Amsterdam-Newcastle

DFDS Seaways runs a ferry service from Newcastle to Ijmuiden and back, it packages itself as Amsterdam but in reality Amsterdam is not even on the coast, so the boat goes to Ijmuiden from where you are transported to Amsterdam by coach long the North Sea Canal. DFDS Seaways always have different offers on and I managed to get a ticket for around £35 one way including a shared cabin, whilst a flight takes little over an hour, the boat was around 14 hours. I travelled in midweek and the boat was absolutely dead, after standing out on deck watching North Shields disappear in to the distance, I headed in to find few people on the boat - it seemed that everyone had ...  Read the complete review

Amsterdam from Newcastle is a route taken by sea. Leaving from the port of the tyne, it takes only a couple of days to get to Amsterdam and you can spend some time at seas streching your sea legs. You can travel this route, with P & O cruises, who operate this route about twice a week, usually leaving midday, and arriving back in the city some time after early evening. These ships are huge which you consider the short route that you are taking, and there is plenty of space on board so you wont feel as if you are crowded. In addition to this, there are loads of cabins on these ships, you not only do you travel on this ship, but you also sleep onboard as ...  Read the complete review

In the summer of last year, a friend at work sent me a link for DFDS Seaways website as they were running a competition to win a free 2 night return cruise to Amsterdam from Newcastle (North Shields). Not one to be beaten, over the next few days I spent a lot of time on the site, and amazingly came up trumps winning a cruise for 2 which I booked for Sunday 18th November for hubby and me. The cruise was free, and I had to pay £8 fuel surcharge, so still a bargain in my eyes. It was all booked online, which was simple and straightforward. The cruises depart on alternate days each week (eg Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday), with the ...  Read the complete review