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The wine and beer supermarket is on the outskirts of cherbourg, a Google search will get you directions. They've huge selection and allow you to taste test also. In the town itself there's Normandy wines, beside the Carrefour and mcdonalds, run by an English fella. Also very good but smaller.

Probably easier to stop in the first place on your way into cherbourg.

just a follow up on a post from when Stena announced their cutting of Rosslare-Cherbourg

Brittanny has just announced that they are increasing services to 7 days a week from Rosslare to Cherbourg including over the winter (for some of us, a reason to rejoice!) and it'll be using some almost brand new ferries over the winter that would otherwise be parked up.
https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/brittany-ferries-start-daily-rosslare-32200124

The extra sailings arent yet in the system, just the normal 4x times per week, but prices over the winter are from just 156 or 158 for car / motorhome for one or 2 adults (yes, just €2 extra for the extra adult in winter) . They obviously are making their money from the freight transport over the winter and leisure travel is a bonus

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0805/1526954-brittany-ferries-scales-up-rosslare-cherbourg-service/

they mentioned in the press release that …

Galicia for example, one of five new ships that joined the Brittany Ferries fleet since 2020 will serve Rosslare-Cherbourg throughout the winter, rather than being tied up. 

Pont-Aven, the company’s flagship, will also continue to sail during part of the winter period, after the company initially planned to lay her over.

press release : https://brittanyferriesnewsroom.com/brittany-ferries-steps-in-on-rosslare-cherbourg-offering-more-sailings-and-greater-choice/

Galicia : https://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/ships/cruise-ferries/galicia/about

The Pont aven runs normally to Cork so will be interesting to see if thats where it operates to, despite Rosslare being the ro-ro freight hub

In relation to the drive to Austria don't mind asking but how long did it take ? I was thinking about driving towards Black Forest/ Austria but going via Dunkirk with DFDS. They're poor for getting information back from in relation to schedules and prices so I wouldn't mind making the trek if it was feasible from Cherbourg. My wife doesn't drive so it will be left to me.

Thanks.

Nothing confirmed about what ships they'll be using and probably wont be until the 7 day schedule is published in October. As for the Pont Aven it's often laid up during the winter so it may be used on Rosslare-Cherbourg if required. It definetly wont be sailing to Cork over the winter.

You can check in from 8.30 but you won't board until around 11. We had to wait around 30 mins for our cabin to be ready also which wasn't ideal as had young kids also. Not sure if that's a common occurrence and others did get their cabin straight away.

You're actually right, I meant boarding, was hoping to get on about 2 hours in advance of sailing & get settled in.

It’s not the speed limit that’s the problem as much as the way on the same road the speed limit can change so frequently with what appears to be little reason while google maps isnt always accurate to the road signs. When you’re on the wrong side and mirrors are different, the kids doing a royal rumble in the back it’s not always easy keep track of every speed sign.

We stopped in The Bosun in Monkstown. It opens around 12. Food was nice, and you can see the boat from the front door