Chateau des Aspras is situated near the village of Correns, some 15 km north of the motorway (A8) which runs between Aix en Provence and Nice. Allow 90 minutes from Nice Airport and 75 minutes from Marseille.

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DIRECTIONS FROM NICE AIRPORT : On leaving the airport, at first roundabout, (after a few hundred yards) take road marked to Cannes. You are swept up onto a dual carriage way. Keep in right hand lane of the dual carriage way, in the direction of Cannes. After less than 1/4 mile branch right on road marked ANTIPOLIS. This road, after a very short distance, takes you onto the Peage towards AIX en PCE and Marseille. After about an hour's drive, leave the motorway at BRIGNOLES. At second traffic lights after the peage, TL to LE VAL. By pass LE VAL and look for signs to Cotignac, Montfort, and more importantly CORRENS.

FROM MARSEILLE AIRPORT : Take the road direction AIX EN PROVENCE. (Wonderful market there on Saturday mornings until 12.30. Best place for lunch is Les deux Garcons in Cours Miraveau. Parking is a nightmare but there are a number of underground car parks within walking distance of the centre). If you don't want to visit AIX, stay on the motorway direction NICE, Get off at BRIGNOLES after about 3/4 Hr. (Next exit after St Maximin). Then follow the instractions from Brignoles.

As you enter the village, just after the tennis court and just before the boules park, you will see a narrow bridge over the river l'Argens.Cross the bridge, and follow the signs to Domaine des Aspras. Just before you reach the Domaine, you will see the gates of the Chateau on your left about 1 km from the bridge.

To get to the area see below...

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BY PLANE

British Airways, British Midland and Air France (via Paris) have frequent services to the south of France. All flights on mainstream carriers from the UK to Marseille leave from Gatwick and those flights to Nice leave from Heathrow. All flights in the summer get very full so it is worth booking early.

Getting to and from Chateau Des Aspras from the UK has been made far easier in recent years with the rise of the budget airlines. All the 'low cost' airlines fly to either Nice or Marseille which are an hour and a half and an hour respectively from Correns.

Easyjet (www.easyjet.com or 08706000000) fly from Luton to Nice about six times a day and have now started a weekly service from Gatwick to Nice which they are bound to expand. They also fly to Marseille.

Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) fly to Carcasson which is about three hours drive from The Chateau.

Taxi's from the airport are hugely expensive even if they are pre booked. The Taxi service in Correns is generally as cheap as you will get costing around £100 to Nice airport and about £80 to Marsaille. It is worth hiring a car instead of taking a two way journey by taxi. A good tip to know when hiring a car is to avoid the car companies affiliated with the budget airlines as they usually have the longest queues. Remember that the hire car companies rarely have cars available beyond those pre-booked.

The telephone number for the Correns taxi service is 0033494595565 or 0033687798436.

On arriving in France it is possible to get a bus to and from Nice and Marsaille Airport to Brignoles (20 mins from Correns).

Marseille airport - Brignoles leaves at 12.30pm and gets to Brignoles at 01.55pm

Nice airport - Brignoles leaves at 12.00pm and arrives at Brignoles at 03.00pm.

Ted Jongma has all the details of the bus timetable going to the airports as well as train timetables from Nice to Les Arc.

BY TRAIN

It is now possible to get from London Waterloo to Marsaille in just under seven hours on The TGV! The Marseille train station is in Les Milles which is just under an hours drive from The Chateau. The service has just opened and Eurostar (www.voyages-sncf.com or 08705848848) are pricing the tickets comparably to the airlines.

BY CAR

Driving straight from London to Correns using the Eurotunnel takes up to fourteen hours door to door. Many guests suggest breaking up the journey with a nights break just west of Dijon in the Burgundy region.

PRIVATE JET

The nearest 'small airport' to the Chateau is just outside Cannes in Cannes Mandeleau tel: 0033493904040. It is available for both jets and small aircraft and airport fees are signifnicantly cheaper than Nice.