By plane

There are three airports in Midi-Pyrénées with direct lines from Great-Britain and Ireland:

Airlines landing at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport

• From Belfast : Jet2.com (click here)


• From Birmingham : FlyBe (click here) 
  
  
• From Bristol : Easy Jet (click here)


• From Dublin : Aer Lingus (click here) 
  
  
• From Edinburgh : Jet2.com (click here)
   
• From Leeds Bradford: Jet2.com (click here)

• From London Gatwick : British Airways (click here) ; Easy Jet (click here)

Getting to Toulouse
The airport is just six miles from the centre of Toulouse and the journey takes approximately 15 minutes, depending on traffic conditions.

• A shuttle service runs every 20 min every day including Sunday:
  Société Courriers de la Garonne
  Ticket office outside airport - at 'ARRIVALS', C entrance
  Tel. + 33 (0)5 34 60 64 00
  www.navettevia-toulouse.com
  
  
• By car (Ada, Avis, Budget, Hertz, etc.), click here

For further information, the airport's information office may be contacted on their website: http://www.toulouse.aeroport.fr

Airlines landing at Rodez/ Marcillac Airport

Airlines landing at Trabes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport 

Located halfway (six miles) between Lourdes and Tarbes and just 45 min from the Hautes-Pyrénées ski resorts (with daily Air France connections from Orly Airport in Paris). Seasonal charter flights from Dublin, London Stansted and Manchester, as well as more links from Great Britain and Ireland on occasional charter flights.
Airport Information - Tel: + 33 (0)5 62 32 92 22
Website: click here
 

Airports in regions bordering Midi-Pyrénées, with direct links from Great Britain and Ireland:

Airlines landing at Carcassonne Airport
From: London Stansted, Liverpool, Dublin, Nottingham, Shannon, Cork : Ryan Air (click here)
Carcassonne Airport Information - Tél. +33 (0) 4 68 71 96 46
Website: click here

Airlines landing at Pau Pyrénées Airport
From London Stansted : Ryan Air (click here)
Pau Pyrénées Airport Information - Tel: +33 (0) 5 59 33 33 00
Website: click here

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By ferry

• BRITTANY FERRIES
  Connections between Portsmouth and Caen / Portsmouth and Cherbourg / Portsmouth and St Malo / Poole and Cherbourg / Plymouth and Roscoff / Plymouth and Santander/Cork and Roscoff
  Website: click here
   
• NORFOLKLINE
  Connection between Dover and Dunkerque
  Website: click here
   
• P&O FERRIES
  Connections between Dover and Calais / Portsmouth and Bilbao
  Website: click here
   
• SEAFRANCE
  Connection between Dover and Calais
  Website: click here

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By train

EUROSTAR

Travel by Eurostar from London St. Pancras, Ashford or Ebbsfleet to Paris, Lille, Avignon or Calais and change to the French SNCF network (including the high speed TGV) to Toulouse and other towns in the Midi-Pyrénées.
Website : click here

Other trains 

Many trains go to the Midi-Pyrénées, two of which are high-speed TGV trains:

Paris-Toulouse: 5h (five TGV trains daily)
Paris-Tarbes: 5h (four TGV trains daily)

For further information:  

• By Internet:
  To plan your trip, check prices and make your bookings: RAIL EUROPE (click here) :
  - General Reservations Team: reservations@raileurope.co.uk
  - French Motorail Reservations: frenchmotorail@raileurope.co.uk
  
  SNCF : click here

• By Phone :
  Rail Europe:
  - General Reservations Team: 08448 484 064
  - French Motorail Reservations: 08448 484 050
  (Open weekdays 9am-5pm/May - 15th Sept Saturday 9am-5pm)
  
  SNCF French language information service:
  Information/Bookings/Sales: direct line - Tel: +00 33 (0) 892 35 35 35
  
  
  

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By road

By car

• EUROTUNNEL has four departures every hour between Folkestone and Calais during the high season. The trip lasts approximately 35 minutes.
  Website: click here

To draw up a road list and visualize your route in detail: see the Mappy website or the Michelin website.

• Motorway access:
  A20: towards Cahors, Brive, Limoges and Paris
  A61: towards Montpellier, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Geneva and Barcelona
  A62: towards Bordeaux, Nantes, Paris and Rennes
  A64: towards Tarbes, Lourdes, Pau, Bayonne, St-Sébastien, Bilbao and Madrid
  A66: towards Pamiers and Foix
  A68: towards Albi and Rodez
  A75: towards Béziers, Clermont-Ferrand and Millau

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Tourist information points

Viaduc de Millau information point

Aire de Brocuejouls - 12100 Millau
Tel.: + 33 (0)5 65 62 16 79

Pic du Midi information point

Pentascope - A64 - 65150 Saint Laurent de Neste
Tel.: + 33 (0)5 62 40 21 00

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