Brittany Ferries

We annually use the Portsmouth - St Malo route. It is convenient from where we live and our accommodation is 30 mins from St Malo. Unlike flying taking the ferry obviously allows you to take your car and therefore far more baggage with you. The outward journey is great as it is overnight you can sleep most of the way, however this means the return leg is during the day which means it can get a little tedious towards the end. This route usually uses the Bretagne ship, which is getting old now but is perfectly fine for the journey it is used on. One time the Pont Aven was used on this route, it is far more modern. I really would recommend booking a room on this trip as it ...

Let's start with a fact that should put you off using Brittany Ferries - it's not cheap. Actually, it's expensive. In the past couple of years, I have paid between £100 and £150 for two foot passengers from Plymouth to Roscoff. So, the question has to be asked, when I can fly to France for under a tenner, why pay ten times that to use a ferry? Well, the simple answer is that there is 'expensive and rubbish' and then there's 'expensive and brilliant'. Brittany Ferries is expensive and brilliant. Actually, it's better than brilliant! Brittany Ferries uses one of seven ferries or two catamarans. I've not travelled on either of the ...

Way back in March we were planning to drive to the Costa Blanca in Spain for a few months. After looking at the various ferry options we settled for Brittany Ferries overnight sailing to St. Malo in the north of France. Sailing at night suited us because we would have a full days driving in France and making St. Malo our destination saved us some driving time and less fuel. This obviously comes at a price being quite a bit longer sailing than than to the likes of Calais or using the tunnel. We booked on the internet at a cost of £160 which included a basic two berth cabin with en-suite facilities. We only made a one way booking as we were unsure when we would ...