By air

We are just 1 hr from Nimes Airport, with its low-cost Ryanair flights from London Luton, Liverpool, Nottingham East Midlands and Brussels Charleroi. And it's less than an hour from Avignon Airport, where Flybe have launched a new service from Southampton in 2006.

We're approx 1 hr 30 min from both Montpellier and Marseille Airports (direct flights from England/Wales/Scotland/Ireland and the rest of Europe), 2 hrs from Lyon and St Etienne and 2 hr 30 from Toulon (all with direct flights from across UK/Ireland and rest of Europe). Use the website links below for flight timetable, destination and pricing info.

It's then an easy drive up to St Andre - a combination of autoroute (motorway) and wide, well-maintained national/regional roads.

From Nimes or Montpellier airport, get onto the A9 twds Lyon, get off at the Remoulins exit, follow signs twds Pont du Gard, then Bagnols-sur-Ceze, go thro' Bagnols in direction of Pont St Esprit, before turning left into the D980 on the way out of the town. See below for remainder of directions.

From Avignon airport, follow the signs for Nimes, then Bagnols-sur-Ceze. See above/below for remainder.

From Marseille or Toulon airport, stay on the A7 (direction Lyon) until the Orange-Centre turnoff (not Orange-Sud). After the toll barrier, go almost 360 degrees around the roundabout and take the turning signposted twds Caderousse. Once at Caderousse, follow the signs to Bagnols-sur-Ceze. See above/below for remainder.

You can hire a car at all of the above airports. We find that Holiday Autos offer good value - see the link below.

By road

Access is easy - we're just 30 mins' drive from the main north-south A7 autoroute at Bollene. Bollene is approx 6 hours' drive from Paris and 8-9 hrs from Calais, Brussels or Frankfurt. We've got plenty of private parking at 'Les Beaux Terroirs'.

From the A7 exit at Bollene, follow signposts to Pont St Esprit and then Bagnols-sur-Ceze. Just before you reach Bagnols, turn right onto the D980 -direction St Gervais, Barjac, Goudargues.

About 15km along the D980, you'll see a right-turn signposted to St Andre, just by the Cave Co-operative. Take this turning and drive up to the village. Drive through the village, past the church (the road wiggles thro' a bit) and go another 200m or so. You'll see a big yellow house with red shutters and garage doors on your left - that's us. To reach the private parking area, head another 70m down the hill, turn left, then sharp left again up a small track.

By train

We're just 45 mins drive from Avignon TGV station, which is just 2 hrs 30 from Paris and 4 hrs 10 mins from Lille by TGV train. Hire cars are available for pick-up at Avignon TGV. From Avignon, follow the signs for Nimes, then Bagnols-sur-Ceze. See above for remaining directions.

Map of the area

Click below to access a map of the area. Enter '30630' into the postcode field (it should be pre-selected for France), hit 'OK', select St Andre from the drop-down list and hit 'OK' again. You can zoom in and out to get a wider picture:

http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/Mapshttp://www.viamichelin.com/

Useful travel web links

www.ryanair.com – Ryanair flights from London Luton, Liverpool, Nottingham East Midlands, Glasgow, Dublin, Brussels Charleroi and Frankfurt Hahn to Nimes, Marseille, Montpellier (all between 1h-1h30 from St Andre) and St Etienne or Toulon (2h-2h30 from us).

www.easyjet.com - low-cost flights into Marseille and Lyon (1h30-2h from St Andre)

www.ba.com - British Airways site (sometimes cheaper than easyjet) with flights to Montpellier, Marseille and Lyon from the UK

www.airfrance.com – Air France site, with flights into Nimes, Avignon, Montpellier, Marseille and Lyon

www.flybe.com - low-cost flights to Avignon (less than 1hr from us) from Southampton and to Perpignan (2h30 from St Andre) from both Southampton and Birmingham

www.sncf.com - SNCF (France's national railways)

www.viamichelin.com - Michelin's excellent general travel info and map site

www.holidayautos.co.uk – Holiday Autos car hire