By Air
Tours airport - 40 minutes drive to the apartment.                                                                       
Poitiers airport - 40 minutes drive to the apartment..
La Rochelle airport - 2 hours drive to the apartment.
Paris Charles de Gaulle airport - 3 hours drive to the apartment.

Eurotunnel
Calais to the apartment is a 5/ 6 hour drive.

Ferry
Portsmouth - Caen on Brittany Ferries - 3.5 hours drive from Caen.
Portsmouth - Le Havre on P & O Ferries - 3.5 hours drive t from Le Havre.
Dover - Calais - various - 5/6 hour drive from Calais.

Nearest Travel Links

Airport: 

Tours: 65 km   Poitiers 65 km

Railway: 
TGV  Chatellerault, Tours, Poitiers
Chinon  non TGV

Ferry: 

Caen: 328 km

Use above map to plan your travel.  Remember main autoroutes have tolls -peages. 
National roads , non-toll roads are of a very good standard and scenic.
 Distances
Paris  298       Tours   60      Chinon   20   Saumur   60    Poitiers   65   
 Azay-de Rideau  50    Amboise   88   Blois  124    Chenonceau  66
Loches  60   Bordeaux  310    Nice  1000   Venice 1280  Madrid  1000