Last Updated on October 3, 2023
Car Rental Companies
Most of the major car hire rental agencies have offices and rental points in the main airports in the Languedoc area.
In Montpellier Airport, for example, you can choose from:
Things to Consider if Renting a Car & Visiting the Naturist Resort
You might want to consider these two things if you are thinking about renting a car for your stay in the naturist resort at Cap d’Agde
1. Resort Parking
There is a limitation on the number of parking spaces inside the resort.
My recommendation is to check with your accommodation provider to see if they can provide you a parking space before you book your car rental.
If you are staying in Natureva Spa Hotel or the Oz Inn Hotel inside the resort, you will normally be provided a parking spot.
With the apartments, many come with spaces but do check.
2. Will You Be Leaving the resort During Your Stay?
Many people a car and then do not use it for the 2 weeks they have hired it for because you can walk everywhere inside the naturist village.
You do not need to drive at all within the village.
If you intend to go outside the resort such as to visit one of the local vineyards or to the do Noilly Prat tour then certainly, as a hire car can be useful.
Advice on Driving to Cap d’Agde resort Entrance from the Local Airports
To get to Cap d’Agde, if you can drive and you can afford car hire and car hire, this can be a very good way of getting to the clothing-optional resort.
You can avoid the trip from the airport, train station and the need to get a local bus.
Do not forget the following though if driving in France for the first time:
- People drive on the right side in France
- France has quite strict drink driving laws. The blood alcohol levels is 0.5 mg/ml. It is certainly not a good idea to drink and drive.
- The use of seat belts in the front and rear are obligatory everywhere.
- Speed limits are implemented rigorously and radar traps are very common.
- You can receive an on-the-spot fine in France for speeding and other traffic offenses.
- There are a number of companies who offer car hire for Cap d’Agde and renting Beziers airport Car hire is a great way to fly into the nearest airport to the resort and to get quickly to the main gates and enter.
Once you have hired a car, you will have the chance to explore some wonderful countryside and coastal areas.
There are dozens of vineyards dotted throughout the Languedoc region and these are also well worth a visit and accessible to you with a hire car.
Also, visiting other parts of Europe on this trip?
Make sure also to read about driving safely in France.
Driving to the Resort – Your feedback on Driving from Calais to Cap
It is approximately 850 miles from Calais to the Cap, so at a hundred miles an hour, it would take about eight and a half hours.
If you go route national it will take much longer with the maximum speed being 55 miles an hour and if you get court speeding its 100 Euros on the spot and if you do not pay “you do not go” if you are well over they will take the car off you there and then!
And the French police are tough! If you do not use the Auto-routes, the best way is Rouen, Evereux, Dreux, Chartres.
Unless you start very early and press on, Rouen is a good place to stop overnight and normally join the A10 at junction 13 at Atney.
If you have made u some good time it might be worth going on to Bourges to junction 7 where there is a bunch of hotels there at the side of the road, and it’s a good time to stop.
Remember though that if you leave it later than 6 o’clock there is a good chance you will not get in anywhere.
In this case, you will probably have to drive all night or sleep in the car! In fact, we could not get into any hotel in Rouen at five o’clock at the end of June!
“I drove from Calais to Perpignan a couple of years ago, not far from Agde. We took a slightly longer route; Le Mans, Tours, Limoges as I wanted to avoid Paris completely.
It took two days of not-too-frantic driving on mostly non-auto-routes. I can recommend the “logis” group of B & B’s and pensions.
I’m not keen on taking “pot luck” with finding a bed though, especially in the summer, so I worked out how far we would get and pre-booked.
It worked out perfectly in both directions”.
Make sure to read our page about Driving in France for full information on legal requirements and rules of the road for when driving in France!
