Gascon Property    

South West France Property
 
             
     
             

Location

The surrounding area offers a wide range of experiences. Steeped in history and local culture, the area additionally offers many other interests from motor racing, bullfighting, and music festivals to Armagnac, excellent wines, foie gras and local duck dishes. Lakes with sandy beaches and waterside restaurants dot the landscape and are used for swimming and watersports, with rivers for fishing and canoeing. It is also possible to enjoy golf, tennis, horse riding, cycling and of course boules, if the fancy takes one. The Pyrenees are some 90 kilometres easy drive to the south for skiing, climbing, canoeing, rafting, walking, etc., whilst the Spanish borders are a similar distance.

Travel

Approximate distances (in miles):

Ports

Ports Miles
Roscoff: 538
St. Malo: 438
Cherbourg: 500
Caen: 450
Le Havre: 484
Dieppe: 488
Calais: 538
Dunkirk: 588

TGV Link (in miles):

Station Miles
Agen 52
Auch 27
Toulouse 72
Bordeaux 107

 

Airports

Airport Miles Airlines British Destination
Toulouse 72

British Airways

AirFrance/KLM

Easyjet

Jet2

Flybe

Various

Various

Bristol, London Gatwick

Belfast, Leeds Bradford, Manchester

Birmingham

Bordeaux 107

British Airways

AirFrance/KLM

Easyjet

Flybe

BMIbaby

Various

Various

Bristol, London Luton

Southampton

Manchester, Birmingham

Pau 57

AirFrance/KLM

Ryanair

Various

London Standsted

Biarritz 112

AirFrance/KLM

Ryanair

Various

Dublin, London Standsted, Shannon

Carcassone 129

AirFrance/KLM

Ryanair

Various

Dublin, East Midlands, Liverpool, London Stansted, Shannon

Bergerac 109

AirFrance/KLM

Flybe

 

Ryanair

Various

Birmingham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Leeds Bradford, London Gatwick, Manchester, Southampton

East Midlands, Liverpool, London Standsted

Tarbes Lourdes 88 AirFrance/KLM Various

 

   

Temperatures

Months F C
January/February 54 12
March/April 60 16
May/June 73 23
July/August 81 28
September/October 73 23
November/December 56 13

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