USEFUL INFORMATION

To save you searching for airlines, ferries,trains, car hire and tourist sites, we have listed below some useful links for you to use.

AIRLINES to the area

Air France                    www.airfrance.co.uk                00 44 (0)870 142 4343
Gatwick/Nantes

British Airways             www.ba.com                            00 44 (0)870 850 9850
Bordeaux, Nantes - from various

BMIBaby                      www.bmibaby.com                  00 44 (0)870 264 2229
Bordeaux - from - various

Flybe                            www.flybe.com                         00 44 (0)870 700 0535
Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Angers, Limoges - from various

Ryanair                        www.ryanair.com                      00 44 (0)906 270 5656
La Rochelle, Limoges, Nantes, Poitiers, Tours - from - Stansted and various

FERRIES

LD Lines                        www.ldlines.com                       00 44 (0)870 428 4335
Portsmouth/Le Havre

Speed Ferries                www.speedferries.com             00 44 (0)870 220 0570
Dover/Boulogne

Brittany Ferries              www.brittanyferries.com          00 44 (0)870 536 0360
Portsmouth/St Malo/Caen/Cherbourg, Poole/Cherbourg, Plymouth/Roscoff

Transmanche Ferries    www.transmancheferries.com  00 44 (0)800 907 1201
Newhaven/Dieppe

Condor Ferries            www.condorferries.com             00 44 (0)870 240 8002
Weymouth/St Malo via Channel Islands - All year
Poole/ St Malo via Channel Islands - May/Oct

TRAINS

Eurostar                        www.eurostar.com                    00 44 (0)870 518 6186
London/Ashford to Lille

TGV                               www.tgv.co.uk                       
Lille to Angouleme (easier than changing stations and trains in Paris)

Eurotunnel                    www.eurotunnel.com                00 44 (0)870 011 3259

CAR HIRE

Alamo                           www.alamo.co.uk                    00 44 (0)870 400 4562

AVIS                              www.avis.com                          00 44 (0)870 010 0287

Budget                          www.budget.co.uk                   00 44 (0)870 153 9170

Europcar                       www.europcar.co.uk                00 44 (0)870 607 5000

France Car                    www.auto-europe.co.uk          00 44 (0)800 032 1701  

Hertz                              www.hertz.co.uk                       00 44 (0)870 844 8844

TOURIST BOARDS and ATTRACTIONS

Office de Tourisme de La Charente Maritime
place Petite Sireène, 1700 La Rochelle
Tel:  05 46 41 41 68     Fax:  05 46 41 99 85

Office de Tourisme de La Charente
place Halles,  16000 Angouleme
Tel:  05 45 95 16 84     Fax:  05 45 95 91 76

Office de Tourisme du Pays de Matha
16 rue André Brugerolle, 17160 Matha
Tel/Fax:  05 46 58 68
www.paysdematha.com

Office de Tourisme de Cognac
16 rue 14 juillet,  16100 Cognac
Tel:  05 45 82 10 71     Fax:  05 45 82 34 47
www.tourism-cognac.com

Office de Tourisme de Jarnac
place Chateau, 16200 Jarnac
Tel:  05 45 81 09 30     Fax:  05 45 36 52 45

Office de Tourisme de Poitiers
45 place Charles de Gaulle, 86000 Poitiers
Tel:  05 49 41 21 24     Fax:  05 49 88 65 84
www.ot-poitiers.fr

OTHER

Futuroscope
Parc du Futuroscope, RN10 BP 2000, 86130 Jaunay Clan
Tel:  05 49 49 30 80
www.futuroscope.com

Travelling with Baby
Rental of all baby and toddler equipment and entertainment
Tel:  05 46 33 97 01
www.travellingwithbaby.com 

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