Driving:
The main west-coast autoroute passes just 12 kms from Beneze. Arriving at any of the French channel ports you can join the A10 motorway either at Paris or at Tours via the A28. If you take a ferry to the western ports St Malo or Roscoff you can reach the A10 via the A83.
Leave the A10 at junction 36 Pons and turn towards the coast signposted Royan. At the by-pass of Gemozac you turn right to Cravans.
Flying:
The nearest airports are La Rochelle and Bordeaux, both about one hour's drive from Benèze. The low cost airlines have flights from a number of UK airports during their summer schedule to either airport.
Easyjet to La Rochelle from Bristol and Gatwick or Bordeaux
from Bristol, Liverpool, Gatwick, Luton, Geneva, Basel and Milan.
Ryanair to La Rochelle from Stanstead, Dublin, Brussels and Cork. Bordeaux from Edinburgh, Cork, Bologna and Porto. Limoges from Bristol, Stanstead, East Midlands, Liverpool and Leeds.
BMI Baby Bordeaux from Manchester
Flybe La Rochelle from Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester and
Southampton; Bordeaux from Southampton
Jet2.com La Rochelle from Leeds and Edinburgh
Out of season Bordeaux airport has low cost services from London Luton and scheduled services to major European centres. If flying we strongly recommend that you reserve a rental car.
Train: The Eurostar/French TGV service runs through to Angouleme with connections to Saintes.
Coordinates:
Latitude: 45:36:14N (45.60402) Longitude: 0:42:21W (-0.7057)