Getting There

La Petite Maison and La Grande Maison are located in the tiny hamlet of Gresignac in the Dordogne region of South-West France.

Getting there is getting easier!

You can get there using cross channel ferry services:

With Brittany Ferries you can travel from Portsmouth to Caen, Cherbourg & St Malo or alternatively from Plymouth to Roscoff.  You can also travel with both Brittany Ferries or Condor Ferries from Poole to Cherbourg or St Malo. Condor also operate from Weymouth. Transmanche Ferries operate from Newhaven to Dieppe and LD Ferries operate from Newhaven to Le Havre and Portsmouth to Le Havre. With P&O, and SeaFrance you can travel from Dover to Calais. SpeedFerries operate the Dover to Boulogne route. Motoring organisations such as Mobilise (formed by the merger of the Disabled Drivers’ Motor Club and the Disabled Drivers' Association) can offer significant discounts on ferry prices - http://www.mobilise.org.uk

You should allow about six to seven hours travelling time from Caen, Cherbourg, St Malo or Le Havre – and a minimum of eight hours thirty minutes from Calais or Boulogne.  

The Channel Tunnel avoids a sea crossing and you should allow up to ten hours driving time to get to Gresignac.

Cheap flights can offer great opportunities:

The nearest airport to Gresignac is Angouleme (29 miles). Bergerac is 47 miles, Limoges 65 miles, Bordeaux 87 miles, Poitiers 93 miles and La Rochelle 115 miles. Ryanair operates from Stanstead to Angouleme, Bergerac, Limoges, Poitiers and La Rochelle, from East Midlands Airport to Bergerac and Limoges, from Liverpool to Bergerac and Limoges and Dublin to La Rochelle.  Flybe operate from Southampton to Bergerac, Limoges, La Rochelle and Bordeaux, from Birmingham to Bergerac and La Rochelle, Edinburgh to Bergerac, Exeter to Bergerac, Gatwick to Bergerac, Leeds Bradford to Bergerac, Manchester to Bergerac, Limoges and La Rochelle, and Newcastle to Limoges. BMI Baby flights go from Birmingham and Manchester to Bordeaux. EasyJet fly from Luton to Bordeaux, Bristol to Bordeaux and La Rochelle, London Gatwick to La Rochelle. British Airways offers flights from London Gatwick to Bordeaux and Air France operate flights from a range of UK airports to Bordeaux (mainly via Paris Charles de Gaulle).

You can also get there by rail – Eurostar from London Waterloo, Ebbsfleet or Ashford International to Lille or Paris and then on to Angouleme by TGV.  Alternatively, you could fly to Paris Charles de Gaulle (Ryanair or Easyjet and most of the airlines above offer cheap flights) and travel on to Gresignac by rail or road.

If you opt to fly or go by rail, you will need to hire a car.  Most companies offer reasonable deals but you would be well advised to make arrangements well in advance if you require special arrangements such as hand controls. Angouleme has most of the major car rental companies including Avis, Hertz, Budget and you will normally find these, plus others, at airports.

Gresignac - Position in France

Gresignac Position in Perigord (Dordogne)

Gresignac - Local Map