Nearest airport:
Toulouse at 85 Kilometres
Nearest ferry:
St Malo at 660 Kilometres
Nearest train:
Agen at 25 Kilometres
Nearest motorway:
A 62 at 12 Kilometres
Nearest beach:
beach at 130.0 Kilometres
Car:
recommended
In the Gers, Gascony, 15 kms from the cathedral town of Lectoure, the hill-top village of Miradoux has baker, mini-market/butcher, bar/ restaurant, hairdresser, newsagent, bank, pharmacy, Post Office and even 24 hour petrol pumps. There are tennis courts, many footpaths, and in the locality riding and other outdoor activities. Markets in surrounding villages 6 days a week (Saturdays in Miradoux), and excellent restaurants, including Michelin starred. The local specialities goose, duck and garlic. Decent local wine. Toulouse is 70 mins away, Agen on the Garonne a shopping centre. Music festivals in the summer, chateaux and churches (some fine Romanesque). Crisp winters with Christmas crèches in villages around (including Miradoux under the Halle). Skiing in the Pyrenees a possibility. The A 62 autoroute exit 8 is 15 mins, Agen station 30 mins for connections to Bordeaux and TGV (change Lille or Paris for Eurostar). Toulouse, Bergerac and Bordeaux airports within easy reach.