Some useful travel links

If you want to drive here the ferries have got very impressive prices, currently £54 return for a car and up to 9 occupants, is a great deal!

Try P&O Ferries :

or maybe you would like to travel by plane, some of our clients have come for as little as £5

Try Ryanair :

How to get to your painting holiday in France?

We are in the south west of France in department ( 24) the Dordogne. If you choose to drive we are close to the main north to south motor-way (A20) network and we would  send you specific details of the route. If you want to journey by train, we are about 50 minutes drive from Brive station and 20 from Gourdon which are both on the main Paris-Toulouse line. Car hire is available at Brive station or we can arrange pickup & return for a nominal charge. Our nearest airport is Bergerac and is the one most of our guests use. Car hire is available at Bergerac airport or we can arrange airport pickup & return, again for a nominal charge. Limoges, Rodez and Toulouse airports are possible options if you are car hiring, but we can’t do pickups from these airports.

Franquettes the headquarters of Painting France is near the village of Nabirat in the beautiful Dordogne region of France. Nabirat is famous for its annual strawberry fair (Fete de Fraises) where the year’s production of strawberries is celebrated in the creation of a giant strawberry tart which is displayed in the village square. The medieval town of Domme is just a 10 minute drive away from Painting France and has been one of our painting locations on previous art courses. From its elevated position, Domme has one of France’s most spectacular views over the river Dordogne giving an almost aerial view of the fantastic countryside below. A trip to Sarlat, the historic market town of the area is a must with is quaint alleys and cobbled streets. Busy shops, art galleries and restaurants abound and there is usually a variety of entertaining street performers. We are only 10 minutes from the Dordogne river canoe hire and the boating lake at Grolejac.

Location

Painting-France’s Painting Holidays are situated in south west France department 24 and is run from ‘Franquettes ‘ which is the home and art studio of English painter Richard Harby and his wife Sally.