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How to Travel to Arts in the Garden, Normandy.

       
 

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Arts in the Garden

   

This is an interactive map by Google Maps. Double click on Courson, at the centre of the map and it will enlarge to show our commune of Morigny, just to the North East of Courson. Use the arrows top left to navigate, or simply click and drag, and the + and - buttons to zoom in and out. In this way you can explore the whole of France without leaving our site.

Arrivals are welcome at Arts in the Garden from 17.00 hrs.

GPS: Our coordinates are: W:1.06760 ........N: 48.87675

 

 

WAYS TO TRAVEL

BY CAR FERRY

Nearest ferry port is Caen (Ouistreham) with ferries running from the South Coast of England operated by
Brittany Ferries (Plymouth/Portsmouth/Poole)
www.brittany-ferries.com
P & O Ferries (Portsmouth)
www.poferries.com

Journey time on the ferry: 6 hours. Drive time from the ferry to Arts in the Garden is about an hour.

P&O also operates a catamaran ferry to Cherbourg (with a much reduced journey time) in the summer months. Drive time from the ferry to Arts in the Garden is about an hour and a half.

Condor ferries also operates services from Weymouth, Poole and Portsmouth to St. Malo and Cherbourg, each about an hour and a half drive from Arts in the Garden.
http://www.condorferries.co.uk/uk/home.aspx

 

BY AIR

TO DINARD
Low cost flights daily with
Ryanair http://www.ryanair.com.

Car hire available at airport with
Hertz https://www.hertz.com
Europcar http://www.europcar.com
Budget http://www.budget.com

The drive from Dinard to Arts in the Garden takes about 1hour 30 minutes, mostly along double carriageway with little traffic.

 

TO CAEN (CARPIQUET)

Skysouth operates flights from Brighton to Carpiquet, about 15 minutes from Caen.
http://www.skysouth.co.uk

Car hire available at airport with
Hertz https://www.hertz.com
Europcar http://www.europcar.com
Budget http://www.budget.com

TO PARIS
Several flights daily by Easyjet,
http://www.easyjet.com

then train to Vire from Paris Montparnasse (about 2 hours 30 minutes; we are happy to pick up visitors at Vire station.) French railways are efficient and reasonably priced, and are operated by SNCF : you can book on www.sncf.com

BY TRAIN

Eurostar from Kings Cross London
http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/travel_information.jsp

trains arrive at Paris Gare du Nord, from which a short metro journey to Paris Montparnasse then train to Vire (about 2 hours 30 minutes; we are happy to pick up visitors at Vire station.) French railways are efficient and reasonably priced, and are operated by SNCF : you can book on www.sncf.com

EUROPEAN ROUTE PLANNING

(Enter our commune MORIGNY as your destination....)

AA Roadwatch Route Planner http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/routes/
Detailed route planner with maps
RAC European Route Planner http://www.rac.co.uk/web/routeplanner/ Detailed route planner

http://www.mappy.com
French language planner with national information eg. roadworks etc

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps

LOCAL ATTRACTIONS
Vire Tourist Information www.tourisme.fr/office-de-tourisme/vire
Discover Normandy Sitemap http://www.discover-normandy.info/sitemap.htm
Caen Tourist Information
www.tourisme.fr/office-de-tourisme/caen

     
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