My personal guide

Transport

Getting to the #saintlodestination !

Come here from Paris for a rural getaway far from the hustle and bustle of the French capital, or from the United Kingdom to discover the French way of life, from Brittany for a weekend break in Normandy, and from anywhere else you may be... All routes will lead you to your holiday here!

Choose the transport that suits you…

This destination is eager to welcome you and show you the sights, whether you choose to arrive by road, by plane, by boat or by train.

Come and get a condensed experience of Normandy by exploring the Landing Beaches, the Mont Saint-Michel, the sea and the wooded countryside, all in one destination!

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The Saint-Lô destination is 3.5 hours from the French capital by car along the A13 motorway and only 1.5 hours from Rennes along the A84 motorway. 

Consider carsharing! 

See our carsharing page.

Do you drive an electric car? 

No worries, here is a list of the charging stations throughout the destination.

There are flights from all the main cities in France to Caen-Carpiquet airport. 

Caen-Carpiquet airport
Route de Caumont 
14650 CARPIQUET 

Telephone: +33 (0)2 31 71 20 10 

Go to the website for Caen airport

Take a ferry from England to Normandy with Brittany Ferries! 

There are ferries departing from Portsmouth to Cherbourg in the department of La Manche or Ouistreham in Calvados. Daily crossings from England and Ireland. 

Telephone: +33 (0)825 828 828 

Go to the website for Brittany ferries

Send an email to make a booking: reservation@brittany-ferries.fr 

Saint-Lô train station is right at the foot of the town's fortifications, opposite the 'Plage Verte' area of greenery. It takes 3 hours to get here by train from the Saint-Lazare station in Paris. Around 100,000 passengers pass through this station per year, there are three platforms and you can also get regional (TER) trains from here to Lisieux, Caen, Rennes and Coutances. 

Saint-Lô train station
Place Guy Fontenelle 
50000 Saint-Lô 

Call 3635 for more information (€0.34 / min.) 

Go to the SNCF website

If you are coming from Normandy

Go to the TER SNCF website for Normandy

Call +33 (0)800 801 801 for more information (free call & service), the Normandy advisors are available to assist you from Monday to Saturday from 6am to 9pm, and on Sundays and public holidays from 8am to 8pm.