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France Ferry & Campsite info (use Search function) mod warning post 1

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  • #12272
    Baybay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭Baybay


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123882928#Comment_123882928

    And the bikes! 😁



  • #12273
    Tommiekly84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭Tommiekly84


    Just booked the ferry into bilbao and back from there. Any recommendations for 2 campsites within 3/4 hours of here. Kids will be 8 and under



  • #12274
    Heroditas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,813 ✭✭✭Heroditas


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123883949#Comment_123883949

    Les Grands Pins

    Sylvamar

    Lous Seurrots



  • #12275
    ECO_Mental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭ECO_Mental


    Looking for nice campsites near or around Carcassone…my plan is to get the ferry to Bilbao in late May take a week or so to get to Carcassone where my kids (22 and 20!!)might fly out for a few days and join us. Looking for a good campsite (big pool area) about an hour maybe from Carcassone, so just on the coast near Narbonne maybe but open to campsites inland as well.

    Any suggestions, thanks

    6.1kWp south facing, South of Cork City



  • #12276
    peter4918
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 382 ✭✭peter4918


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123892743#Comment_123892743

    Both a bit more than a hour from Carcasonne but have a look at La Brasilia or La Serignan plage



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  • #12277
    ergo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 976 ✭✭✭ergo


    Anyone know what the economy Irish Ferries ferry is like to France, the one that's not WB Yeats? Was on MV Epsilon few years back and not overly keen... and it's not economy cheap!



  • #12278
    McSween
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,320 ✭✭✭McSween


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123913721#Comment_123913721

    i usually do a wine trip in october or november and not a great sea traveller without dramamine. I wont be chancing that ship.

    They dont seem to be doing those mini cruises during weekends at all.



  • #12279
    sparrowcar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭sparrowcar


    Irish Ferries Dublin to Cherbourg €2150 for my dates.

    Rosslare-Fishguard drive to Poole and ferry to Cherbourg €1400.

    Would I be mad?



  • #12280
    Baybay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭Baybay


    Not necessarily mad & it is a good saving.

    We did something similar a few years ago, in October though, as IF cancelled the direct ferry a couple of days before so we had to hop, skip & jump with Stena to try to get to our event in France on time. Rosslare - Fishguard, the later sailing after a days work then onwards to Portsmouth after minimal rest for the ferry there to Cherbourg.

    We hadn’t enough time to overnight in the UK & drove through the rest of the night in the pouring rain to Portsmouth so not much traffic but there were plenty of roadworks at the time making night driving a mixed blessing. Napped in the car while waiting to board, passed out in the cabin for a few hours on the way to Cherbourg! We were pretty tired by the time we got to Bordeaux the next day.



  • #12281
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,993 ✭✭✭✭josip


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123914821#Comment_123914821

    If you're coming from Dublin or north of it, then consider the Swift, gets you in to Holyhead around 10 and you'll be past London before rush hour. A 7.30 tunnel gets you to France for 9. We usually book a hotel 2-3 hours along the route on the other side. Decent night sleep and you'll be hitting west coast France in the afternoon.



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  • #12282
    sparrowcar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭sparrowcar


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123915460#Comment_123915460

    I had thought about that but it seems like a lot of unnecessary driving gping that far east to drive back to west of France.



  • #12283
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,993 ✭✭✭✭josip


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123915508#Comment_123915508

    Agreed that it's a lot more driving and if you or your passengers aren't into driving then better to give it a miss. The difference for us is that Portsmouth to Cherbourg is 3 times a week I think? The tunnel is 2-3 times an hour. So there's a lot of pressure not to miss your scheduled sailing. Whereas if you miss your chunnel train, they'll just put you on the next one.

    But how much extra driving is it? If your staring point is Dublin

    Dublin to Rosslare 1.5 hours + Fishguard to Portsmouth 4.5 hours = 6 hours

    Holyhead to Folkestone = 6 hours

    On the other side, Cherbourg to Bordeaux = 6.5 hours

    Calais to Bordeaux = 8 hours.

    Getting an overnight ferry will save you the hotel time over the Chunnel but I think works out a little more expensive.



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