Destination – Quercy
Quercy is a historic province that stretches over the modern day department of Lot and the northern section of Tarn-et-Garonne.
It is now part of the Occitanie region.
It is traversed by the Dordogne and Lot rivers that shape the northern plateaus known as Causses de Quercy.
They continue their journey towards the sea through the warmer Bas-Quercy, a pleasant region of undulating, gentle, long and narrow hills and fertile valleys.
Quintessential Quercy is a beautiful region worth discovering.
Traveling to Quercy from the UK is a bit of a journey, but it is relatively easy.
Here are the links to the various official sites you’ll need:
Traveling to Quercy from the UK – Air travel information
The closest airports are Brive and Toulouse.
Brive-la-Gaillarde
The Aéroport Brive Vallée de la Dordogne is located 87km north of Limoges.
Ryanair operates to Brive from London Stansted
Toulouse
The Aéroport Toulouse Blagnac is located 112km south of Cahors.
British Airways operates to Toulouse from London Heathrow, Easy Jet from Bristol and London Gatwick, and Jet2 from Manchester
The airport and town are linked by a service of buses and an airport shuttle (navette aéroport) and a tram line.
Traveling to Quercy from the UK – Ferry travel information
Brittany Ferries operates from:
– Portsmouth to Caen-Ouistreham, Cherbourg, Le Havre and St Malo
– Poole to Cherbourg
– Plymouth to Roscoff
– Cork to Roscoff
Condor Ferries operates a weekly ferry service from Portsmouth to Cherbourg, from late May to early September, and Catamaran services from Poole and Weymouth to Saint Malo via the Channel Islands.
P&O operates regular crossings from Dover to Calais.
LD Lines – DFDS Seaways operates services from Newhaven to Dieppe and Dover to Calais or Dunkirk.
Traveling to Quercy from the UK – Car travel information
Here are the distances using motorways (with tolls) and/or dual-carriage ways from:
– Saint-Malo to Cahors (743km)
– Caen-Ouistreham to Cahors (693km)
– Calais to Cahors (861km)
– Cherbourg to Cahors (802km)
– Roscoff to Cahors (885km)
N.B. The speed limit on two-way roads changed on 1st JULY 2018.
Traveling to Quercy from the UK – Car Rental travel information
Aéroport Brive Vallée de la Dordogne: Avis, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, Sixt
Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac: Avis Budget, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, Sixt
Traveling to Quercy from the UK – Rail travel information
Eurotunnel links Folkestone to Calais in 35 minutes.
Eurostar links London St Pancras to Paris – Gare du Nord in 2h20 or 2h30, with an average of 15 trains per weekday; gates close 40mn prior to departure.
You’ll then have to connect on a TGV (SNCF) from Gare d’Austerlitz (station) to your destination in Quercy.
Here’s a list of picturesque tourist sites in Quercy in the Occitanie region
