Your holiday price includes:
- A double or twin bedded room booked in a delightful hotel for each night of your itinerary. (Single occupancy, always available, carries a supplement).
- A Reserved table in a first class restaurant with four course gourmet dinner each evening.
- A French style breakfast every morning and in many hotels this is now a generous buffet.
- Dawes, light weight 6-speed, indexed-geared touring bicycles with special touring ratios for easy cycling. Bikes are equipped with a lower gear in the hillier regions. Trail-a-long bikes for children 5-8 yrs are available, as well as child seats for 2-5 yrs.
- Bicycle equipment including panniers, provanti bag, water bottle, tool kit and pump.
- Information pack which includes: IGN 1-100,000 maps of the region, your itinerary and hotel details, what to visit guide, a French holiday information booklet, French phrase book.
- The services of our regional assistants with an introductory presentation with a local aperitif.
- Emergency back-up and assistance.
With each bicycle we provide:
- A roomy, three sectioned pannier for carrying your clothes, with two additional small pockets for the bottle of wine and the baguette.
- A provanti bag for the front handlebars with map holder.
- A personal water bottle.
- A lock, pump, tool kit and spare inner tube.
Cognac & Charente Prices and Travel Options:
1. Making your own way to the first hotel (see prices below)
Our Gentle Tourer options - 2 nights at each hotel with last night back at Hotel la Vieille Etable at Roullet St Estephe. (For other holiday options please discuss with the office team.)
| No Nights | Suggested Routes in the Cognac | Pricing |
| 3 nights or Adventurer | Roullet St.Estèphe, hotel pool. | £583 |
| 5 nights | Roullet St. Estèphe, Bassac. Hotel pool & river. | £972 |
| 7 nights | Roullet St. Estèphe, Saint Preuil, Cognac, 2 pools. | £1360 |
| 9 nights | Roullet St. Estèphe, Cognac, Asnières, Montbron, 3 pools, river swimming. | £1600 |
| 10 nights | Roullet St. Estèphe, Saint Preuil or Bassac, Asnières, Luxé, Montbron. 4 pools. | £1720 |
| 12 nights | Roullet St. Estèphe, Cognac, Asnières, Luxé, Nieuil, Montbron. 5 pools. | £1960 |
| 14 nights | Roullet St. Estèphe, Montbron, Nieuil, St. Saud en Périgord, Nontron, Champagnac and Aubeterre sur Dronne, 7 pools. | £2200 |
Price Discounts: Children under 15 years per night £25.00 Triple Rooms: per room per night £5.00 Group bookings: 8-12 people per person £12.00 Price Supplements: Single Room: Per Person per night £35.00
2. We can book all or part of your travel to and from the UK and France.
| How to get to Roullet St Estèphe (for cycling holidays in Cognac & Charente) |
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| 1) EUROSTAR & TGV via Lille to Angouleme & taxi. Departs St Pancras 08.52 |
1st Class 2nd Class |
£478 £392 |
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| 2) TGV from Paris Montparnasse to Angouleme & taxi. |
1st Class 2nd Class |
£245 £210 |
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| Nearest airports are Angouleme, Limoges and Bordeaux. Local train station is Angouleme. | |||




