How long it takes to drive from CDG to Lascaux (Montignac)?
Nov 3rd, 2002, 03:50 AM
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How long it takes to drive from CDG to Lascaux (Montignac)?
After overnight flight we will be renting a car and trying to get to our first destination, Lascaux.<BR>From your experience do you think it is doable trip in one day or should we stop somewhere for one night? Any recommendations?<BR><BR>Anyone knows e-mail and website address for Hotel Terminus in Cahors that was recommended on this board?<BR><BR>Thanks
Nov 3rd, 2002, 09:48 AM
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I don't have personal experience of CDG to Lascaux, but we used viamichelin.com last year for other areas of France, and found their timings pretty good, and you have the option of several routes. Don't forget that distances will be in kilometres.<BR><BR>I'd have to say that 308 miles (almost 500km) is a pretty long drive, in a country you don't know. Even if your flight arrives first thing in the morning, and you are rested, I'd be looking to break it up a bit. If you hit the autoroutes you could do it, but how boring is that? Are you in France for some sort of race?
Nov 3rd, 2002, 03:01 PM
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while I am a great fan of the Michelin route guides, they are not totally reliable, you have to allow for the unexpected! Last week, after picking a car up at Orly , we were to have a 19 minute drive to the first exit of our trip....1 hour and 45 minutes later we got there! Heavy rain, fog, horrendous traffic and an accident contributed to the delays..I'd plan on a stopover somewhere..308 miles is a long trip after getting off a plane and in strange suroundings..and french road signs take getting used to!
Nov 3rd, 2002, 04:01 PM
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Scott:<BR><BR>I have a fair amount experience with this itinerary. It is about 6-7 hours. I would NOT recommend it after an all-night flight. It's not that interesting a drive, either. <BR><BR>I would suggest you 1) take the train to Périgueux and pick up a car there right at the train station - you'd have a bout a half-hour drive to Montignac from there; or 2) take the train to Limoges (same train), pick up a car there, see Oradour-sur-Glane (an unforgettable place), and spend the night near Oradour, then continue to Montignac the next day - less than 2 hours' drive.<BR><BR>I don't think the Hôtel Terminus has a website (just rechecked on Google and couldn't find anything), but here are the address and phone no:<BR><BR>Adresse : 5 avenue Charles de Freycinet - 46000 Cahors<BR>Réservation : 04 89 88 40 91<BR><BR>You'll get your business done faster by phone anyway. Using websites and e-mail just hasn't become part of the norm in the hotel business in the SW of France yet, for the most part.<BR><BR>
Nov 3rd, 2002, 04:07 PM
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Do it in 2 days. That's not a safe, easy OR pleasant way to start a trip. Check guide books for places to stay on the way that look interesting. Get there in the early afternoon, look around, have a leisurely, good dinner, turn in early head out at a reasonable hour next morn. and get there before noon. You will have time to see every thing you had planned on that day anyway!
Nov 3rd, 2002, 05:19 PM
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Scott:<BR><BR>If you are set on driving, and want to spend two nights on the road, I would do the following.<BR><BR>1) spend the first night in the region of Orléans. My suggestion would be the Hôtel d l'Abbaye in Beaugency, a gotgeous former 17th-century convent, a comfortable, elegant place where you can get a lovely double room for $75-$100 a night. I'd opt to eat elsewhere than at the restaurant, which we thought was good, but overpriced (odd, as the rooms were really a bargain.)Telephone is (from USA) 011-33-2-38-44-67-35. Fax is 011-33-2-38-44-87-92.<BR><BR>2. Near Limoges, stay at the Château du Chambon, where Henri IV hunted wolves. The same family has owned this place for eight centuries. It's on the route de Compostelle and has seen a lot of travelers. Now it's a B&B with 1 suite for 4 people, 1 double, and one twin room. Price - an incredible 50-75 euros a night, including breakfast. It's just northeast of Limoges. Telephone is 011-33-5-55-71-47-04. Fax is 011-33-5-55-71-51-41.<BR><BR>If you decide to make only one stop, I'd say stop near Poitiers. We enjoyed the Château Clos de la Ribaudière, just outside town in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (tel.: 011-33-5-49-52-86-66; fax: 011-33-5-49-52-86-32). It's a kind of quirky place, but our impression may have come from having been housed in a kind of annex. We had a quad room - a two-room suite, actually, with huge bedrooms and a medium-sized shared bathroom. Very little furniture (huge armoire housing a tv set, writing desk, two dressers, a bed), most of it modern, and hardly anything on the walls, but still the setting was lovely, with a large pool outside, an old bassin full of fish, and a lovely restaurant where we dined by the bassin. The quad room cost about $170. Doubles, I believe, are about $100-$130.00. It was a bit difficult to find, as I recall, even with those tiny little hotel signs they have in French towns, but once we got there we found it very peaceful and the staff were exceptionally nice.<BR><BR>Since you are driving, do take the time to visit Oradour-sur-Glane, whether you take two days to get to Montignac or one.<BR><BR>The Périgord is chock full of lovely inns where you can stay for $100 or less a night. Where do you plan to base yourself? How long are you staying? I'd be happy to recommend places once I know what your plans are.
