GETTING THERE - Flying, driving and travelling by train to Cap d'Agde, France

You can fly into Gatwick (London) and fly with Easyjet to Montpellier and vice versa. This is perhaps one of the easiest routes to getting near to Agde. You might find better flights into Heathrow (London) which still can be okay beause there are coaches between the two airports. Easyjet is a low cost carrier and flights are very cheap. (Ryanair also still flys daily from Stansted to Montpellier return also).

The other option if you can get a good flight is to fly from USA into Paris, France and then you can catch the train down to Agde. I would recommend checking Expedia.com and checking prices for London, Paris, Montpellier and Toulouse. If your prime concern is time and you are not worried about money then you can simply book a flight flying in and out of Montpellier and then get a taxi from Montpellier airport (the driver charges us a flat fee of 120 Euros to the entrance of Cap d'Agde nudists quartiers. The telephone number for the company we used is: 0624603321 - Ed'Taxi).

Overall, flying into Paris and catching the SNCF train (see trains below) from Paris to Agde, can be a good option. If you fly into any airport you might want to think about car rental in France to save the trouble of worrying about trains and taxis etc.

The main airports you can chose to fly into are: Montpellier, Carcassonne, Toulouse and Paris. The choices are endless thus below we have chosen what are perhaps some of the best options.

Montpellier airport is a big regional airport about 40 miles away from Agde, with flights with BA flights from London Gatwick(variable price) and with budget airlines offering flights often for around €140 (£100, $160). The budget airlines are detailed below:

Ryanair - London, UK (Stansted) or Frankfurt, Germany (Hahn) --> TO: MONTPELLIER (About 80kms from Le Cap d'Agde)

Also, London, UK (Stansted) --> PERPIGNAN (About 100Kms from Le Cap d'Agde) or London Stansted/Luton/Liverpool/East Midlands (All UK) --> NIMES (About 120kms. from Le Cap d'Agde)

London Stansted/Liverpool/East Midlands (All UK), or Dublin (Ireland), or Brussels Charleroi (Belgium) --> CARCASSONNE (About 125kms. from Le Cap d'Agde)

NEW May 2008 - Bristol, England to Beziers, France. You can very easily get a taxi cab to travel between the Cap d'Agde naturisme resort and Beziers Cap d'Agde airport. These flights are with Ryanair and also usually very cheap.

Easyjet.co.uk - If you are planning to visit the South-West, England are flights from Bristol to Toulouse (2 hour train journey to Agde). NEW 2008 - Gatwick. London flights have now started to Montpellier also.

Flybe.com from Southampton or Birmingham (Both UK) --> PERPIGNAN (About 100Kms from Le Cap d'Agde). Also Bristol, UK to Toulouse.

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From PARIS GARE DE LYON train station, there is a high speed SNCF TGV train that goes down to Agde in about 5.5 hours. Trains seem tobe about every hour and fares are about €51 Euros (one way 2nd class) and 66 Euros (one way first class. (These fares are subject to change).

Once in Agde, you then easily get a taxi to le cap agde for about 15 Euros or the local bus to the naturist quartiere resort.

From a country such as the UK, you can also use the Eurostar and then transfer to the TGV. By rail from UK, the Eurostar from London Waterloo to Agde takes less than 8 hrs, with the possibility of staying overnight in Lille.

To view the local bus Agde times, from Agde train station to the clothing-optional resort, click the graphic below.

Agde --> Le Cap d'Agde clothing-optional resort
Bus times 6:35am to 9:35am - Click to make larger

Agde --> Le Cap d'Agde clothing-optional resort
Bus times for the afternoon - Click to make larger

Note bus timetable above is valid until 3rd September 2006

From the Autoroute A9 "Languedocienne" Motorway, take the "Agde" Exit 34 South onto the RN312. After about 9 miles it splits into the RN112 going left (east) to Sete and right (west) to Beziers. Follow the signs for Agde and Le Cap d'Agde. By car, Cap d'Agde is easily reached in 12-13 hours from the French Channel ports, ia the French motorways. Alternatively, the Motorail terminal at Avignon is less than two hours from Cap d'Agde. Flying into Montpellier and then hiring a car can also be a good way of getting to Cap D'gade clothing-optionale village if you like to stay mobile and have a car at your disposal.

There are extensive car hire facilities at Montpellier but it is always best to book in advance. It is by far the quickest and least stressful way of travelling there and back and you stay mobile throughout your holiday.

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