Finding Us
By Air
The table below sets out the nearest airports to the chateau and a selection of scheduled airlines with the average journey time by car from each of these airports.
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Airport Name |
Jouney To Chateau |
Common Airlines |
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1 Hour |
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1 Hour 45 Minutes |
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2 Hours |
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1 Hour 50 Minutes |
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2 Hours 15 Minutes |
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2 Hours 30 Minutes |
Car hire is readily available from each of these airports and the established companies such as Avis, Hertz, Budget, Europcar and Sixt are all represented.
By Road
The table below sets out the average journey times from the main ferry ports. N Companies such as P&O, Brittany Ferries, Stena Line, Hoverspeed, SeaFrance and Eurotunnel all provide services from the UK or Ireland.
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Ferry Port |
Jouney To Chateau |
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Calais |
10 Hours 30 Minutes |
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Boulogne |
10 Hours 21 Minutes |
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St Malo |
9 Hours 38 Minutes |
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Le Havre |
8 Hours 37 Minutes |
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Caen |
8 Hours 27 Minutes |
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Cherbourg |
10 Hours 21 Minutes |
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Dieppe |
9 Hours 30 Minutes |
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Bilbao |
3 Hours 41 Minutes |
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Santander |
4 Hours 40 Minutes |
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Roscoff |
8 Hours 50 Minutes |
If you have a GPS system in your car you need to enter the coordinates for the Chateau. These are: 43.919878 , 0.15827 . In case you do not have a GPS system or the coordinates cannot be entered on your system it is faily easy to find Montreal du Gers from the usual AA route finders or maps.Considering the occasional problems with GPS it is advisable to back up the GPS system with the more old fashioned methods such as a map or use google maps and enter "POMIRO Montreal du Gers. Once you arrive at Montreal , go through it on the D15 in the direction of Castelnau d'Auzan , you go over a small bridge and there is a leisure lake on your right. Continue on for about 4 km , you pass an agricultural shop called VITICO. The road rises up a hill and at the top you come to a crossroads, signposted Bretagne D'Armagnac to your left. Take the left turn onto the D31. The chateau is on your right, after about 4 Km. There is a sign for the chateau 300 metres from the main gates.
There are numerous routes by train from the UK. Essentially you are using Eurostar to get to Paris or Lille and from there the French SNCF/TGV system to get to Auch or Agen, both of which are about 40 minutes drive from the Chateau. .
