Île de Ré Transportation

*** at least we did it like that

By road, from Brussels to LR

Towns of the Atlantic region are served by the A10 motorway. It crosses the area from North to South. Most towns are only a few kilometres away from the entries/exits of the A10 motorway, exits n°33, n°34, n°35, n°36, n°37, n°38.

From the A10, the French and European network of motorways makes the big European cities easily and safely accessible.

From south of England, the easiest way is to catch a fast ferry from Portsmouth to St Malo with Brittany Ferries. From St-Malo: some six hour drive. Or take the route to Le Havre, then to drive to Charente-Maritime.

Our way to la Rochelle was by motorway (autoroute) since we were in a hurry.

From LR to Brussels

But the return (LR-Bru) was via route nationales and départementales. Then we could see the cities, the villages, the castles in regions we were driving through... My travelmates could visit the 24 heures du Mans circuit. :)

It was easy, we just worked on a map about the itinerary, according places we wanted to see. Then set out which nationales, departementales to take not to miss the places...

For other transportations means, check the website.

Now to go to Ile de Ré, just head to La Pallice trading port, from there, take the bridge that leads you to Ile de Ré...