Location

Château de Bardies,  Bardies, nr. Montesquieu Avantès, 09200 St-Girons, Ariège, France. +33(0)5 61 66 97 48 Here's a map of the area. We are 15 minutes of the market town of St-Girons and historic St-Lizier, in the department of Ariège. We are about one hour’s drive due south from Toulouse, and about an hour and a half from Carcassonne.

How to Get There

By Air:
British Airways (Gatwick – Toulouse)
easyJet (Gatwick – Toulouse)
Ryanair (Stanstead – Carcassonne)
FlyBe (Bristol – Toulouse)
Air France (Southampton – Toulouse, change at Paris)

By Road:
About 9 hours from Cherbourg or Caen (Brittany Ferries from Portsmouth)
About 10 hours from Calais (P&0 from Dover or Eurotunnel)
(Timings are estimates for cars. 1970s Transit vans may take a little longer....)

Click here for driving directions from Toulouse, Carcassonne and St-Girons.