Ports
St Malo
St Malo is the nearest port to the holiday cottage. It is a 35 minute drive from the port to gite. You can get toSt Malo using Brittany Ferries from Portsmouth or Condor Ferries from Weymouth and Poole.
The crossing from Portsmouth with Brittany Ferries is an overnight journey. Condor Ferries do fast crossings
, 4hrs 35 minutes from Poole or 5hrs 15 minutes from Weymouth.
Cherbourg
Cherbourg is 137 miles from our holiday cottage in Brittany, this should be about a 2 1/2 hour drive.It is possible to get to Cherbourg with Brittany Ferries from Poole, on a day time crossing (4 1/4 hours),
overnight crossing (5 3/4 hours) or on a fast ferry which can take as little as 2 hours 15 minutes.
Brittany Ferries also do a high speed service from Portsmouth which takes 3 hours.
Irish Ferries run a service from Rosslare , 3 times a week, this takes 19 hours.
Celtic Link also run a service from Rosslare 3 times a week, between
them Irish Ferries and Celtic Link run a
service to Cherbourg everyday
except Monday.
Caen
Caen is 112 miles , about 2 hours drive from the gite.Brittany Ferries operate between Portsmouth and Caen with crossing times varying depending on the time of
day and type of ferry.
Classic cruise ferry: 5 ¾ hours (day)
Overnight 7 hours
High Speed: 3 ¾ hours
Le Havre
Le Havre is 171 miles, about 3 hours drive from the cottage.LDlines operate a service between Portsmouth and le Havre which takes 8 hours.
When travelling from Le Havre remember that there tolls to be paid on the Pont De Normandie and the A84.
Roscoff
Roscoff is 100 miles or about 2 hours drive away.Brittany Ferries operate a route to Roscoff from Plymouth which takes 9 hours overnight or at some times of
the year there is a day time crossing which takes about 5 1/2 hours.
Brittany Ferries also run a service from Cork between March and November and takes 11 1/2 hours
Irish Ferries operate a service between Rosslare and Roscoff twice a week which takes 17 hours.
Eastern Channel Ports
Dieppe,Calais,Boulougne and Dunkerque are served by a number of channel ferry operators. The furthestport away, Dunkerque is 350 miles from the cottage and can be reached in less than 6 1/2 hours. However I
would leave 7 hours for a more leisurely journey.
The closest of the Eastern Channel ports, Dieppe, is 224 miles or about
4 hours drive away. Calais is about
327 miles or a 5 1/2 hour to 6 hour
drive away,
but again this does not really leave time for breaks and it
would be
worth adding a little extra time to this journey. The same applies to
Boulogne which is about
306 miles away and can be reached from the
cottage in less than 5 hours.
Airports
Dinard - Pleurtuit
The airport at Dinard is less than half an hour's drive away from the gite. Cars can be hired at the airport andthere are direct flights from East Midlands and Stansted airports, operated by Ryanair. From June 17th 2008
Ryanair will also fly from Birmingham to Dinard.
Brest
Brest is about 2 1/4 hours from the cottage. Flybe operate direct flights to Manchester, Birmingham,Southampton and Exeter. Ryanair also do flights from Luton.
Rennes
Rennes is the biggest of the nearby airports. It is about 45 miles away, a journey which will take aboutan hour.
The airlines that operate from Rennes to the UK and Eire are:
Flybe
Direct flights from Rennes to : Southampton, Exeter, Manchester, Belfast, EdinburghThis summer Flybe are also running a weekly flight to/from Newcastle every Saturday between 24th May and
27th September