| Ferry
Routes |
|
|
|
|
| Plenty
of choice of crossings nowadays, although Speedferries and
LDlines would seem to be the cheapest.
As with all travel, we recommend booking months in
advance for the high season, particularly for overnight crossings.
The approximate driving times to our holiday cottages in the
Limousin from each of the ferry ports in France are listed
below. |
Route
 |
Approx.
Crossing
Time
 |
Approx.
driving
time
|
Operators
 |
 |
| Folkstone - Boulogne |
20m |
9 - 10
hrs. |
|
| Dover - Calais
|
1h 30m
1h 30m
|
9 - 10
hrs. |
|
Portsmouth - Le
Havre
Portsmouth - Caen
Portsmouth - St. Malo
Portsmouth - Cherbourg
Portsmouth - Cherbourg |
5h 30m
5h 45m
10h 45m
4h 45m
4h 45m |
6 - 7
hrs.
7 - 8 hrs.
7 - 8 hrs.
7 - 8 hrs.
7 - 8 hrs. |
|
| Plymouth - Roscoff |
6h 00m |
8 - 9
hrs. |
|
Poole
- Cherbourg
Poole - St. Malo |
4h 30m
4h 30m |
7 - 8
hrs.
7 - 8 hrs. |
|
| Weymouth - St.
Malo |
4h 30m |
7 - 8
hrs. |
|
| Newhaven - Dieppe |
4h 00m |
6 - 7 hrs. |
|
|
Rosslare - Cherbourg
Rosslare - Roscoff
Cork - Roscoff
|
19h 30m
18 hrs
14 hrs |
7 - 8 hrs.
8 - 9 hrs.
8 - 9 hrs. |
|
|
