Driving to Germany

deceit

Hi, I was hoping others on here have done this before. I'm hopefully moving to Germany on Friday and I'm looking to drive my car over.
If anyone else has done this, would I be better getting the ferry to hollyhead, driving through the uk then getting the channel tunnel or just getting a ferry from Dublin to France?

fergus1001

your better off going through the UK as you are further over in the continent, I think it was roughly 13 hours driving for me to cologne (Köln)

biko

Go by the Eurotunnel

peasant

Most comfortable route is Holyhead-Fishguard and then Hull-Rotterdam which is overnight and very comfy once you get a cabin.

Wales to Dover is a bit of a stretch and so is Calais to Germany...do-able but strenuous.

Depends of course also where in Germany you're going to

deceit

peasant wrote: »

Most comfortable route is Holyhead-Fishguard and then Hull-Rotterdam which is overnight and very comfy once you get a cabin.

Wales to Dover is a bit of a stretch and so is Calais to Germany...do-able but strenuous.

Depends of course also where in Germany you're going to

Thanks for all the input from everyone. I'm heading to Hamburg.

peasant

Hamburg- Rotterdam ca 500 km
Hamburg - Calais ca 770 km
Hamburg - Cherbourg ca 1100 km

and then there's traffic and potentially ****ty weather

There used to be a ferry from Harwich to Hamburg but I think that route is defunct

CiniO

In my experience, best option is as follows:

Morning 8am ferry from Dublin to Holyhead. You land up in Holyhead around noon.
You drive to Harwich which takes around 6-8 hours depending on traffic.
And then you take a ferry at 11pm from Harwich to Hook van Holland. Normally they allow to board around 9pm-9:30 and you can get a cabin and have a perfect night sleep until 8am (7am Irish time).
Then from Hook van Holland to Hamburg it's just a short stretch for you.

November is cheap for ferries. Look into Landbridge to Europe (Europe by car) with Stenaline for that route, as they have very good prices for that offer when you book those 2 ferries. (only possible to book that way over the phone - no online option).

I'm gonna head exact same route around Wednesday (but going much further than Hamburg).

Good luck.


Edit:
Just checked that route with stena line is €156 for car+driver.
You have to add cost of cabin for that, which can be got for as little as €20 at this time of the year.

You can of course go with Calais-Dover ferry instead for cheaper, but IMO driving from Holyhead to Dover + boarding + 1.5h on the ferry + Calais Hamburg is going to be very hard to do without sleeping.