The nearest town, Alès (16 km), has direct connections with Nîmes, and also from Paris on a one-train-a-day service via a beautiful tunnel-and-viaduct line that crosses the Cévennes hills, seemingly built for travellers who are not in a hurry! And Nîmes (45 km) also has fast TGV services from Paris, Brussels and London (via Eurostar).

By air

The nearest airport is Nîmes (1 h by car) with direct low-cost flight connections from Liverpool, Luton and Nottingham.  Montpellier (1+ h) connects with Gatwick and Stansted, and several other European and non-European airports.  The international airport Marseille (2 h) is served by direct flights from Birmingham, Bristol, Gatwick, Prestwick and Stansted, and from many other cities across the world.

By car

Hire facilities are available at these stations and airports (at favourable prices if booked before departure). And you'll find the instructions below about how to reach the gite are easy to follow -- including for motorists a touristic route offering stunning views of the Tarn valley and across the Corniche des Cévennes to enjoy before arrival.

From the centre of ANDUZE (5 minutes): Take the Nimes road and follow this for 3-4 minutes until you see the big builders' supply depot on your left labelled Gedimat Manen. Chemin de Tavion is the tarred road immediately opposite this depot's main entrance marked Tavion / Tourette. Drive up past the house on your left and keep on climbing round the sharp bend. After 345 metres from Gedimat you'll see our letterbox on your right marked 345 WILLS, which indicates our driveway. You have then arrived!

From NIMES airport (60 minutes): At the second roundabout when leaving the airport area turn right, and then take your ticket to join the motorway (A54), direction Nimes. After 5-7 minutes, follow signs for Lyon but then, within a short distance, keep left for Alès (shown in green). After the toll exit (credit cards or cash), ignore the Centre ville sign but follow the Alès direction (N106) that skirts round Nimes.

After about 25 km, you'll see Anduze indicated on the right soon after where the road becomes dual carriageway again. Then, on the ordinary road (D982), for 300-400 m alongside the river Gardon, keep following the Anduze signs for 13 km. After La Madeleine you rejoin the Gardon and pass under a railway bridge.

Our turning is the next tarred road on the left opposite the builders' depot labelled Gedimat Manen, marked Tavion / Tourette. Drive up this narrow road past the house on your left and keep on climbing round the sharp bend. After 345 metres from Gedimat you'll see our letterbox on your right marked 345 WILLS, which indicates our driveway. You have then arrived!

From MONTPELLIER airport (just over 1 hour):  Follow the signs for Montpellier and join the dual-carriageway road for a few minutes before turning right onto the motorway (A9) labelled for Lyon/Nimes. Stay on this toll-free section for 5+ minutes and take the first exit (28) for Alès (shown in green). 

The Alès signs then lead to a roundabout, a bridge over the motorway, and a right turn that leads you, a few kilometres later with another roundabout, into the small town of Castries. Keep following the Alès direction to Sommières (on N110, 18 km), then look for Quissac (D35, 18 km) and Anduze (still D35). After 15 km you arrive at La Madeleine, where you turn left and soon run alongside the Gardon and then pass under a railway bridge.

Our turning is the next tarred road on the left opposite the entrance of the builders' depot labelled Gedimat Manen marked Tavion / Tourette. Drive up this narrow road past the house on your left and keep on climbing round the sharp bend. After 345 metres from Gedimat you'll see our letterbox on your right marked 345 WILLS, which indicates our driveway. You have then arrived!

From MARSEILLE airport (about 2 hours): Follow the autoroute signs (blue, 'A') labelled for Avignon/Lyon. Ignore the turn-off for Aix/Nice, but take the next one for Nimes/Montpellier. After traversing part of the flat Camargue, you cross the Rhone at Arles. Keep on towards Nimes, but leave the motorway there (credit card or cash), heading for Alès (shown in green) on N106. 

After about 25 km, the road becomes dual carriageway again, where you'll soon see Anduze indicated on the right. Then, on the ordinary road (D986), for a few minutes alongside the river Gardon, keep following the Anduze signs. Soon after La Madeleine you rejoin the Gardon and pass under a railway bridge.

Our turning is the next tarred road on theleft opposite the builders' depot labelled Gedimat Manen marked Tavion / Tourette. Drive up this narrow road past the house on your left and keep on climbing round the sharp bend. After 345 metres from Gedimat you'll see our letterbox on your right marked 345 WILLS, which indicates our driveway. You have then arrived!

From the Orleans-Clermont Ferrand MOTORWAY A75 (about 2 hours): Go off at exit 39 (marked Mende/Nimes), dropping down to cross the railway line into the Lot valley. Follow this road (N88) upstream for 12 km to a right turn across the river marked Chanac/Gorges du Tarn and then Ste Enimie (D31).

This begins a wonderful traffic-avoiding route touristique up and across the limestone Causse plateau. Keep left for Ispagnac at the top, and follow the Ispagnac signs until the road brings you to a stunning view of the Tarn gorge. Go down and turn left at the bottom (at Molines) for Ispagnac/Florac, then go on to join N106 (for Nimes/Alès) and, after bypassing Florac, turn right to follow the Corniche des Cévennes road marked St Jean du Gard.

You then climb out of the Tarn valley onto one of the most attractive 50-km drives across the Cévennes hills which, after bypassing St Jean, leads you down the Gardon valley to Anduze. And to reach the gite from there, see above.

From the Rhone valley 'AUTOROUTE DU SOLEIL' A7 (about 1.5 hours): Take exit 19 for Bollène and follow the signs for Pont St Esprit and Bagnols-sur-Cèze (20 km) and Alès (50 km). On reaching the bypass at Alès, follow the signs for Montpellier and, in the middle of St Christol (the first village out of Alès), turn right for Anduze (16 km). Then see the directions from Anduze, as above.