Travel and Accommodation Guide 2020

Travel There are a number or different options for travelling to La Fontenelle. If you do come by public transport, please note that there is NO public transport to La Fontenelle itself - the only options are to hire a car or to book a taxi.

Please bear in mind that you will need transport whilst attending a course to travel from your accommodation to the various rehearsal and concert venues.

Fares are normally announced up to three months in advance, so to take advantage of best prices for tickets (and to have a chance of a sharing arrangement for car hire), it is suggested that anyone interested should identify their interest before 30th April and plan to make a firm commitment within the following month as travel details become available.

By CAR There a number of ferry options as well as the Eurotunnel. The table below lists the possible routes and distances to La Fontenelle.

Distance Time From Company Brittany Ferries (PMTH) St Malo 53km 50m Portsmouth or Poole - 10 hrs Condor Ferries (PLE) www.condorferries.com Caen 156km 1h45m Portsmouth - 5¾hrs Brittany Ferries Brittany Ferries Cherbourg 190km 2h18m Portsmouth - 3hrs www.brittany-ferries.co.uk Brittany Ferries Le Havre 235km 3h40m Portsmouth - 5½hrs www.brittany-ferries.co.uk www.poferries.com Calais/Boulogne 495km 4h30m Dover/Folkstone - 1½hrs www.dfdseaways.co.uk Eurotunnel 495km 4h30m Folkstone – ½ h www.eurotunnel.com

Charges for EUROTUNNEL are one way and vary depending on the time of day or night. The charge is per car with no limit on the number of passengers. Petrol and diesel are a little cheaper than in the UK. You would also need to factor in costs of motorway tolls for the journey, though there are no tolls in Brittany.

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By RAIL The EUROSTAR service from London provides an excellent link to . TGV high speed services and the changeover can be in Paris (requiring change of station) or more simply in Lille (but at fewer times during the day). In both cases TGV services go to and on to Dol and St Malo. Although the latter two are closer to La Fontenelle, it takes longer to get there and arrangements still have to be made for the onward journey. Again, the options are to hire a car or to book a taxi.

Distance Time From Company www.eurostar.com Rennes 52km 1h St Pancras via Lille - 7hr www.bahn.de

By AIR Services run from Southampton, Stansted, East Midlands, London City or Southend airports. Further arrangements would need to be made for the onward journey - either by hiring a car or by taxi.

Distance Time From Company

Dinard Airport 55km 50m E.Midlands or Stansted Ryanair www.ryanair.com

Rennes Airport 60km 1h10m Southampton, London City, Southend Flybe www.flybe.com

NB* - Asking to be fetched by car for the onward journey to La Fontenelle is a major time commitment and should only be requested in emergency.

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Accommodation

Km Type of Address Contact B&B Comments Accommodation pp/pn LA FONTENELLE Campervans Situated near the [email protected] Mairie (town hall) +33 2 99 98 32 89 Gites Les Chenes (5 minutes [email protected] An attractive modernized farmhouse with by car/15 minute walk 01453 825045 three gites. The farmhouse ideally sleeps to La Fontenelle) 07960 352422 4 with the possible addition of cots or an extra folding bed. Its reference on Homeaway is now 8059501.

The gite The Dairy sleeps 6 easily again plus cots if needed. The reference for that is 1820472. There is also a smaller gite ref 8251312 which sleeps 4 plus cot. A piano or keyboard for practice can be provided in all the units. 3km ANTRAIN B&B Claire Lagoutte-Perrin www.lamaisondeclaire.fr €42 La Maison de Claire [email protected] 2 rue de Couesnon +33 2 99 98 43 76 B&B Le Demeure d’Isaure +33 2 99 18 05 33 £57 Antrain +33 6 26 82 12 82 (mobile) B&B Le Bon Acceuil chez +33 2 99 98 37 30 £50 Basic accommodation Marie +33 6 80 89 64 77 (mobile) +33 6 61 99 53 06 (mobile) B&B Le 1900 +33 2 99 98 44 39 €50-€60 +33 6 12 51 83 90 (mobile) B&B Cosy Er Lann [email protected] £59 +33 6 23 02 43 07 (mobile)

B&B L’Hermine +33 2 99 18 03 74 £45 +33 6 07 43 27 17 (mobile) 7km TREMBLAY Hotel Hotel Roc Land ** +33 2 99 98 20 46 €42-€48

9km BAZOUGES La Perouse B&B Nominoé +33 2 99 97 48 92 €39-€49 2 rue de l’Eglise [email protected] B&B Les Hauts Taillepieds +33 2 99 97 42 86 €45-€55 +33 6 13 56 40 38 [email protected] www.taillepieds.fr 11km CHAUVIGNE B&B La Maison Neuve +33 2 99 95 05 64 €40-€48 Also a campsite @ €3.50 per person per night [email protected] 14km PONTORSON Hotel Hotel Montgomery *** +33 2 33 60 00 09

B&B L’Orée du Mont [email protected] Delightful French owners who speak some +33 7 69 27 28 53 English and give a 10% reduction to anyone www.loree-du-mont.com sent by Brenda Dean Youth Hostel Pontorson Youth +33 2 33 60 18 65 During Winter contact the Mairie at Pontorson Hostel for bookings +33 2 33 60 20 65 Campsite info@camping-haliotis-mont- saint-michel.com +33 2 33 69 11 59

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Km Type of Address Contact B&B Comments Accommodation pp/pn 14km NOYAL-SOUS-BAZOUGES B&B Le Quartier Very attractive in grounds of old manor house +33 2 99 73 65 14 14km ST BRICE EN COGLES Hotel Hotel du Lion d’Or ** +33 2 53 44 90 01 Good restaurant

Gîte Les Coudreaux http://lescoudreaux.free.fr Very kind French owners. Wife speaks excellent +33 2 99 98 36 84 English +33 6 68 08 18 20 15km MARCILLY-RAOUL B&B Le Petit Plessix [email protected] Attractive converted farm. Will cook some +33 2 99 73 60 62 meals. 19km SENS DE BRETAGNE Auberge Frederic et Marilyne +33 2 99 39 60 06 Excellent restaurant Caumeil +33 2 99 39 69 60 (fax) Auberge la Tourelle 1 place de la Mairie 16km CUGUEN Campsite - Claire & Philippe Ybert, Le [email protected] Highly recommended. Good for families. Bois Coudrais [email protected] Swimming. +33 2 99 73 27 45 22km LES ORMES - Campsite, caravan site and hotel www.lesormes.com Camping at all levels. 4* hotel. Golf, Domaine des Ormes [email protected] swimming horse-riding. Good for families +33 2 99 73 53 00 24km Hotel du Chateau *** +33 2 99 73 00 38

Hotel du Lac ** +33 2 99 73 95 65

24km DOL-DE-BRETAGNE Hotel de Bretagne ** +33 2 99 48 02 03

Campsite - Baguer-Pican [email protected] +33 2 99 48 09 55

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