By Air

80 km/50 miles from L'Epine de la Messe. Ryan Air www.ryanair.com offer daily flights from Stanstead (twice daily in the summer) and also operate routes to Limoges from Liverpool and East Midlands. FlyBe www.flybe.com operate flights from Southampton to Limoges 3 times a week. Air France www.airfrance.co.uk also offer daily flights from Glasgow.

By prior arrangement, we can collect you from/return you to the airport (maximum of 6 persons).

By Road (from Limoges)

From Limoges, take the N141 and follow the signs to Clermont Ferrand. Travel through the towns of Bourganeuf and Pontarion until you see a sign for Valliere on the right. Take this road into Valliere and on the left, you will see a petrol station. Turn left just before this and continue up the hill past the cemetary on the right. After about 2 km you will see L'Epine de La Messe on the left.

By road/ferry from UK

There are many routes available for travelling by road from the UK. Ferries from Dover are operated by P&O www.poferries.com Sea France www.seafrance.co.uk and Speed Ferries www.speedferries.com Alternately, the shuttle runs up to four times an hour www.eurotunnel.com and takes only 40 minutes.

Take your preferred route through France (from experience it is easiest to stick to the autoroutes) to either Limoges and follow the directions above. If you travel on the A71/A20 from Paris, leave the A20 at J23 and follow the N145 to Gueret. From Gueret, take the D940 to Pontarion and then turn left onto the N141 and follow the instructions above. Expect to pay up to 35 euros (some are time zoned) in motorway tolls.

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