Travelling to La Maison du Chateau and/or The Gate House is remarkably easy. Our local town, Montbard, is only 15 minutes drive from La Maison du Chateau and offers direct TGV links to London (4 hrs) and Paris (1 hr).
 
By car: La Maison du Chateau is approximately 5 hrs drive from the northern coastal port of Calais. Most of the 310 mile drive is on the A26 motorway past Reims and Troyes, with the last hour's drive on local roads through pretty villages and countryside. Alternatively if one takes the overnight ferry from Portsmouth to Caen the drive is again 5 hours, again almost all on motorway. The motorway skirts round Versailles and Paris where one picks up the A6 south to Auxerres, which is 50 minutes drive from the properties via Chablis or the charming medieval town of Noyers.
 
By train on Eurostar: You can go direct from London Waterloo (via Lille) to Montbard, just 15 minutes from the House. Or to Paris where there are excellent trains Paris/Montbard. The fast train (TGV) takes just over one hour. Car hire is available from Budget and Hertz Rental in Montbard.
 
By air: There are many choices of flights to Paris with easy links to the train system and car hire. British Airways run flights to Lyon (2.30 hrs drive from Cry) and budget flights are also available with Easyjet from Luton to Geneva (3hrs drive from Cry) and with Ryanair from Stansted to Lyon.
 
Day trips: The excellent train service makes day trips to Paris or Dijon very easy. If you are interested in a Chateau to stay near Disneyland Paris you can reach Marne La Vallée (Eurodisney) in under 1hr from Montbard (15 mins from La Maison du Chateau).
You can park your car at Montbard station (15 mins. from La Maison du Château)
Outward - from Montbard 07.30 arrives Paris 08.40
Return - from Paris 18.10 arrives Montbard 19.20
Dijon: There is a regular service taking 30 minutes - 1 hour
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