Travelling Provence France

Plan Your Trip to Provence

Crillon le Brave is easy to reach from several travel gateways. By Air. The nearest major international airport is Marseille-Provence (Marignane), which is a 90 minute drive south of Crillon le Brave. The Marseille-Provence airport has frequent flights from Paris and good connections from London and other major European cities. The Nîmes airport, just over an hour from Crillon le Brave, has flights from the UK on Ryanair. The Nice Airport has excellent international service, including direct flights from several North American cities and most major European airports. The Nice airport is a three hour drive from Crillon le Brave.

By Rail. If your trip to France includes time in Paris as well as Provence, then an excellent way to reach Crillon le Brave is by high speed train (the “TGV”) from Paris to Avignon. The TGV leaves from the Gare de Lyon in Paris and also from the train station located in Terminal 2 of Charles de Gaulle Airport. Travel time from Paris to Avignon is now less than 3 hours. An excellent new train station opened in Avignon in June 2001. All the major car rental companies have offices at the station.

We strongly recommend that you purchase your train tickets in advance. Your travel agent can assist you with tickets or you can also book TGV tickets online through Rail Europe.

Auto Rental. At the Avignon TGV station and at the Marseille-Provence airport you will find all of the major car rental companies. Many of our guests have found reliable service and excellent rates by booking through Auto Europe, who seem to work mainly with Europcar or National, large car rental companies with offices throughout France and other European countries. Read more