How to get to Petit Champagne Address: 293 Rue de Landes 17380 Torxé France Latitude 45.963869 N Longitude 0.613934 E Phone numbers: Chateau +33 1 70 70 90 30 France Mobile +33 6 51 31 87 03 Fabrice +33 6 83 45 54 47 Driving Directions From the A10 motorway, St. Jean d’Angely exit no. 34, you follow signs to Rochefort, this involves exiting the motorway (assuming you are coming from the north) then recrossing it on the flyover and taking a left turn after about 500 metres. Through the village of La Vergne then up a long hill about 3.5 km from that turning, there are two left turns at the top, you need the second one signposted Torxe. One minute down that road and on the right you will see some big iron gates painted white, that is the main entrance to the chateau, The gite is round to the left Ferry Companies Brittany Ferries is the closest with St Malo less than four hours away. Airports and Airlines The closest three airports are as follows: La Rochelle 65 km 50 minutes, non-motorway Poitiers 117 km 1 hour 10 minutes, motorway Bordeaux 160km 2 hours 15 minutes, Motorway Services are here: Ryanair www.ryanair.com Stansted to La Rochelle all year Dublin to La Rochelle all year Stansted to Bordeaux all year Edinburgh to Bordeaux summer only Stansted to Poitiers all year Easyjet www.easyjet.com Gatwick to La Rochelle summer only Bristol to La Rochelle summer only Gatwick to Bordeaux Luton to Bordeaux Liverpool to Bordeaux London Southend to Bordeaux By Train You can take Eurostar to Paris and from there the TGV takes you either to Surgères (20 minutes aay) or Bordeaux, slower trains bring you closer than that. Markets Morning street markets (7 am-1 pm) around us: Saintes: every day but Mondays Saint-Jean d'Angely: Wednesdays and Saturdays Saint-Savinen: Saturdays Rochefort sur Mer: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays .