Holiday homes to rent
in the South of France
    Tet Valley region

Car Hire

Holiday Autos (UK tel: 0870 4000 001) is a competitively priced car hire broker, and is worth checking, since their rates can be lower than others, e.g. Hertz via Ryanair. The most popular car hire point is at Perpignan Airport (PGF) which has 7 car hire booths in the terminal building. These include:

Perpignan Airport (PGF)

Carcassonne (CCF)

Montpellier Airport (MPL)

Alternatively, you may hire from one of the Spanish airports, where car hire is normally cheaper.

Girona (GRO) Avis, Atesa, Europcar, Hertz
Barcelona (BCN) Avis, Budget, Atesa, Europcar, Hertz
Reus (Reu) Avis, Atesa, Europcar, Hertz

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  Perpignan Airport Car Hire

Travel by Car from UK

The Tet Valley is well served by autoroutes and dual-carriage ways from Northern France. It takes approximately 12 hours from Calais. The Tet Valley is about 580 miles from Paris.

You can use the Michelin route finder (click on the Union Jack for English version) to give you detailed travel instructions. Use the postcode of your destination. This will be a 5 digit number begining with 66, e.g. 66240

Useful sites for Ferry & Eurotunnel information include:
Ferrysavers

Dover-Calais
Eurotunnel
P&O Ferries
Seafrance
Hoverspeed

Dover-Dunkirk
Norfolkline

Newhaven-Dieppe
Hoverspeed
Transmanche Ferries

Portsmouth-Cherbourg, Portsmouth-Le Havre
P&O Ferries

Portsmouth-Caen Poole-Cherbourg, Portsmouth-St Malo
Brittany Ferries

Poole-St Malo via the Channel Islands, Portsmouth-Cherbourg, Weymouth-St Malo, changing craft in the Channel Islands
Condor Ferries

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Train

The SNCF TGV (Train Grande Vitesse) has a daily service from Paris to Perpignan, with a journey time of about 6 hours.

During the summer there is TGV service direct between Paris and Perpignan. There is also an excellent direct TGV style service between Barcelona and Perpignan with a journey time of just forty minutes. Car Hire can also be pre-arranged for collection at Perpignan Railway station.

There is also a local train service (6 times daily) starting at Perpignan which services the Tet Valley. The stations are:
Perpignan, Le Soler, St-Feliu-d'Avall, Millas, Ille-sur-Tet, Vinca, Marquixanes, Prades, Ria, Villefranche.

The famous Yellow train, which offers splendid scenic views, runs from Villefranche to Serdinya, Joncet, Olette, Nyers, Thues-les-Bains, Thues-Carenca, Fontpedrouse-St-Thomas, Sauto, Planes, Mont-Louis-La-Cabanasse, Bolquere-Eyne, Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, Estavar, Saillagouse, Err, Ste-Leocadie, Osseja, Bourg-Madame, Ur-les-Escaldes,
Bena-Fanes, Latour-de-Carol-Env.

French Railways SNCF