Travelling to Perpignan

[Oliver Clothesoff]

29 minutes ago, Evil Homer said:

What's wrong with the Stansted-Perpignan flight? I believe it departs on the Thursday and returns on the Sunday night which sounds like it would be ideal?

It does. I do it every year. 

 

[Padge]

32 minutes ago, deluded pom? said:

It’s the April game. I’m on holiday when the June game is on.

It will be pretty quite then. If you do have wheels while you are there and you are flying back Monday I would recommend going to Collioure  on the Sunday, busy little coastal town which has always been lively (and open) when we have gone down there.

[deluded pom?]

17 minutes ago, Oliver Clothesoff said:

It does. I do it every year. 

 

But you live in or near London don’t you OC?

[deluded pom?]

21 minutes ago, Evil Homer said:

If not flying direct to Perpignan then you would be traveling for a few hours either way.

Currently looking at flying into Carcassonne from East Midlands and on to Perpignan by train. Good flight prices and flight times.

[Native New Yorker]

7 minutes ago, Padge said:

It will be pretty quite then. If you do have wheels while you are there and you are flying back Monday I would recommend going to Collioure  on the Sunday, busy little coastal town which has always been lively (and open) when we have gone down there.

Good shout Padge, great little town

[Oliver Clothesoff]

28 minutes ago, deluded pom? said:

But you live in or near London don’t you OC?

I do. I wasn’t advocating it for you per se, just confirming the routes. 

I know some do travel down to Stansted from the North but that number seems small and I can’t imagine it’s much more economical than a flight to Spain/elsewhere in France from the north. 

[Bleep1673]

On ‎11‎/‎20‎/‎2018 at 1:38 PM, Bleep1673 said:

When I went, I flew to Barcelona, travelling light, stayed a night there, took the train to Perpignan, stayed a night there, saw the game, train back to BCN, flight home.

Got to admit, this was the journey where I left my passport in the Hostel in Barcelona, got into France, and the Hotel, but got arrested trying to get back into Spain. Sent back to Cerberges in France, had to get a Taxi back into Spain, when at the border we crashed through on the wrong side of the road. I felt like some sort of Bond-Style agent avoiding the French-Spanish secret Police.

[deluded pom?]

8 hours ago, Bleep1673 said:

Got to admit, this was the journey where I left my passport in the Hostel in Barcelona, got into France, and the Hotel, but got arrested trying to get back into Spain. Sent back to Cerberges in France, had to get a Taxi back into Spain, when at the border we crashed through on the wrong side of the road. I felt like some sort of Bond-Style agent avoiding the French-Spanish secret Police.

Good job you didn’t leave your passport in the UAE.

[RP London]

9 hours ago, Bleep1673 said:

Got to admit, this was the journey where I left my passport in the Hostel in Barcelona, got into France, and the Hotel, but got arrested trying to get back into Spain. Sent back to Cerberges in France, had to get a Taxi back into Spain, when at the border we crashed through on the wrong side of the road. I felt like some sort of Bond-Style agent avoiding the French-Spanish secret Police.

When we drove from Girona to Canet Le Plange on the motorway I dont remember being stopped for a passport check in either direction.. 

[Wildcat]

Last time I went we stayed in Carcassonne which is beautiful but next year we are thinking of staying in Perpignan  itself.

How far is the Stadium from the centre of Perpignan? is it a couple of miles? 

[Bulliac]

14 hours ago, Padge said:

Done the Barcelona > Train > Perpignan one. Did a few days in Barcelona and the weekend for the game in Perpignan.

Also done Carcassonne > Hire Car > Perpignan fly out Fri. back Mon. works quite well.

Perpignan is fairly dead on a Sunday and Carcossonne even deader, though it depends which one of the two games April or June you are planning to go to. Things may be a bit livelier in June.

 

Not sure the time of year makes a great different in Perpignan but it certainly does in Canet Plage, which comes alive in the summer months. I've stayed there a few times over the years for a 'long weekend', usually four days and it's been great. Not speaking any Spanish I'm not too keen on Girona, Lloret or Barcelona option, but each to his (or her) own, I guess. That said Barce is a great place to visit.

The normal service bus from Canet to Perpignan takes about 15 to 20 minutes and cost only 1 Euro the last time I used it, though we've not been for a while.....

