When you are driving from Great Britain from Caen or Saint Malo, take the direction of Le Mans, then A 11 direction Angers and then A 85 to Bourgueil and leave for Chinon.

If you are coming from Calais, go to Paris then you take A10 to Tours then you leave for Chinon 50 Kms. When you are in Chinon, drive to the center, you will go down behind the castle of Chinon then you will arrive to a little roundabout in front of the Vienne river; you take on your left and then you take the bridge on the river Vienne, you make 2 kms in direction of Richelieu town or Saumur, you will find a super market named Super U after you have a large roundabout, you must take straight road direction of Marcay (D 116), after 800 meters on your left "Rue de La Vauguyon" 300 meters and then on your right after a long and tall wall you enter into the chateau of La Vauguyon and you are arrived.