How to get here

Driving here is stress free on the excellent French auto route network.

Plan your journey

More information…. Auto routes du sud de la France

Directions to the Bedford Ritchie offices

Ferry – Direct Ferries allow you to choose a route and offers various ferry companies including the high speed catamaran option.

Eurotunnel - Eurotunnel bookings.

RailEurope offer to bring you and your car by train all the way to the South of France.

Distances from ferry ports to Albi:

• Calais - 600 miles
• Boulogne - 580 miles
• Dunkerque - 605 miles
• Caen - 483 miles
• St Malo - 495 miles
• Cherbourg - 597miles
• Roscoff - 580 miles
• Bilbau - 322 miles
• Santander - 383 miles

Flying to this region is fast and relatively inexpensive with the low cost carriers

• Airlines into Toulouse

  • Flights from Dublin - Aer Lingus
  • Internal French flights and other international flights - AirFrance
  • Flights from London Gatwick - British Airways
  • Flights from Bristol, London Gatwick plus Lyon, Madrid and Paris - EasyJet
  • Flights from Birmingham - FlyBe
  • Flights from Belfast, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester - Jet2

• Airlines into Rodez

  • Flights from Dublin and London Stansted - Ryan Air

• Airlines into Carcassone

  • Flights from Cork, Dublin, Shannon, East Midlands, Liverpool, London Stansted - Ryan Air

• Airlines into Castres

  • Flights as from 1st October 2008 to Manchester and Dublin - Ryan Air
  • FlyBe

• Private jet and helicopter centre at Albi

  • Le Sequestre, 81000 Albi, tel : 0033 (0) 5 63 54 38 49 - Albi Airport

• Airlines into Bergerac

  • RyanAir from Bristol, Bruxelles/Charleroi, Liverpool, London/Stanstead, Nottingham, Southampton - Ryan Air
  • FlyBe from London/Gatwick, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Leeds/Bradford - FlyBe

• Avis
• Budget
• Eurocar
• Hertz
• Sixt

The TGV is a pleasant and relaxing way to travel to this region.

TGV website. Journey time 10 hours and 8 minutes from London, St. Pancras Station, to Toulouse, Matabiau Station.

Please bear in mind that it takes approximately 40 minutes to cross Paris either by cab or using the the Metro system. Paris Metro map

Other information and reservations for SNCF railway services