Getting Here
Maison La Roque
Montée du Chateau
30200 La Roque-Sur-Cèze
France
Long: 4.51828454163203
Lat: 44.193895496205
Maison La Roque is located about 45 minutes north west of Avignon in the South of France. You can click on 'Location' in the menu to the left to locate where we are using the interactive Location Map.
The usual approach to La Roque is via the local turnoff from the D980 at the crossroads between La Roque and St-Michel-d'Euzet. The D980 connects Barjac, Montcluse and Goudargues which lie to the north west of La Roque, to Bagnols-Sur-Cèze and Pont-St-Esprit which lie to the south east and north east respectively. Alternatively, if you are coming from the west and Ales and the D6, there is a back route via the village of Carme and then through vineyards and over the escarpment into La Roque; see 'Directions from Ales and the West' below.
Either way, the main old part of the village is easily visible perched on the side of a steep hill (Click here to view). Drive right into the village along Grand Rue ignoring the sign 'Sauf des Riverains'. Follow the road up and sharply to the left, passing the church on your right and pétanque area on your left. Continue forward bearing just slightly right going up Grand Rue which now becomes a steep cobbled street. Pass the creperie on your right, continue up, and just passed the Romanesque water house on your left (Click here to view - this is looking down the hill you will come up) turn left to park in the area in front of the Mairie. You should now be here. You can park here with no charges or restrictions. Maison La Roque is tucked away up Montée du Chateau which is a stone cobbled street that starts as a normal street exactly opposite the entrance to the Mairie car park but which quickly narrows to a steep path. Keep left and the main entrance to Maison La Roque is a large almost black door on your left after about 25m and a steep climb.
Some simple maps and directions to help:
Click on the links below for a printable page showing directions:
Directions Pont-St-Esprit and the A7-E15
Directions from Ales and the West
Directions from Avignon and Nîmes
or use one of the services below. Viamichelin also has a good route planner:
www.viamichelin.com
www.multimap.com
La Roque is situated 45mins north west of Avignon and 12mins from Bagnols-Sur-Cèze on Road N86 and then the D980. The main autoroutes A9-E15 and A7-E15 are within 20mins drive
For a route planner try:
www.viamichelin.com
www.theaa.com
This is available from both Avignon Nîmes and Marseille airports and TGV stations:
www.novacarhire.com
www.auto-europe.co.uk
www.easycar.com
www.hertz.co.uk
Or search google:
www.google.com
Probably the easiest way to travel to La Roque from London, Paris, Amsterdam, Lille, Cologne and other major European cities connecting to the excellent French high speed TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) rail service run by SNCF. There are three train stations within an hour's drive from La Roque:
AvignonTGV on the Marseilles line at about 45 minutes from La Roque, this large modern station is the closest and most convenient with a bar, cafe and newsagent;
Avignon Centre again about 45 minutes from La Roque, this is the old central station used mainly for local slow trains and, for customs reasons, for the direct London-Avignon service;
Nîmes on the Perpignan and Montpellier line at about an hour from La Roque.
Travel by train from London to Avignon is especially simple during the summer, as from July to September Eurostar offer a direct service between London to Avignon Centre. At other times Eurostar runs fast direct services from London and Ashford to Paris and Lille, which connect to the TGV services onward to AvignonTGV or Nîmes. Fast international services from the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium are run by Thalys mainly to Paris, again with TGV connections onwards to Avignon and Nîmes. If you travel via Paris you need to transfer from Gard de Nord to Gard de Lyon to connect to TGV services going south, (though this also means that you can spend some time in Paris); if you travel via Lille it's just a simple platform change to connect to the TGV services. You can book tickets in person, online or by phone all the way to Avignon or Nîmes with Eurostar or Rail Europe. If you are travelling from within France, see SNCF (look out for 'iTGV' and 'Prems' for some good deals), and for travel from other European cities see Thalys, Rail Europe and Trentalia. Please check routes and timetables as details do change.
www.eurostar.com
www.raileurope.co.uk
www.thalys.com
www.sncf.com
www.trentalia.com
La Roque is conveniently located within reach of 4 airports:
Avignon Airport (AVN) which is 50 minutes from La Roque, it's tiny yet quite smart and modern;
Nîmes Airport (FNI) which is about 1 hour 10 minutes from La Roque;
Montpellier Airport (MPL) which is about 1 hour 15 minutes from La Roque;
Marseilles Airport (MRS) which is 1 hour 30 minutes from La Roque.
A useful guide to airports in Languedoc can be found here
There are many possibilities if you wish to fly, the closest and most convenient option being offered by Flybe to Avignon with direct services from Southampton (SOU) and Exeter (EXT):
www.flybe.com
Air France also flies to Avignon airport from London City (LCY), and Heathrow (LHR), Aberdeen (ABZ), Birmingham (BHX), Dublin (DUB) and other departure points but require a change at Paris Orly.
www.airfrance.com
The next most convenient is probably Ryanair flying to Nîmes with direct flights from London Luton (LTN), Liverpool (LPL) and East Midlands (EMA):
www.ryanair.com
Flights to Montpellier are offered by Ryanair with services from London Stansted (STN), Dublin (DUB) and Glasgow (GLA). British Airways also fly from Gatwick (LGW) to Montpellier:
www.ryanair.com
www.britishairways.com
British Airways, BMIBaby, Air France, Easyjet, Ryanair, Czech Airlines, American Airlines, Alitalia, Lufthansa, KLM, Air Lingus, Iberia, flybaboo and many others fly to Marseilles Airport (MRS):
www.britishairways.com
www.bmibaby.com
www.aerlingus.com
www.alitalia.com
www.ryanair.com
www.iberia.com
www.klm.com
www.czechairlines.com
www.easyjet.com
www.lufthansa.com
www.aa.com
www.flybaboo.com
Again, please do check routes and timetables as details do change.
Such packages can be a great deal. Check out Expedia:
www.expedia.co.uk