Friday, July 24, 2009

Ferry to France

We opted for the slower (and cheaper) way of visiting France from Britain and drove - taking the SeaFrance ferry from Dover to Calais.

By ferry, the journey across the Channel takes 1.5 hours with direct link to the French autoroute (and unfortunately a whole succession of toll roads). It cost us nearly 25 Euros just in tolls to get from Calais to Paris! I suppose when 90% of the cars in northern France are tourists from England, it is wise to make it all toll road and have the Brits pay for it... Aside from the crazy over-crowded congestion at the rest areas, we were able to cruise pretty quickly on our way - love those 130-km/hr. speed limits!!! (81 mph)
During our 10-day holiday to France, we logged 1,100 miles - not including the miles we walked each day - and visited 5 different cities, including Euro-Disney. The following few posts outline the details of this fast-paced, culture-filled, exciting summer holiday. Enjoy!

5 comments:

  1. I love that you did it that way, it is quite peaceful on ferryboats. I bet the girls loved it.

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  2. Awesome trip!!! Can't wait to hear more about it! Kevin and I are planning a return trip to Paris because we just couldn't see everything we wanted to see!!!

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  4. Good sharing, I was really apppreciated your blog, ferries are quite comfortable and easy to manage more time and money, I long back i have traveled by ferries to France, at that time ferries are were good and affordable.

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