[Bleep1673]

3 hours ago, RP London said:

When we drove from Girona to Canet Le Plange on the motorway I dont remember being stopped for a passport check in either direction.. 

They don't normally on the roads, but they do on the trains, and occasionally on the coast road, apparently the Spanish have a part-time border patrol who does 25 hours per week, and she just chose to do that particular Sunday Lunchtime, according to my Taxi driver.

[deluded pom?]

1 hour ago, Bleep1673 said:

according to my Taxi driver....

...who was driving an Aston Martin. 

[Bleep1673]

13 minutes ago, deluded pom? said:

...who was driving an Aston Martin. 

A beast of a Renault, I think. She had 8 Chickens in cages in the back. OOH, they stank.

[Leyther_Matt]

6 hours ago, RP London said:

When we drove from Girona to Canet Le Plange on the motorway I dont remember being stopped for a passport check in either direction.. 

It doesn't seem to be a problem with private cars, but similarly to Bleep we were in a taxi and got pulled over at border control. Our driver said it was quite a frequent occurence with taxis. 

[TBC]

3 hours ago, Wildcat said:

Last time I went we stayed in Carcassonne which is beautiful but next year we are thinking of staying in Perpignan  itself.

How far is the Stadium from the centre of Perpignan? is it a couple of miles? 

About that but the bus is (certainly was last year) free if you don't fancy walking.

[RP London]

4 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

It doesn't seem to be a problem with private cars, but similarly to Bleep we were in a taxi and got pulled over at border control. Our driver said it was quite a frequent occurence with taxis. 

ah i see... i'm glad we didnt get pulled over, we were all rather blurry eyed as been over for my 40th!

[Leyther_Matt]

43 minutes ago, RP London said:

ah i see... i'm glad we didnt get pulled over, we were all rather blurry eyed as been over for my 40th!

We had the blinding idea of flying Girona-Manchester at 10am the morning after the game....! Actually worked out better than you'd think, as we were back home by the time the hangovers kicked in!

[Padge]

7 hours ago, Bulliac said:

Not sure the time of year makes a great different in Perpignan but it certainly does in Canet Plage, which comes alive in the summer months. I've stayed there a few times over the years for a 'long weekend', usually four days and it's been great. Not speaking any Spanish I'm not too keen on Girona, Lloret or Barcelona option, but each to his (or her) own, I guess. That said Barce is a great place to visit.

The normal service bus from Canet to Perpignan takes about 15 to 20 minutes and cost only 1 Euro the last time I used it, though we've not been for a while.....

Canet Plage is a holiday resort, so, as you say, it certainly makes a difference there, in the Centre of Perpignan in the early part of the season there is little open on a Sunday, when I have been in the Summer months it is a bit livelier.

[Padge]

6 hours ago, Bleep1673 said:

They don't normally on the roads, but they do on the trains, and occasionally on the coast road, apparently the Spanish have a part-time border patrol who does 25 hours per week, and she just chose to do that particular Sunday Lunchtime, according to my Taxi driver.

We got stopped at the border and passports checked when we did the train from Barcelona to Perpignan.

[Bleep1673]

3 hours ago, Padge said:

We got stopped at the border and passports checked when we did the train from Barcelona to Perpignan.

Really? France has open borders, so I am surprised that you got stopped BCN->PGN

[Padge]

1 minute ago, Bleep1673 said:

Really? France has open borders, so I am surprised that you got stopped BCN->PGN

We certainly did, it was stopped for a good twenty minutes while they went through the whole train.

We were surprised we expected to just go straight to Perpignan

[barnyia]

They often have spot checks at the entry to the motorway from Spain. sometimes they stop everyone sometimes at random, usually dependent on the region on the number plates.

[stevereed100]

21 hours ago, Wildcat said:

Last time I went we stayed in Carcassonne which is beautiful but next year we are thinking of staying in Perpignan  itself.

How far is the Stadium from the centre of Perpignan? is it a couple of miles? 

A fit man could walk it,many do after game but plenty of public transport. 1 Euro buses are great for rides out of town including Argeles or Canet for the beach. Google it.

[Oliver Clothesoff]

21 hours ago, Wildcat said:

Last time I went we stayed in Carcassonne which is beautiful but next year we are thinking of staying in Perpignan  itself.

How far is the Stadium from the centre of Perpignan? is it a couple of miles? 

Go to the bus stop by the Castillet, show your match ticket and the bus drops you very close to the Brutus.