Plain Sailing To St. MALO (Brittany Ferries)

Member Name: silvercyclist

Product:	Brittany Ferries
Date:	11/08/08 (86 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Overnight sailing gives you a full first day in France.

Disadvantages: Terminal Building not very impressive.

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 be returning.
The ferry was due to sail at 9.30pm but we arrived at the terminal at about 6.30 and were able to have our passports checked and issued with a key card for our cabin. We were told that we could leave our car in the line and and go into the terminal building until an announcement summoned us back to the vehicles.
The terminal building lacked some comforts and there was not a great variety of food on offer ( Perhaps they would rather you eat on board) Eventually all the vehicles were moved round to the boarding area and after some further waiting in our cars we were marshalled on to the ferry.
On board the facilities were quite impressive and we found our cabin quite adequate. There was a choice restaurants, one waiter served and one self service, we chose the latter.There was a good choice, well presented and reasonably priced and very enjoyable.
After a decent night we got up in good time to get a breakfast
before arriving at St. Malo at about 8.30. Having been very satisfied with our evening we used the self service again and we were not disappointed.
The unloading seemed to take a long time but eventually we were driving through St. Malo and looking forward to the drive southwards to Spain.
All in all our crossing had been a good experience and we felt quite satisfieed with the service of Brittany Ferries.

Summary: Good ship, good food and good service.