DIRECTIONS TO LE FOULON

43°47'20.46"N 6°58’09.06"E
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Altitude: 554.85M

Getting to Le Foulon couldn't be easier, and is one of the reasons we chose this area. Nice International airport is the second largest in France, incredibly well connected and very civilised. Less than 2 hours flying time from most UK airports means you can finish work on a Friday and be having a glass of fine wine and a late supper that very evening. Served by 8 airlines from no less than 14 UK airports there's a low cost flight near you. Click here for all your airline details

Le Foulon is just 35 minutes drive from Nice airport and under 2 hours from Toulon/Hyeres Airport. Car hire starts from as little as €30 (£20) per day - many of our guests have used France Car and had no problems.

Or arrive in style by Helicopter - just 5 minutes flying time from the airport and you're drink in hand enjoying your holiday. What could be better, and with summer prices from around €500 for 5 people one way (around £70 each), you don't have to be a Rock star to arrive like one.

Go to Nice Helicopteres for more details - just quote Le Foulon and the address.

A short drive through the spectacular Gorge du Loup we are well located for the A8 Autoroute and just 20 minutes drive from the Route Napoleon - the scenic road when heading for the Cote d'Azur from Northern Europe.

If you're driving from the UK then on average visitors have taken 11 hours from Calais; it can be done quicker, but throw in a few leisurely stops and obey the speed limits and this could creep up. This is based on going straight down the A7 Autoroute from Lyon before heading East on the A8 all the way to the Cote d'Azur. Many route finders direct you via Grenoble and whilst this is shorter by some 100kms it can easily be quite a bit slower due to the A roads and slow moving holiday traffic.

If you don't want to do it in one hit, we've most enjoyed spending a night between Lyon and Grenoble before taking the slower but far more beautiful Route Napoleon (see below).

In case you didn't know it's easier to pay tolls with your credit card, especially in a RHD car. Nothing to sign, just a quick swipe and you're away.

Directions From Airport / A8 West bound From Nice / Italy

It's pretty easy, can be done in 35 minutes, but you'll probably want an extra few unless you know the road.

As you leave the airport follow signs for the autoroute - A8, direction Cannes.

You're only on this for a few kilometres and take the second exit, exit 48 towards Cagnes sur Mer/Vence. This is where you'll need 60 cents for the privilege of 5 mins on the motorway. If you don't have change to throw in the bucket then go to the right hand booth that's manned or pay by card in the machine.

This takes you onto a dual carriageway and at the second roundabout, with MacDonald's on your left and a Casino supermarket on your right, turn left to Villeneuve Loubet.

2-300m later turn RIGHT at a kind of T junction on the D6 TO LA COLLE SUR LOUP.

Continue straight on this road for about 3.5kms (2.2 miles) until you come to a SMALL ROUNDABOUT AT LA COLLE SUR LOUP & TAKE THE 2ND EXIT (VIRTUALLY STRAIGHT ON) TOWARDS GRASSE.

Continue straight on this road out of Colle Sur Loup, down the hill, past LA PINEDES CAMP SITE on your right, and after a total of 2.5kms (1.5miles) TAKE THE RIGHT HAND TURNING TO “PONT DU LOUP, GRÉOLIÈRES & GRÉOLIÈRES LES NEIGES” ON THE D6.

Continue straight for 10kms (6.2 miles) of very twisty scenic road, that follows the course of the river Loup. Watch out for the increasingly tight right handers!

You then arrive at a CROSSROADS - GO STRAIGHT OVER TOWARDS GRÉOLIÈRES.

5.6kms (3.1 miles) THROUGH THE GORGES DE LOUP you come to BRAMAFAM, which consists of a small bridge, a shop on your right by the turning to Courmes, and that's about it. Continue straight on towards GRÉOLIÈRES.

A further 3.4kms (2.1 miles) of twisties the road straightens out just a little bit and on the left is LE FOULON with a sign to the left of the drive.

Continue straight down the drive, ignore the left turn and you're there.

Directions From A8 - East Bound From Marseilles

From the A8 approaching Nice, take EXIT 47 towards Cagnes Sur Mer/Villeneuve Loubet/Vence.

This sweeps you round 360 degrees and you join a lane on your left that has priority (can be a bit tight).

2-300m later take the FIRST RIGHT HAND EXIT to Grasse, which sweeps you down and round underneath the road you were on, and to a roundabout. Straight over the roundabout towards Grasse/Villeneuve Loubet.

Continue over the next roundabout and then at the SECOND ROUNDABOUT TURN RIGHT INTO VILLENEUVE LOUBET, OVER THE BRIDGE.

Carry straight on through the village and through a small tunnel. At the EXIT TO THE TUNNEL TURN LEFT AT THE ROUNDABOUT, ON THE D6, TO LA COLLE SUR LOUP.

Continue straight on this road for about 3.5kms (2.2 miles) until you come to a SMALL ROUNDABOUT AT LA COLLE SUR LOUP & TAKE THE 2ND EXIT (VIRTUALLY STRAIGHT ON) TOWARDS GRASSE.

Continue straight on this road out of Colle Sur Loup, down the hill, past LA PINEDES CAMP SITE on your right, and after a total of 2.5kms (1.5miles) TAKE THE RIGHT HAND TURNING TO “PONT DU LOUP, GRÉOLIÈRES & GRÉOLIÈRES LES NEIGES” ON THE D6.

Continue straight for 10kms (6.2 miles) of very scenic twisty road, that follows the course of the river Loup. Watch out for the increasingly tight right handers!

You then arrive at a CROSSROADS - GO STRAIGHT OVER TOWARDS GRÉOLIÈRES.

5.6kms (3.1 miles) THROUGH THE GORGES DE LOUP you come to BRAMAFAM, which consists of a small bridge, a shop on your right by the turning to Courmes, and that's about it. Continue straight on towards GRÉOLIÈRES.

A further 3.4kms (2.1 miles) of twisties the road straightens out just a little bit and on the left is LE FOULON with our sign on the left of the drive.

Continue straight down the drive, ignore the left turn and you're there.

Directions From Toulon Airport

Directions From The Route Napoleon

This is a wonderful way to get to the South of France. True, it can get quite busy with sightseeing traffic through the summer, but that's for a very good reason - the sights are well worth seeing!

We'll direct you from where the N202 branches left to Nice. From here continue straight on towards Grasse and Cannes on the N85 Route Napoleon.

Continue for 51kms (31.6miles), through the pretty town of Castellane, until you reach a crossroads just after you enter the Department 'Alpes Maritime'. The crossroads is marked by a small fruit and vegetable shop on your right, a sign for the 4 Star Chateau Taulane and the Restaurant Lavendre on your left.

At these crossroads turn left towards St. Auban and Greolieres on the D2211.

After just 2kms (1.25 miles) take the first right hand turning to Gréolières on the D2. Continue all the way on this road to Gréolières (but after 20kms/12.4miles check out the view over the near vertical drop on your right - looking down the valley, in the direction you're travelling, you'll see Le Foulon standing out against the greenery at the far end).

Carry on down this breathtaking stretch of road (this is where John Frankenheimer filmed the car chase in his film Ronin and where James Bond raced his Aston Martin against a Ferrari) and through Gréolières. 3kms downhill from Gréolières there is a roundabout - take the second exit direction Gourdon/Gorges du Loup.

After a further 1km you will pass a small tower on your right which is an electricity pilon and then a further 150 metres on your right is our driveway. It's a little tricky to spot as the sign faces downhill and you will have to take 2 swings at pulling into the drive which doubles back on you. Contiue straight down the drive, ignoring the left turn half way down, and you have arrived.