The traditional, and cheapest, means of visiting France remains to drive your car from your home to your holiday villa. You can enter France either by using the Shuttle, where vehicles and their passengers are transported through the Channel Tunnel on special wagons, or by travelling on modern ferries, where passengers are required to leave their vehicles on designated decks. Although the Shuttle is faster, some visitors to France find the ferries more relaxing and an opportunity to have a meal or go shopping at advantageous prices.

A wide range of cross-Channel services is available from the main coastal ports. The quickest and largest ferries in general operate on the shortest routes, such as Dover to Calais, and compare favourably with cruise ships in terms of their size and amenities. Cabins are available for overnight schedules on the longer routes in the western Channel approaches. Catamaran services operate out of, especially, Dover and Portsmouth, dramatically shortening journey times, but with some loss of comfort. 

The Shuttle and most French ports accommodating Channel ferries are now directly linked into the French autoroute system, significantly reducing journey times. Motorists unfamiliar with the Continental practice of driving on the left have an opportunity to acclimatise themselves gently on the motorway network. Apart from weekends in the summer peak, July and August, congestion is rare but most French autoroutes are run by private contractors, who collect tolls at regular intervals along the way. The motorways provide a fast means of reaching your villa with, at most, one overnight stay in each direction, if you are travelling to the furthest extremities of France.

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Poole/St Malo (via Guernsey or Jersey)
Out 13:55 (4hrs 40mins); in 20:10 (4hrs 40mins)

Weymouth/St Malo (via Guernsey or Jersey)
Up to 2 sailings daily (timetable varies according to tides)

Club Class and reclining seats available.

IMPORTANT

Tour Operators are given allocated spaces on channel crossings by their suppliers. During busy periods availability may be limited to spaces at public fare rates; if this applies details will be given at the time of booking your crossing.

PLEASE CALL FOR A QUOTE ON SUPPLEMENTS, ADDITIONAL CARS AND LONG CROSSINGS.

When completing your BOOKING FORM please fill in the following information as requested:

• Crossing details
• Indicate preferred timings; the closest available will be booked for you.
• Advise us of the overall height and length of your vehicle (including trailers, bikes, roof racks and roof boxes). High space is often strictly restricted and may not be available at the time of booking. Failure to advise us of high space may result in your vehicle not being accepted on board.

NOTES

• Different outward and inward routes can be combined but they must be operated by the same company.
• HIGH/LONG vehicle supplements apply on most routes.
• Charges apply for additional passengers on some routes.
• Eurotunnel do not accept cars that run on LPG.
• Frequency details are a guideline only.
• Exact timings and accommodation rates are available on request.