| Company |
Web Address |
Route |
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
| Brittany Ferries |
www.brittany-ferries.co.uk |
Plymouth-Roscoff |
Roscoff
is less than 1.5 hours to the gite.
Ferries
are comfortable. |
It is very expensive, especially in high
season.
|
| Condor Fast Ferry |
www.condorferries.co.uk |
Poole (or Weymouth)-St Malo |
It's cheaper than
BF.
It's
fast. |
It takes 3 hours to get
from St Malo to the gite.
It's
less comfortable than Brittany Ferries.
It
only operates in the summer months. |
| Speedferries |
www.speedferries.com |
Dover-Boulogne |
It's ridiculously cheap.
You
can break the long journey in France with an overnight stay in the
beautiful towns of Honfleur or Bayeux.
It's
fast. |
It's
a long, tiring road journey - it
takes at least 6 hours to drive to the gite from Boulogne (but it's a pleasant
trip if you break it up).
|
| LD Ferries |
www.ldline.co.uk/ |
Portsmouth - Le Havre |
It's cheaper than Brittany ferries.
Good roads from Le Havre. |
It takes up to 4 hours.
There aren't many overnight cabins
|
| Transmarche Ferries |
www.transmancheferries.com |
Newhaven - Dieppe |
It's very cheap even in peak season
It's reasonably fast (4 hours crossing)
Good roads. |
It's basic.
It's a long road trip, but closer than Boulogne.
|