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 Travelling to Aveyron
 
 
 
 

 

 


 
Travelling to Albi, Albigue and the lower Valley of the Tarn,
Souillac and the Dordogne Valley, 
Rodez and the Valley of the Lot .


 

At the Albi railway station SNCF, you can take the Albi-bus (line 1) every 20 min. to Place du Vigan, Hotels in centre of town.
 

Train & Bus to Albi and  lower Valley of the Tarn.
  From Toulouse to Albi
Toulouse railway station Matabiau - Albi

Toulouse
Departure		 Company Arrival in
Albi
Train: Almost every hour SNCF in 60 minutes
Bus: 13:50 h Bus Verdie in 60 minutes
Bus: 18:00 h Bus Verdie in 60 minutes

 


Air

For our walks and tours in South of France you can fly in to

  • Toulouse (for all walks in Dordogne, Cathar-walks and tours starting in Albi)
  • Paris (for all walks and tours. Further travelling by TGV to Montpellier or Toulouse)
  • Rodez (all walks and tours in the Grands Causses Nature Park and Lot Valley)
  • Montpellier (Grand Causses Nature Park, Lot Valley and Provence)
  • Marseille (for the Provence Tours).
  • Carcassonne (Cathar walks)
  • Beziers (Direct train connection to Millau-Grands Causses)

    Travelling to the Grands Causses Nature Park:
Flying in to Rodez Airport.

London Stansted - Rodez (Ryanair, March-December)
Paris - Rodez (Brit Air, Daily)

Connections at Rodez airport:

No busses. You'll have to take a taxi. La Ligne Verte can pick you up or send a taxi to pick you up at the airport and bring you to your first hotel.

Cost of transfers on Sundays and evenings: add 50%.

Flying in to Toulouse

From Toulouse-Airport you take the shuttle-bus to SNCF railway (and bus) station Toulouse Matabiau (20 minutes) and from there the train to Albi (1 hour), or by bus from Toulouse (13:45hr) to Albi and ahead to  St. Affrique and Millau.

Surf to this page for all details Toulouse-Millau-Toulouse.
 


Flying in to Montpellier:

Low cost carriers:

From Brussels-Charleroi with Ryanair
From Amsterdam with Transavia.com
From London Gatwick with easyJet.com
From Frankfurt-Hahn with Ryanair.com
From Madrid with Iberia
From Copenhagen with Sterling.dk

Connections at the airport of Montpellier (Fréjorgues)
Shuttlebus to the SNCF railway station of Montpellier (15 minutes to center of town (Place de l'Europe =Antigone shopping centre) and another 15 minutes with the tramway to SNCF-railway station and Gare routière=bus station).

From Montpellier railway station by bus (SNCF or Hérault Transports) to Millau and St.Affrique (only SNCF TER-busses.

Return-journey to Montpellier airport:
At 6:50 by bus from Millau to Montpellier arrival at 09:05 plus 30 minutes to airport; or:
At 8.35 by bus from Millau to Montpellier arrival at 10:10 plus 30 minutes to airport. 


Flying in to Marseille

1. From Marseille airport Marignane: take the shuttlembus to the railway station of Marseille (30 minutes)

2. Take the direct train comnnection to Montpellier (1h30) or to Beziers.

3. see above

Flying in to Paris

From Paris 2 options:
1) Go to Paris, Gare de Lyon (45 minutes). There you will take the TGV-train to Montpellier (about 5 hours) and in Montpellier you will take the bus (SNCF or La Populaire) to Millau (2 hours).
2) If you don't want to go to Paris Centre, you can take also the TGV at Paris airport Charles De Gaulle and travel  directly to Montpellier (4 or 5 hours).

Flying in to Carcassonne with Ryanair

From Carcassone to Millau and St. Affrique

Carcassone       train Beziers       train Millau
Dep: 07:44 Arr:  08:28    Dep: 09:10 Arr: 10:58
Dep: 11:33 Arr:  12:18    Dep: 12:38 Arr: 14:29
Dep: 15:13 Arr:  15:57    Dep: 18:26 Arr: 20:21
Dep: 16:54 Arr:  17:38    Dep: 18:26 Arr: 20:21
  For St. Affrique change in Tournemire and ahead with taxi to St. Affrique.  

 
Travelling from Marseille Airport to Luberon and Avignon in Provence
a) SNCF

Vertrek uit Montpellier

 Eindpunt  in Millau Eindpunt  in St.Affrique
07:10 08:45  
07:58 10:58  
11:55 15:00  
17:15 18:50 19:35
22:10 23:45  


b) Autocars Juers  Hérault-transport.fr

Vertrek uit Montpellier

 Eindpunt  in Millau
8:45 10:55
11:00 13:20
13:25 15:45
16:00 18:20
18:30 20:45
a) BUS SNCF naar Millau en St.Affrique

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b) Autocars Juers  Hérault-transport.fr

 
a) 18:50 (Millau)  >> 19:35 (St.Affrique) SNCF

b) VERDIE

  ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Millau 07:00 12:35 16:45 21:00
Creissels 07:05 12:40 16:50 21:05
St. Affrique 07:40 13:15 17:40 21:40
Albi 09:14 14:49 19:40 23:14
a) BUS SNCF naar Millau en St.Affrique

b) BUS  S.A. VERDIE-BEL naar Millau, St.Affrique en Albi