Le
Bourg is situated in the small Charentaise village of Mareuil, about 10
kms from Jarnac and 17 kms from Cognac, in the Charente département
of France.
How
to find us
BY
AIR
There
are four airports that service this part of France, most of which have
low-cost flights from the UK.
La Rochelle-Ile de Ré |
69 |
110
|
1
hr 20 m |
|
Bordeaux |
100 |
160
|
2
hrs |
|
Poitiers |
78
|
125
|
1
hr 30 m |
|
Limoges |
78
|
125
|
1
hr 30 m |
The
nearest airport is La Rochelle-Ile
de Ré, which has daily flights on Ryanair from London Stansted.
Ryanair also flies into Limoges and Poitiers. Flybe and easyJet fly into La
Rochelle during the summer months.
Most
major car rental companies operate out of these airports (Hertz,
Europcar, etc) – see links
page.
BY
TRAIN
BY ROAD
By fast and efficient motorways we are the following distances from the major Channel ports :
| From | Time | Kms | Miles |
| Calais | 7 - 8 hours | 741 | 463 |
| Roscoff | 6 hours | 557 | 348 |
| St Malo | 5 hours | 420 | 263 |
| Caen | 5 hours | 482 | 301 |
If
you’re heading south on the A10 motorway turn off at junction
is 34 (St Jean
d’Angély). Then follow the D939 towards Rouillac and Angoulême for
about 40kms. At Sonneville turn right onto the D75 for Mareuil. As you
enter the village you will see the church and the water tower. Here,
turn right and take the Jarnac road. Go around the sharp bend and as
you come the hill we're the house on the left with the big green gates.
Or if you have a GPS system, our address is:
9 rue des Ecoles
16170 Mareuil, France.
And our coordinates are:
Degrees, minutes, seconds: N 45° 46' 21" W 0° 08' 35"
When entering information into your GPS please be careful to note that we are the Mareuil, near Cognac in Charente (department 16) and not Mareuil in Dordogne (department 24).
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