By car - - 3 hrs from St Malo - 5 hrs from Cherbourg - 4 hrs from Caen - 6 hrs from
Calais
By air - - 1 hr from La Rochelle (cheap flights - Ryan Air) - 1 1/4 hrs from
Nantes (cheap flights - Ryan Air) - 1 1/4 hrs from Poitiers (cheap flights - Ryan
Air)