Important Travel Information

Plans and back-up plans!

When I travel, I am always sure to have a piece of paper with the address and phone number of my final destination! So I want you to have this important information too!

You will be picked up Saturday, May 10 at the Toulouse airport. 

Once you have your luggage make your way to the waiting area. It is a small airport and you will easily find benches and washrooms. If you arrive early you may be on your own for a little while - don't panic - more guests are on their way. Stay in the airport. You will recognize other painting guests when they drag in with suitcases and look eager but rather dazed and tired. If they have an art case it is another good clue. Don't hesitate to ask if they are on the painting adventure so you can have a new buddy.
I will arrive in Toulouse the day before and stay at the Novotel (Toulouse Blagnac Aéroport hotel) travelling back to the airport on Saturday morning to meet you. I will also look tired, but enthusiastic and happy to be in France! 

Someone from le Monastere will soon arrive to drive us to Limoux. 

Our final destination is:

Le Monastere

3, rue de la Mairie, Limoux, France

Phone: 01133468310909

PLAN B - IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DO NOT MAKE THE CONNECTION

Find a phone and call to arrange a pick-up.
Here is how the phone works - if someone is calling from Canada you need the whole number


If you are in France at a pay phone you do not need 01133 so if you are in Toulose call 468310909 - if that does not work try again but do not include the 4


This is the number for Le Monastere - however, there may not be anyone able to take the call at that moment. The phone is in the kitchen and if there is no one cooking the call may not be heard. Again don't panic! Leave a message to tell us: 

1) who you are 
2) where you are 
3) what you anticipate your situation to be 
4) what time you will call back - give us a couple of hours to retrieve the message and someone will stay by the phone to receive your call.


The drive from Limoux to the airport takes 1.5 - 2 hrs so it may be some time before someone can come and pick you up. When we speak we will sort through those details. If overnight accommodations are necessary you can get a hotel shuttle and we will pick you up the next day. I have stayed at the Novotel Aeroport or Ibis Toulouse Blagnac Aéroport hotel - both are close to the airport and a good price.

Please stay together as a group and if possible stay at the airport. 


PLAN C - more adventurous 

If you arrive in Toulouse and for some reason you decide to get to Limoux on your own you can go to the Toulouse train station and take a train to the station in Carcasonne. It is a shorter drive from Limoux and we can pick you up closer to when you might call. Be sure to let us know that you will be travelling alone or we will be waiting at the airport for you.