Getting There

 

 

 

 

Driving from Calais

Cucuron is around 650 miles from Calais and would be a 10 hour drive mainly on toll motorways. Driving in France is easy and the motorways have frequent and good quality service areas. The website www.viamichelin.fr is good for route planning in Europe.

Train from London

You can travel via the fast Eurostar service to Aix's TGV station which is about 40 mins drive from Le Point. The train takes about six and a half hours from St Pancras and seems to cost from around £130 return per person (see www.eurostar.com).

Aix-en-Provence    

[Aix-en-Provence page]   

The Aix-en-Provence TGV station is a handy addition, because you now no longer have to travel from Paris to Marseille and then take another train back up to Aix. The Aix-en-Provence TGV station is about 10 km west of town. Shuttle buses (navettes) provide direct links to Aix-en-Provence center and to Marseille. There are also other buses, taxis and easy access to the A8 autoroute.

The very modern station (more like an airport) has shops, dining and several car rental agencies. The waiting room on the upper level is comfortable, and has a nice view of the Montagne Sainte-Victoire.

For tgv map www.beyond.fr/map/tgv_france.html

Air

The nearest airport is Marseille which is about 40 miles from Cucuron. We normally drive from the airport but there are frequent trains from the airport to Aix-en-Provence (which takes about half an hour). From there it is about 20 miles by road to Cucuron. You could continue by train from Aix to Pertuis which is about 8 miles from Cucuron and take a taxi from there.  You can check train times on the French sncf site www.sncf.com.

There are often bargain flights to Marseille or Nice on EasyJet (www.easyjet.com) from Gatwick. They also do inexpensive car hire.

Public transport to Cucuron

The route and cost to travel by public transport from Marseilles to Pertuis is available from this web site http://www.voyages-sncf.com

Taxi

FRED LE TAXI - VILLA 80, allée du Cannier, résidence les Berges Basses à Pertuis
84120 Pertuis Tél : 04.90.09.53.17 ou 06.84.10.04.67
Fax : 04.90.09.58.92
fredletaxi@aol.com website

Laurent Gilbert - Rue Intendant Général Deranq - 84160 CUCURON. Tél.: 04 90 77 20 69
Morra Marie-Claude - Rue Mer - 84160 CUCURON.
Tél.: 04 90 77 11 77

From Pertuis it is a 20 minutes taxi ride to Cucuron, you will need to ask the taxi to drop you at the clock tower fountain (fontaine de tour d'horloge).

Bus

There is a limited bus service to the village. See timetable here: Bus timetable