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To drive to our French cottages at Chateau Ribagnac from the main Channel ports (e.g. Calais) takes about 6 hours and all but the last 10 miles/ 16 kms is on motorways. The route is straightforward and you should follow the signs to Ambazac from Junction 27 of the A20.
Leave the A20 at Junction 27 and turn left from the slip road towards AMBAZAC on the D220. After about 0.5 miles/ 1 km, take the second exit from the roundabout towards AMBAZAC and follow the road until you get to AMBAZAC (about 6.5 miles/ 10 kms).
When you see the signpost AMBAZAC in AMBAZAC, continue to follow the road (now the D914) – do not go into the centre of Ambazac – for about 1 mile/ 1.5 kms until you reach a roundabout. Take the first exit, signposted to ST LÉONARD DE NOBLAT (on the D5) and GARE SNCF.
Follow the road for about 0.3 miles/ 0.5 kms then take the turning on the right onto the D56 towards ST MARTIN-TERRESSUS.
Follow the road for about 2 miles until, after the sign for PORTAIL DE RIBAGNAC, you see a long stone wall on the right hand side of the road. At the beginning of the wall, just after the signpost for LE BOST, you will see a large gate. Go through the gate and follow the lane/ signs to the Chateau, which will be to your left.
Limoges Airport to your holiday home at Chateau Ribagnac – about 25 minutes
On leaving the airport car park, take the second exit from the roundabout towards the A20/LIMOGES. After 0.3 miles/ 0.5 kms, turn left onto the D2000 towards POITIERS.
Follow the D2000 for 9 miles/ 14 kms towards the A20 (ignoring the first junction – signposted Poitiers N147). At the first roundabout, take the second exit towards A20/ ORLÉANS. Take the second exit on the next roundabout towards ORLÉANS/ AMBAZAC. Then, once you have crossed over the A20, take the fourth exit from the third roundabout onto the A20 towards ORLÉANS/ AMBAZAC – Junction 28 of the A20. Stay on the A20 until the next junction, Junction 27, about 2.5 miles/ 3.5 kms.
Leave the A20 at Junction 27 and turn left from the slip road towards AMBAZAC on the D220. After about 0.5 miles/ 1 km, take the second exit from the roundabout towards AMBAZAC and follow the road until you get to AMBAZAC (about 6.5 miles/ 10 kms).
When you see the signpost AMBAZAC in AMBAZAC, continue to follow the road (now the D914) – do not go into the centre of Ambazac – for about 1 mile/ 1.5 kms until you reach a roundabout. Take the first exit, signposted to ST LÉONARD DE NOBLAT (on the D5) and GARE SNCF.
Follow the road for about 0.3 miles/ 0.5 kms then take the turning on the right onto the D56 towards ST MARTIN-TERRESSUS.
Follow the road for about 2 miles until, after the sign for PORTAIL DE RIBAGNAC, you see a long stone wall on the right hand side of the road. At the beginning of the wall, just after the signpost for LE BOST, you will see a large gate. Go through the gate and follow the lane/ signs to the Chateau, which will be to your left.
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Who flies to Limoges Airport?
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Alternative airports: Poitiers (1.5 hours drive to Chateau Ribagnac), Clermont-Ferrand (2 hours drive), Bergerac (2.2 hours drive) or Bordeaux (2.7 hours drive).
Limoges – Bénédictins railway station is about 3 hours by train from Paris – Austerlitz or Bordeaux railway stations. You may get from the station to Chateau Ribagnac by taxi in about 25 minutes. Alternatively you may pick up a hire car there.
To drive from Limoges – Bénédictins railway station, a splendid of art deco architecture, turn right out of the railway station onto rue Aristide Briand, so that you have the railway station and tracks on your right. Follow the road for about 2 miles/ 3 kms, crossing over the A20 until you reach a roundabout at La Bastide. Take the third exit from the roundabout and follow the signs to the A20/ ORLEANS. Join the A20 at Junction 31 and continue along the A20 until you reach Junction 27.
Leave the A20 at Junction 27 and turn left from the slip road towards AMBAZAC on the D220. After about 0.5 miles/ 1 km, take the second exit from the roundabout towards AMBAZAC and follow the road until you get to AMBAZAC (about 6.5 miles/ 10 kms).
When you see the signpost AMBAZAC in AMBAZAC, continue to follow the road (now the D914) – do not go into the centre of Ambazac – for about 1 mile/ 1.5 kms until you reach a roundabout. Take the first exit, signposted to ST LÉONARD DE NOBLAT (on the D5) and GARE SNCF.
Follow the road for about 0.3 miles/ 0.5 kms then take the turning on the right onto the D56 towards ST MARTIN-TERRESSUS.
Follow the road for about 2 miles until, after the sign for PORTAIL DE RIBAGNAC, you see a long stone wall on the right hand side of the road. At the beginning of the wall, just after the signpost for LE BOST, you will see a large gate. Go through the gate and follow the lane/ signs to the Chateau, which will be to your left.
