Directions by road

From the D972 St. Lo to Coutances road, take the turning at Belval Gare, (if you miss this turning, don't worry, any turning will do, but this one is more direct) head for Belval, go through the village and with the church in front of you, turn left. When you get to the manor house with the lake, turn right, and then take the 1st left signposted La Chateau de Salle. When you get to Le Hameau Durand, go through the hamlet and La Bicyclette Bleue is the the last building on the right with the white gates and the blue bicycle outside before you leave the hamlet. If you get to the farm on the right, you've gone too far!

If you are coming from the other direction, pass through Coquerel on the road to Montpinchon and take the sharp left up the hill signposted Chateau de Salle. When you get to the junction with the cross on the left, turn left signposted Le Hameau Durand. La Bicyclette Bleue is the large house on the horizon, the second building on the left with the white gates and a blue bicycle outside. 

By ferry and the channel tunnel

This is not an exhaustive list, it just features the nearest ports to us as well as Calais.
NB Distances are the approximate distances from us to the port, not the length of ferry crossing.

Brittany Ferries
Ouistreham (Caen) (1 and a quarter hours) to Portsmouth.
Cherbourg (1 and a quarter hours) to Poole & Portsmouth.

St. Malo (1 hours 30 minutes) to Portsmouth
Le Havre (2 hours 50 mins) to Portsmouth.

DFDS
Dieppe (2 hours 50 mins) to Newhaven
Calais (4 hours 20 mins) to Dover

Eurotunnel
Calais to Folkestone (4 hours 20 minutes)

Irish Ferries
Cherbourg to Dublin

Manche Iles
Granville (40 mins) to St. Helier (Jersey)
Carteret (1 hour) to St. Helier (Jersey)
Dielette (1 hour 10 mins) to Guernsey and Alderney

There is also a ferry route from St. Malo to Rosslare

By air

Our nearest airports are in Caen (1 hour - internal flights only although there are connections to other  countries at destination airports), Dinard (1 hour 25 mins - charter and leisure flights only) Rennes (1 hour 30 mins) and Nantes (2 hours 30 minutes) are both large international airports.

By train

Our nearest train stations are at Coutances and St. Lo. Trains connect directly with Rennes and Caen, and then connections to ports, airports and the rest of France.
You can book tickets through Trainline or with SNCF. You can also travel to France using Eurostar.

By coach

Bla Bla Car and Flixbus operate a coach service from London to Caen via Paris.

Renting a car

If you don't drive to France, you will probably need to hire a car, unless you intend to cycle (Free cycle storage is available). You should be-able to rent a car from a port of an airport. However our local car hire company in Coutances is Loca+, which previous guests have found to be very good. Other local rental companies are; Group Mary, Point Loc and E.Leclerc

All photos on this site have been taken by and are the property of La Bicyclette Bleue. We are happy for them to be used elsewhere if you mention La Bicyclette Bleue