Travel

Where are we? (click here)

We are ideally situated between Poitiers and Angouleme a few minutes from the RN10. Rural, yet only 3 miles from Ruffec centre with supermarkets, shops, cafes, restauarants and banks. It's a growing town with new shops springing up all the time. The excellent and busy market sells fresh produce including cheese, fish, meat, vegetables and fruit every Wednesday and Saturday mornings. Once a month you can even buy poultry!

Flying

Angouleme airport is only 25 miles away with flights from Stansted.

Poitiers airport is around 40 miles away. Flights from Stansted, Birmingham and Edinburgh.

Limoges has flights from Bristol, Edinburgh, Stansted, Liverpool, Nottingham and Southampton, it is about 75 minutes away.

La Rochelle is 2 hours away with flights from Gatwick, Stansted, Bristol, Birmingham, Southampton, Dublin, Cork, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds and Manchester!

All the airports have car hire.

Driving

Click on this link to check out your driving itinerary.

You can book a ferry online and come to Caen, Cherbourge or Dieppe which is a 5 hour drive away, Calais and Boulogne are about 7 hours away.

TGV

The train actually stops at Ruffec! Click on the link for info.

Charente Gite and B&B Child Friendly Holiday Accommodation.

Quality, Child Friendly, Gite or B&B Holiday Accommodation. Relaxing or Active Holidays in the Charente, France.