document.write("<STRONG>La Haille Gîtes<\/STRONG> is situated in the Midi-Pyrénées, South West of France, thirty minutes from Auch (37 km), 20 minutes from Samatan (21 km), less than an hour from Blagnac airport, Toulouse (68 km) and just over an hour from Ossun airport, Tarbes (97 km). There are regular train and bus services from Toulouse to Auch and to Gimont (36 km), but your own transport is essential as there is very little public transport in this area.<BR><BR>More information about our village is available on <STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/www.lahaillegites.com\/cgi-bin\/absolutecr\/r.asp?u=http:\/\/www.villefrancheastarac.fr\" target=_blank>www.villefrancheastarac.fr<\/A><\/STRONG><BR><BR>The nearest village to Villefranche d\'Astarac with amenities is Simorre, five minutes (4 km), where you will find two bakers, a butcher, a newly opened internet cafe\/restaurant, a small supermarket, a restaurant (3 km from the village centre), a newsagent, a hardware store, a hairdresser, a tourism office which has internet access, a library, a post office, a Crédit Agricole bank (open Wednesday afternoons only), an estate agent, a pharmacy, a doctor and a petrol station.<BR>Pony and horse riding for young children can also be organised from here.<BR>The <STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/www.lahaillegites.com\/cgi-bin\/absolutecr\/r.asp?u=http:\/\/www.museepaysan.fr\" target=_blank>\'Musée Paysan d\'Emile\'<\/A><\/STRONG>, is a museum dedicated to \'temps passé. Discover the origin of our present day, the ingenuity of our ancestors and compare our lives now to that of the beginning of the 20th century. With a collection of over 2,500 objects and 50 different themes of historical local interest the museum is also illustrated with explicative poems, text and drawings of the founder of the museum, Jean Emile Castex who was born in 1920.<BR><BR>More information available on <STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/www.lahaillegites.com\/cgi-bin\/absolutecr\/r.asp?u=http:\/\/www.simorre.com\" target=_blank>www.simorre.com<\/A><\/STRONG><BR><BR>On the wall of our local Mairie in Villefranche d\'Astarac, you will find a map of the \'Commune\' showing the location of each house. <STRONG>\'La Haye\'<\/STRONG> is grid reference <STRONG>G11<\/STRONG>. When you book with us we will provide you with directions on how to reach us.<STRONG><BR><BR>GPS co-ordinates: Latitude (N-S) 43.414154 Longitude (W-E) 0.746566<\/STRONG> <BR><BR><ALIGN=LEFT><EM><IMG alt=\"Villefranche d\'Astarac\" border=1 height=115 hspace=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.lahaillegites.com\/cgi-bin\/absolutecr\/r.asp?u=http:\/\/www.lahaillegites.com\/cgi-bin\/absolutecr\/content\/images\/Villefranche.jpg\" width=178>  <IMG alt=\"Signage at the bottom of the road\" border=1 height=115 hspace=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.lahaillegites.com\/cgi-bin\/absolutecr\/r.asp?u=http:\/\/www.lahaillegites.com\/cgi-bin\/absolutecr\/content\/images\/LHG%20sign.jpg\" width=240><\/EM> <BR><ALIGN=LEFT><EM><STRONG>Villefranche d\'Astarac                     La Haille Gîte signage<\/STRONG><BR><\/EM><BR>See map on right for a more precise location including distances from airports and seaports. Distances on map provided by Michelin route planner.<BR><BR>More information available on <STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/www.lahaillegites.com\/cgi-bin\/absolutecr\/r.asp?u=http:\/\/www.viamichelin.com\" target=_blank>www.viamichelin.com<\/A><\/STRONG>");