How to travel to
Champagnac-la-Riviere
Champagnac-la-Riviere, (87150) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of western France.
The nearest airport is Limoges- Bellegarde (32km), train station Limoges-Benedictins (39km). From Calais it is a 722km drive.
By Train
These days, we prefer to travel by train to Limoges, or the quicker service to Angoulême. Taking the Eurostar to Paris, as there are fewer restrictions on baggage allowance, it becomes morecost effective. It only takes a little longer than by plane if coming from the south of the UK, and we find the journey more enjoyable.
We use Trainline.com to book tickets for both Eurostar and trains from Paris as they ensure a correct transfer time from Gare du Nord to Gare d'Austerlitz if travelling to Limoges, or Gare du Nord to Paris Montparnasse.
It takes roughly 20 mins by Metro between to transfer to either mainline station, but of course allow a little longer.
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By Plane
Ryanair is the principal airline flying directly to Limoges from the UK. They serve Leeds Bradford, Stansted, Bristol, Liverpool, East Midlands Manchester and London Stansted.
Sadly Easyjet appear to have pulled flights from London Gatwick to Limoges, but do check.
Other 'close' airports to Champagnac-la-Riviere are Bordeaux and Bergerac. From there it's a further 2-2.5 hours drive, or 2 hours roughly by train
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If your local airport doesn't fly directly to Limoges, Bergerac or Bordeaux, another option is to fly into Paris Charles de Gaulle, and catch an internal flight to Bordeaux, which takes just over an hour.
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By Car
Each airport has good hire car services, but if you fancy travelling from the UK to Champagnac-la-Riviere by car there are good ferry services from Dover and Portsmouth.
It's an easy 8 hour or rapid 7 hour drive from Calais, or around 6 hours from Le Havre.
From Calais you can opt to travel via Rouen, avoiding Paris and the toll roads, but it does take about 90 mins longer.
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When driving to Champagnac we travel from Folkestone to Calais using Le Shuttle (Eurotunnel) as it's reliable and quick.
Transfers to Champaganc
Since Easyjet has stopped flying to Limoges, we've decided to offer group transfers from not only Limoges airport and train station, but Bergerac, and Bordeuax airports too. For this to be economical and efficient, we'll give a departure time slot to accomodate everyones travel arrangements, which will be announced soon.
Help and Advice
If all of this information feels a little too overwhelming please do get in touch and we can recommend a route best for you
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