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Travelling to Provence
W
alking & Cycling Tours in Southern France

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Individual Walking holidays
with la ligne verte you can book a weeks
walking holiday from  495 euro p.p.
dinners, B&B's and bags transfer included
Individual Cycling Holidays
with la ligne verte you can book a weeks
cycling holiday from  525 euro p.p.
dinners, B&B's and bags transfer included

 

Travel information       

 

Travelling to Aveyron


Train & Bus       to Avignon
  • From Paris (Gare de Lyon),
    From Airport Charles-de-Gaulle or
    From Brussels (Bruxelles-Midi):
    Take the TGV to Avignon.

    From Avignon further by bus to Vaison-la-Romaine, Buis-les-Baronnies or l'Isle sur la Sorgue

     

General information on train and bus

  • The winter schedule of the SNCF changes to summer schedule in June 2007.

    See this link for timetables for train schedules in Southern France and this one for the "Grandes Lignes" when you arrive in Paris and want to go to the midi by train.

     

    Contact: Tel:
    SNCF general informations, Tel: 0836 353 535
    SNCF general informations, www

     

 


 

Air           to Avignon

You can fly in to Marseille, Montpellier or Nice for our walk to the sea at Menton.

 


Flying in to Marseille

1. From Marseille airport Marignane: take the shuttle bus to the railway station of Marseille (€ 7; 30 minutes) for a train change to Cavaillon, l'Isle sur la Sorgue or Avignon. (1h30).

2. Take the direct bus connection to Aix-en-Provence (0h30).


Flying in to Montpellier:

Low cost carriers:

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 railway and bus station)
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From Montpellier railway station by Train to Avignon.


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 Avognon (about 4 hours)


Flying in to Nice