Chez Iris
Chambres d'Hôtes
17610 Chaniers - Charente Maritime - France
Chez Iris
Chambres d'Hôtes
11 impasse Pampanie,
chez Perineau
17610 Chaniers
France
Jean & Grahame Wood
0033 (0)5 46 93 38 71
In case of difficulty
09 64 37 08 40
06 82 78 73 60
Getting here
Thanks to the twin benefits of low-cost airlines like Ryan Air and the advent of the Eurostar,
travelling anywhere in France from the UK is not difficult or too time-consuming. The French
domestic rail network SNCF is highly subsidised and reliable.
Access
Airports La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Limoges (2 hours)
Saintes - fast trains to Paris via Angouleme (2 hours) and airports
Car hire available at all airports and in Saintes.
A10 junction 35.
To avoid Saintes approach from the N137 and take the exit which offers "Saintes, Abbaye aux Dames and Chaniers". Then follow D24, « route de Cognac par la vallée de la Charente" through Les Arcivaux, the river is to your right.
Cross a railway level crossing - a chicane - at Port Hublé. Continue towards the village of Chaniers, going past a 70 kph sign, a farm entrance, a flashing light and then a post marking Rue Pampanie all on the right. For the front entrance turn right and immediately left into impasse Pampanie and stop! We are the last house on the left.For parking, go 50m. past Rue Pampanie and take the next right onto a white surfaced, steeply descending drive. This is immediately adjacent to another house which has a tarmac roadside edge parking area for two cars.
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We have sketched out some pointers but do use the further information links below.
By ferry and car
Brittany Ferries operates a service from the Poole and Portsmouth in the UK to Caen, Le Havre, Cherbourg or St Malo which is a six hour drive by car to Chez Iris, Chaniers. You can also take ferries to Calais, and Boulogne, then drive via Rouen and Poitiers to the Charente. There is space for at least 4 cars to park at the back of the house. Also Ferries from Ireland.
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By air:
Ryanair: from London Stansted to La Rochelle and starting in the Spring to
Angouleme from 99p single, excluding tax. Prices vary from British Airways
but you have more airport flexibility from around the UK to Bordeaux and Angouleme.
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By train
Take the Eurostar to Lille, then switch to a TGV service continuing as far as Angouleme then finally to Cognac. Either pick up your hire-car or a taxi to Chaniers. The journey by Eurotunnel/Eurostar to Calais is fast and the remaining distance is by motorway nearly all the way to Saintes.
