Travel by Plane

From the UK

Below are details of flights to Grenoble and Lyon airports but times may vary so check before you book. We can provide transfers from and to Grenoble and Lyon airport. It may be more convenient for you to fly to other airports such as Geneva but it's not practicable for us to offer transfers and it's often easier to hire a car.

Ryanair

Stansted - Grenoble :

Grenoble airport is about 30 miles (40km) from St.Nazaire. We can meet you at the airport. At the time of writing (3rd Jan 2010) details for summer 2010 have not yet appeared on the Ryan Air website.

Bikes can be carried for a fee.

Dublin - Grenoble : Flights on Tuesday and Saturday.

 

 

Easyjet

Stansted - Lyon

Lyon airport is about 80 miles (125km) from St.Nazaire and takes about 90 minutes in the car. We'll try to arrange things so that we can meet you at the airport. If we can't there is an hourly coach service to Grenoble centre where we can meet you.

 

Stansted

Lyon

Lyon

Stansted

Mon - Fri

13.10

15.55

16.45

17.25

Sat

13.15

16.20

16.45

17.25

Sun

12.55

15.40

16.05

16.45

There is a £17 charge for the carriage of bikes.

 

Gatwick - Lyon

There are now a morning and an evening return flight from Gatwick to Lyon on weekdays and one flight per day on Saturdays and Sundays.

 

 

British Airways

Heathrow - Lyon St.Exupery (three flights per day from £70)

 

Heathrow

Lyon

Lyon

Heathrow

Mon to Sun

8.40

16.00

20.35

11.15

18.35

23.15

8.15

11.55

19.25

9.05

12.35

20.00

   

 

 

 

Air France

Air France operates services from several regional airports to Paris Charles de Gaule airport from where you can catch a train to Valence TGV. They can ticket you for the complete journey and rates are quite competitive.

 

Another option is to fly to Paris Charles de Gaulle (Easyjet from Liverpool, Luton and Newcastle) from where you can get a TGV (High Speed Train) to Valence which takes about 2 hours.
   

 

Getting from the airports:

Marseille

There are a number of budget flights to Marseille. From the airport it's a two hour drive. We could help you to arrange a few nights in Provence so that you can pedal up Mont Ventoux or buy a few bottles of wine.

Avignon

Avignon is about a 2 hour drive from St.Nazaire.

Geneva

There are several budget flights to Geneva. It's not easy to get from Geneva airport to Grenoble or Valence and people find it easier to hire a car.

From Outside Europe

From outside Europe the best way is to fly to Paris Charles de Gaulle and then get the train from the airport to Valence where we meet you. Some people like to spend a few days in Paris on the way home.

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