Travelling to Normandy

Posted by Rosie

Location of Lenault

If you are thinking about visiting us here at Eco-Gites of Lenault here are all the different transport routes to get you here.  The times in brackets are the times from the port etc to get to us by car.  Be aware though that in August, those routes with tolls could be slower with larger numbers of cars on the roads and queues can build up at the toll booths.  Those routes from the west and north of us do not have any tolls to pay.

By Ferry to Normandy

From England

Brittany Ferries

Plymouth to Roscoff (4hrs) - No road tolls
Plymouth to St Malo (1hr 50mins) - No road tolls
Portsmouth to  Cherbourg (1hr 45mins) - No road tolls
Portsmouth to  Caen (1hr) - No road tolls
Portsmouth to  Le Havre (1hr 45mins)
Poole to Cherbourg (1hr 45mins) - No road tolls

We have a discount code for passengers using Brittany Ferries that will give you 20% off your crossing. Please ask us for the code when making your booking.

DFDS Seaways

Portsmouth to  Le Havre (1hr 45mins)
Newhaven to Dieppe (2hrs 30mins)
Dover to Calais (4hrs)

Condor Ferries 

Weymouth/Poole to St Malo via Guernsey or Jersey - No road tolls

P&O Ferries

Dover to Calais (4hrs)

My Ferry Link

Dover to Calais (4hrs)

From Eire

Celtic Ferries (Stena Line)

Rosslare to Cherbourg (2hrs) - No road tolls

Irish Ferries

Dublin to Cherbourg (2hrs) - No road tolls
Rosslare to Cherbourg (2hrs) - No road tolls
Rosslare to Roscoff (4hrs) - No road tolls

By Plane to Normandy

Ryan Air

London Stanstead to Deauville (1hr 15 mins) - from summer 2015
London Stanstead to Dinard (1hr 50 mins)- No road tolls

FlyBe

London Stanstead to Caen Carpiquet (50mins) - No road tolls

Other air operators fly into Dinard (1hr 50 mins) from:

East Midlands
Leeds Bradford
London Stansted
Guernsey

and Rennes airport, Brittany (1hrs 50mins) with no road tolls from:

Cork
Dublin
Exeter
Manchester
London, Southend
Southampton

International Flights

Worldwide flights into Paris Charles de Gaulle and Paris Orly (4hrs)

Flights from Dublin, Shannon and Manchester into Paris Beauvais (4hrs)

By Train to Normandy

 

Euro-Tunnel

Folkstone to Calais (4hrs)

SNCF

Our closest local train stations are at Caen (1hr), Flers (35mins) and Vire (30mins) - No road tolls.

If you are hiring in Caen please do make sure if you are speaking to some-one on the phone that they know you want your car from Caen not Cannes.  Friends fell into this trap and arrived at Caen only to find the person had misunderstood them and their car was down on the south coast at Cannes.  If in doubt spell Caen to them.  Apparently it is a common problem.

I do hope this helps when planning your journey to Normandy and please do let me know if I have missed out any methods to get to us.

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(up to 9pm French time/8pm UK time please)