How to get to Chateau de Percey?
1. What is the nearest airport?
6. What are the GPS coordinates of Chateau de Percey?
7. Is there a parking at the chateau?
8. Are there handicapped facilities?
9. Is the chateau open all year round?
10. Which is the nearest lock on the Burgundy Canal near Chateau de Percey?
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1. What is the nearest airport?
Paris Airports: Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly and Beauvais
From Paris: Take de TER to Dijon from Gare de Lyon to station Laroche-Migennes or St. Florentin. Time table regional train Paris-Dijon TER-SNCF
TGV Paris to Laroche-Migennes (1 train per day) or TGV Montbard (frequent connections)
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Gare TGV Paris-Montbard : 62 minutes
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Montbard-Percey by car: 40 minutes
In Migennes and in St. Florentin you can find a EuropCar
6. What are the GPS coordinates of Chateau de Percey?
47d 47' 48.34" N
3d 49' 17.01" E
7. Is there a parking at the chateau?
The chateau has plenty of parking space
8. Are there handicapped facilities?
The chateau has a ramp for wheelchair users. The function rooms have a WC for wheelchair users. The grand gite is accessible by wheelchair. Sorry no rooms and bathrooms for wheelchair users on the ground floor in the grand gite.
9. Is the chateau open all year round?
The Grand gîte is open all year round, except for the petit gîte and the function rooms. These are only open from April until October.
10. Which is the nearest lock on the Burgundy Canal near Chateau de Percey?
Lock or Ecluse 104 of Percey
Tip: Should you be travelling late in the evening over the D444, take care as the might be mist as well as crossing deer, foxes and groups of wild boar.
Route from UK
- From Calais follow the road to Reims (toll road)
- Reims
– Troyes A26
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At
Troyes the road splits to the A5 to Lyon in the South and Paris in the
North. Follow the signs for a short distance towards Paris, and take the
turn off marked for Tonnerre.
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You leave the toll road at toll station St. Thibault, and drive on to a roundabout. Follow the signs to Chaource (the sign to Tonnerre has gone missing). Follow the signs to Chaource. It takes about 45 minutes from here to Chateau Percey.
- You will be driving on the D444. You will travel through several small villages on the way to Tonnerre. When in Chaource, take care to follow the curve of the road (left) when you pass the church.
- Having
arrived at Tonnerre, you should follow the D905 to Saint-Florentin.
- You will pass through Flogny-la-Chapelle before arriving in the village of Percey.
As you arrive in the village, you will see the sign “Commune de Percey” with an arrow to the right. Ignore this and continue straight. You should see the Chateau on the right soon. On you left you will see Auberge de Pecheur. Take the first driveway to the right.
You
have arrived. Welcome.
Route within France
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Paris – A6 Route du Soleil towards the south.
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Take the turn-off at Auxerre towards Chablis
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Follow signs Chablis-Tonnerre
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From Tonnerre Follow signs for the D905 to St.Florentin
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Drive via Flogny-la-Chapelle to Percey.
- You will pass through Flogny-la-Chapelle before arriving in the village of Percey.
As you arrive in the village, you will see the sign “Commune de Percey” with an arrow to the right. Ignore this and continue straight. You should see the Chateau on the right soon. On you left you will see Auberge de Pecheur. Take the first driveway to the right.
You
have arrived. Welcome.
From
Auxerre
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Auxerre – St. Florentin
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St. Florentin – Tonnerre
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After passing through Germigny you might see a sign saying 3.5 km to Percey
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You will see the Chateau on your left after a few kilometers.
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The turn-off for the driveway is before the start of the village Percey, just after a bend in the road with a sluice-house and a bridge.
Route from West Netherlands
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Via Antwerp - Lille take the A26 (toll road) to Reims.
- Reims
– Troyes A26
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At
Troyes the road splits to the A5 to Lyon in the South and Paris in the
North. Follow the signs for a short distance towards Paris, and take the
turn off marked for Tonnerre.
-
You leave the toll road at toll station St. Thibault, and drive on to a roundabout. Follow the signs to Chaource (the sign to Tonnerre has gone missing). Follow the signs to Chaource. It takes about 45 minutes from here to Chateau Percey.
- You will be driving on the D444. You will travel through seveal small villages on the way to Tonnerre. When in Chaource, take care to follow the curve of the road (left) when you pass the church.
- Having
arrived at Tonnerre, you should follow the D905 to Saint-Florentin.
- You will pass through Flogny-la-Chapelle before arriving in the village of Percey.
As you arrive in the village, you will see the sign “Commune de Percey” with an arrow to the right. Ignore this and continue straight. You should see the Chateau on the right soon. On you left you will see Auberge de Pecheur. Take the first driveway to the right.
You
have arrived. Welcome.
Route
from East Netherlands
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Drive towards Belgium
- Take
the E25 to Luxemburg
- Before
you reach Luxemburg, take the turn-off Bouillon - Charlesvilles-Mezieres
- After
Sedan take the highway (toll road) via Rethel towards Reims and then via
Chalons-en-Champagne to Troyes.
- At Troyes the road splits to the A5 to Lyon in the South and Paris in the North. Follow the signs for a short distance towards Paris, and take the turn off marked for Tonnerre.
- Follow the route description from Troyes/St. Thibault (see route from West Netherlands)
The Gardens
Handicapped
facilities
Animals
Children
Languages
The Gardens
The garden is open to visitors by appointement. The best month to visit the garden is in spring. Much of the garden is reachable by wheelchair on semi-hard ground during good weather. Please phone for Rendez-Vous +33 386432621
Dogs and other animals are welcome as long as they are on a lead. You are expected to clean up after your animals. However they are not welcome in the gites.
We speak fluent English, French and Dutch, with reasonable German.
Children
There is a swing, a little house and other toys to play with for young children. The toys belong to our daughters and they are willing to share their toys with other children
LINKS
By TRAIN FROM PARIS
Time table regional train Paris-Dijon TER-SNCF
Take station Gare Laroche-Migennes
In Migennes there is a Europcar to hire a car. You need one in rural Burgundy!!