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of travel.
TGV (High speed train)
Every Saturday in the summer (Eurostar ) run a none stop none
change service from London to Avignon, at other times you will need
to change at Paris or Lillie. The journey time is approximately 6
hours London -Avignon.
Flying, four low cost airlines operate close
to us,
Ryanair
operate Nimes to Liverpool, London Luton and East Midlands,
Easyjet
operate Gatwick to Marseilles and
Flybe
operate Southampton & Exeter to Avignon; Jet2 Edinburgh to Avignon.
All airports are about an
hour away by car. As you probably know public transport in Rural
France is rare so you’re own or a hire car or bicycle’s and a good
pair of legs could be considered essential.
By car
from the North
(Calais to Bedoin
is more or less exactly 1000k or 621 miles) you are probably a
seasoned traveller through France, if so, skip the following. From
all the Northern ports we prefer to bypass Paris and Lyon, on the
following, A26,A4,A26,A5,A31,A6,A46, this route will take you round
Lyon, then change to the N346 for a short distance, then back to A46
and finally the A7. In high season the A7 can resemble the M25 so,
as an alternative, leave the autoroute and follow the N86 or N7,
both roads and the Autoroute run along the Rhône. We much prefer the
N86 on the opposite side of the river, as it misses all the big
towns. Your turning off the A7 is at Junction 22, Orange Sud. Simply
follow Carpentras (Be aware, this is a fast road but you will see a
left turn to Carpentras, so watch out for it!) Continue straight
through the outskirts of Carpentras, and then at the only T-junction
under the viaduct, turn left, direction Ventoux sud and Bedoin.

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