Travel

COVID-19

Update in France 2021

The third national lockdown in France ended on 3 May 2021. There will be a phased ending to the nationwide 19h00-6h00 curfew. The curfew hour will be moved to 21h00 on 19 May; to 23h00 on 9 June and will end on 30 June. Travel outside of these times will be permitted for compelling reasons (work, training, health, mission of general interest, moving) and only with an exemption certificate.

Restaurants and bars will be able to open on 19 May, but only for outside areas. Internal areas will be opened 9 June, although they will continue to be subject to the curfew restrictions. The change is conditional on the department having an infection rate lower than 400/100,000.

Face masks must be worn and social distancing of at least 1 m is to be respected.

Summer 2021 Bookings

In summer 2021 Le Grenier will be the only property available to rent.

Should the French government introduce a new lock-down and / or border closure, any booking would have to be cancelled and we would give you the choice of postponing or reimbursing your stay. In the event of cancellation of your stay for other than the two reasons mentioned above, the T&Cs accepted at booking stage would apply.

Due to Covid-19 we will delay asking for the balance through this site until 4 weeks prior to your holiday start date in 2021. We would also review with you any updates that may affect your booking around that time.

Travel Insurance

We recommend having adequate travel insurance that covers your journey and your holiday here at Pyron.

Useful Websites

Here are some useful sites for the latest advice and information: French Government (French); French Government (English) and UK Government.

The site Re-open EU provides useful information regarding travel, services and health, etc...

Cleaning Protocol

Providing clean and safe accommodation is always a priority and we will be putting further thorough cleaning measures into place following official recommendations to include:

• A minimum of 30 hours between one set of guests departing and the next arriving (departure by 10h00 and arrival after 17h00)

• Thorough airing of property before and during cleaning

• Cleaning followed by disinfection of surfaces

• Thorough attention paid to items that are frequently touched (door handles, light switches, remote controls…)

• Wearing masks and gloves to clean

• Washing of household linen at high temperature

• Respect of social distancing rules upon arrival

• Removal of soft furnishings, cushions, etc... (or weekly changeover and cleaning of soft furnishings)

• Changing shower curtains at changeover

• Providing digital Welcome Guides (or weekly changeover and cleaning of guides)

• Only one property will be rented out to one family/one group of families in summer 2021

Updated 11 May 2021

Airports

Situated between the two towns of Saint Sever and Hagetmau, you can fly to five international airports, which are close to Pyron:

Biarritz (1 hr 25 mins drive)

Ryanair flies from Stanstead, Dublin

EasyJet flies from London Gatwick

Air France flies from London City, Heathrow

Bordeaux (1 hr 50 mins drive)

Ryanair flies from Stanstead, Edinburgh

EasyJet flies from Bristol, Luton, London Gatwick, Liverpool, Belfast, Glasgow and London Southend

British Airways flies from London Gatwick

Air France flies from Heathrow

Lourdes (Tarbes) (1 hr 15 mins drive)

Ryanair flies from Stanstead

Bergerac (2 hrs 30 mins drive)

BA fliesfrom London City

Ryanair flies from Bristol, East Midlands, Liverpool, Stanstead

Jet2 flies from Leeds Bradford

Toulouse (2 hrs 30 mins drive)

British Airways flies from Heathrow

EasyJet flies from Bristol, London Gatwick, Luton

Jet2 flies from Manchester

Ryanair flies from Stanstead

Air France flies from Heathrow

Pau (50 mins drive)

Air France flies from London Heathrow to Paris Charles de Gaulles, where you can transfer to an internal flight to Pau.

There are currently no direct flights to Pau from the UK. Ryanair now flies to Lourdes and Cityjet stopped flights from London City to Pau in 2014.

For futher details visit: AirFrance, BritishAirways, Ryanair, Jet2 and EasyJet.

Ferries

You can sail to 2 port in Northern Spain:

Bilbao: 2 hours 45 mins drive and enjoy a 24 hour crossing from Portsmouth (Brittany Ferries)

Santander: 3 hours 45 mins drive and enjoy a 24 hour crossing from Portsmouth (Brittany Ferries)

You can also sail to several ports in France:

St Malo: 6 hrs 30 mins drive (Brittany Ferries, Condor Ferries)

Caen: 7 hrs drive (Brittany Ferries)

Le Havre: 7 hrs 30 mins drive (Brittany Ferries, LD Lines)

Dieppe: 7 hours 50 mins drive (DFDS)

Cherbourg: 7 hours 50 mins drive (Brittany Ferries, Condor Ferries, Stena Line, Irish Ferries)

Roscoff: 7 hours 40 mins drive (Brittany Ferries)

Calais: 9 hours 20 mins drive (Eurotunnel, DFDS, P & O Ferries)

Dunkirk: 9 hours 30 mins drive (DFDS)

For further details visit: AFerry, Brittany Ferries, Condor Ferries, LD Lines, DFDS, P & O Ferries, Eurotunnel, Stena Line, Irish Ferries, and Direct Ferries

Please note that if you book a stay at Maison Pyron & Le Grenier (sleeps 12) through Holiday France Direct, they will provide you with a discount code entitling you to a 20% discount on ferry travel with Brittany Ferries.

Train

Mont de Marsan: 30 mins drive (with TGV links to Paris)

Orthez : 30 mins drive (TGV links)

See TVG for further details.

Car Hire

Available at the local airports. Being situated in the countryside, you will need a car for your stay here.

Holiday Autos, Europcar, Sixt, Hertz, Rhino and Avis are just some of the car hire companies here. Rhino offer a guest discount, please contact us for details.

Local Buses

Hagetmau to Mont de Marsan: There are 4 return buses / day.

Hagetmau to Dax: There are 2 return buses / day.

Saint Sever to Dax: There are 4 return buses / day.

See RDTL for further details.