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How to get to us at: Bennett, Le Corboulo, 56480 Saint Aignan, (Morbihan), France Tel:(in France) 02 97 27 53 46; International: +33 2 97 27 53 46e-mail :
As we are a long way (North) West in France, and half-way along Brittany, we normally recommend Brittany Ferries Portsmouth - St Malo crossing. The near-Motorway standard network improves at an amazing rate, and we are now about 1 1/2 hours from St Malo, even keeping to the speed limits (rigorously observed by the Gendarmes at least !) Also with a longer fast drive, Porstsmouth- Caen and using the 2 new pieces of the A84 (toll-free) can get you here in about 3hours. Plymouth - Roscoff is also useful if you are starting from the West or Midlands/ north of Britain and the drivr is about 2 hours.FLIGHT NEWS ! www. RyanAir.com are doing Stansted - Dinard (50 min +1.5 hr drive), often very cheaply. You need to subscribe on those pages to get "last minute" offers, which can be very cheap (once went for 2p one-way!) - this still leaves the question of the remainder of the journey but this is just feasible by Rail/ coach.
The rail service is fractionally better from Roscoff. Intrepid rail buffs have made it via Eurostar via Vannes or St Brieuc. Try www.ter-sncf.com eg ST-MALO-35 to PONTIVY. This Autumn's flights are getting in to Dinard at 1310; Train/ coach from St Malo at 1459 could get you to Pontivy at 1848 and costs around 25 euros (you must pre-book any TGV sections)
Other carriers include Air France (Heathrow -Paris, Paris-Vannes etc)
Hire car : discounts via Ryanair can make it around £100 for 5-7 days.
A lift could be arranged for our nearest and dearest friends !!
Of course you may wish to dawdle on the D-roads (numbered within each Departement, they can therefore amusingly change number mid-way between towns, but most of the longer distance ones have been re-numbered in the 700 series eg D766 which goes to Dinard Airport.
Recommended for a long weekend is to take the Wednesday night PT-St M crossing which arrives at 8am French time, and go to the lovely Dinan market on Thursday morning. Apart from a hot Saucisse Sandwich for breakfast, you can stock up on fabulous cheeses, breads, exotic mushrooms and everyday (for France !) vegetables to last for your first couple of days at our cottage.
It's worth reminding you that it is normal for shops INCLUDING food shops to shut for lunch at 12 noon or soon after, and so if you dawdle over-much on the way to us, you may be forced to eat out immediately on arrival !
