There are various ways to arrive at your holiday accommodation. There is an International Airport just over an hour’s drive away at Toulouse. If you need it, we can arrange a pick up from Toulouse (2/3 people - airport only or Cahors station) to the gite and back. There is a navette (small bus) from Toulouse airport to the station every 15 minutes and a train to Cahors about every hour. Other nearby airports with cheap flights from the UK are Bergerac, Rodez and Brive.

The vacation rental is about 6 hours drive from Paris (on the fast toll roads). There are trains to Cahors from Paris and to Agen from the UK. One of the advantages of the Lot is that it unlike the Dordogne and certain other places in France, even though there are lots of things to see and do, it is never heaving with tourists and the roads are always quite empty so you can consider a summer holiday here, without worrying about crowds.

We are no longer able to arrange a rental car in Montcuq, but there are several reasonable hire car places at Cahors (or Toulouse) and their details are in our cottage FAQs file. It is possible with prior arrangement to ask them to pick up at Cahors station. If you are in Europe for more than 2 - 3 weeks it is much better to lease a car, rather than hire.

When you choose a car, remember that the French generally drive tiny cars. There are several reasons for this; narrow medieval streets to negotiate, very small parking places and the high cost of fuel. Choose a diesel if you can as diesel is very much cheaper in Europe. Automatic cars are more difficult to hire, also For these reasons it is not a good idea to accept a free upgrade, which you will be invariably offered.

If you want to lease a new car (not the same as hire), you must do this from your country of departure as this is not possible from within Europe. Contact http://www.drivetravel.com/

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