 5 hours drive |
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| Dover to Boulogne 55 minutes catamaran | 6 hours drive |
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| Dover to Calais 75 minute ferry | 6 ½ hours drive |
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| Dover to Calais 75 minute ferry | 6 ½ hours drive |
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| Folkestone to Calais 50 minutes Euro tunnel | 6 ½ hours drive |
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| Rosslare to Roscoff 17 hours overnight ferry | 2 hours drive |
| Rosslare to Cherbourg 20 ½ hours overnight ferry | 4 hours drive |
Option 2 - Fly then rent a car or take a taxi for the short drive to our GiteThere are nearly 30 low-cost airline routes from across the UK and Ireland into Brittany with bargain basement prices from just 99p : | |
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| Auto Europe offer car rental from over 900 locations across France including nearby Brest, Dinard, Lorient, Lannion, Nantes, and Rennes airports | |
 | Drive Details |
| Birmingham, Bristol, London Stansted or Nottingham East Midlands to Dinard 1 hour flight | 1 ½ hours drive |
| London Stansted, Bournemouth, East Midlands, Liverpool, Dublin or Shannon to Nantes 1 hour flight | 2 hours drive |
| London Luton or Dublin to Brest 1 hour flight | 2 hours drive |
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| Edinburgh, Exeter, Manchester, Newcastle, Southampton or Belfast to Rennes 1 - 1½ hours flight | 1 hour drive |
| Birmingham, Exeter, Manchester or Southampton to Brest 50 minutes to 1 hour 20 flight | 2 hours drive |
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| Cork, Galway, Kerry and Waterford to Lorient 1 ½ - 2 hour flight | 1 hour drive |
| Cardiff and Cork to Nantes 2 hour flight | 2 hours drive |
| Cork to Brest 2 hour flight | 2 hours drive |
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| Newquay to St Brieuc 1 ¼ hours flight | 40 minutes drive |
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| Dublin to Rennes 1 ¼ hours flight | 1 hour drive |
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| London Gatwick to Nantes 1 ½ hours flight | 2 hours drive |
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| 14 UK and Irish destinations to Lorient, Lannion or Brest (via Paris) 1-2 hour flight + interchange wait at Paris | 1 - 2 ½ hours drive |
Other useful websites:
Information Routieres - Traffic News and Roadworks in FrancePositions and maps of fixed speed camera locations in France
Ferrycheap.com for cheap ferry tickets to France, Spain and more online
Cheap4Ferries for cut-price ferry sailings from all the different ferry operators
Money saving expert's Flightchecker for quickly finding the cheap budget airline flights
Cheapflights.co.uk for flight details from your nearest airport to Rennes, Dinard, Brest, or Nantes airports
