Perpignan : Fri Dec 02, 2016 3:12 am  

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Re: Perpignan : Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:13 am  

Sheepridge Giant wrote:

what have Carcassonne or Beziers got over direct flights to Canet de Plage

An airport?

Re: Perpignan : Fri Dec 02, 2016 4:53 pm  

We flew to Carcassonne last season. Direct train links with Perpignan (1-2hrs away) or minibus hire available if there's enough of you. We did this as well and the drivers were brilliant.
Carcassonne is a brilliant place to stay with some great bars, restaurants and hotels, the medieval city and a thriving rugby League culture centred on the Bar Felix in the main square. The RL club also has a decent souvenir shop away behind the station at their office.
Giants pennants etc up in the Felix from previous visits.
Give it a go.

Re: Perpignan : Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:28 pm  

Give over man Perpignan is a fantastic place and well worth the money and effort to get there !

Most local airports are no more than 2 1/2 hours by train away.

And when did they start doing flights to Canet? bloody hell we've missed them

Re: Perpignan : Wed Dec 07, 2016 8:20 pm  

Why don't the RFL say to Catalans RL play your games in Carcassonne or Beziers then to make it easier for UK fans seeing as Ryanair have dumped Perpig/Canet rip off Plage.

Re: Perpignan : Wed Dec 07, 2016 8:37 pm  

Sheepridge Giant wrote:

Why don't the RFL say to Catalans RL play your games in Carcassonne or Beziers then to make it easier for UK fans seeing as Ryanair have dumped Perpig/Canet rip off Plage.

Imagine if they tell Huddersfield to play their games in Liverpool.....

Re: Perpignan : Wed Dec 07, 2016 8:43 pm  

jools wrote:

Imagine if they tell Huddersfield to play their games in Liverpool.....

Not sure what your point is,south of France is a 1 off trip for all north of England fans.

Re: Perpignan : Wed Dec 07, 2016 8:54 pm  

It's not exactly hard to get there and Beziers is not a patch on Perpignan, it's the Batley to our Huddersfield .

Those who do go every year have not 1 single complaint between them - and i include fans of every club i've spoke to !!

If you've never been get over there and see what you're missing fella !

Re: Perpignan : Wed Dec 07, 2016 9:07 pm  

Perpig,it's just a difficult place to get to now Daz if you are being honest.

Maybe my gripe is with Ryanair,why if the Rip off de Plage beaches are so great,which they are why did Ryanair stop direct flights to boring Perpig,making it so much harder for RL fans to get to a game.

Re: Perpignan : Wed Dec 07, 2016 9:15 pm  

They stopped flying there because the people who owned the airport got greedy and started hiking up landing fees etc.
Like i said i've no idea what your gripe is but Perpignan or Canet are far, far from boring places

There are still direct flights albeit from Stansted or Birmingham but there are airports at Carcassonne, Girona, Barcelona, Montpelier, Nimes, Beziers and Toulouse that are all within easy reach of Perpignan (by transfer/hire car or train, we book the trains before we leave so its straight forward enough) and having done a few of them they're no trouble whatsoever, it's hardly hard to get to. Same with any away match there's an element of travelling involved, this one's just a bit further but 100% the best one of the lot !!