Bordeaux is the best airport to fly to.

EasyJet, British Airways and Ryanair all fly directly from London. From there it is about 1hr 30mins to Cognac by car.

To get from the airport to Cognac we would strongly recommend hiring a car. All major car hire firms are available at the airport.

Other options are:

● Arrange a taxi

● Get the train - not the best option as you have to get from the airport to the town centre to get to the station. The train then take takes approx 2hr 20mins with 1 change

You can also fly into any of the below airports:

La Rochelle, 1hr 20 mins to Cognac

Limoges, 1hr 40 mins to Cognac

Poitiers, 1hr 40 mins to Cognac

1. Dover to Calais Crossing

You can cross into France either by Eurotunnel or Ferry from Folkstone to Calais.

From Calais it is approximately 7hrs 20mins drive to Cognac

2. Portsmouth to Caen or St Malo Crossing

You can get the ferry into to Caen which takes approx 6 hours and then a further 5 hour drive to Cognac.

You can take an overnight ferry to St Malo which is 4.5 hour drive from Cognac

St Pancras → Paris Gare du Nord → Paris Montparnasse → Angoulême → Cognac

The train from St Pancras to Paris takes approximately 2hrs 15 mins.

You then need to get to Paris Montparnasse station and catch a train directly to Angoulême which takes less than 2 hours.

Angoulême is a 40 minute drive to Cognac so you can either get a taxi or hire a car at the train station (they have all the major car hire firms).

Alternatively, there is a train to Cognac from Angoulême which takes 40 minutes

You can book train tickets on trainline