Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
FERRY OPERATORS
Brittany Ferries
UK 0871 244 0744,
brittany-ferries.co.uk
; Ireland 021 427 7801,
brittanyferries.ie
.
CorktoRoscoff(April-Nov);PortsmouthtoCaen,Cherbourg,LeHavre,
St Malo, Bilbao and Santander; Poole to Cherbourg; Plymouth to Roscoff, St Malo and
Santander.
Condor Ferries
UK 01202 207216,
www.condorferries.co.uk
.
Portsmouth to Cher-
bourg; Portsmouth, Poole and Weymouth to St Malo via Jersey and Guernsey.
DFDS Seaways
UK 0871 522 9955,
dfdsseaways.co.uk
. Harwich to Esbjerg (Den-
mark); Newcastle to Amsterdam; Dover to Calais and Dunkerque; Newhaven to Dieppe;
Portsmouth to Le Havre.
Irish Ferries
UK 0871 730 0400, Ireland 0818 300 400,
irishferries.com
.
Dublin to
Holyhead; Rosslare to Pembroke, Cherbourg (March-Dec) and Roscoff (May-Sept).
My Ferry Link
UK 0844 248 2100,
myferrylink.com
.
Dover to Calais.
P&O Ferries
UK 0871 664 2121 or 01304 863000, Ireland 01 407 3434,
pofer-
ries.com
.HulltoZeebruggeandRotterdam;DovertoCalais;LarnetoCairnryanandTroon
(Apr-Oct); Dublin to Liverpool.
Stena Line
UK 0844 470 7070,
stenaline.co.uk
;
Ireland 01 204 7777,
stenaline.ie
.
Harwich to Hook of Holland; Rosslare to Fishguard; Dun Laoghaire and Dublin to Holy-
head; Belfast to Cairnryan and Liverpool.
From the US
FromtheUSthebestdealsaregenerallyfromthemainhubssuchasNewYork,Washington
DCandChicagotoLondon.Fixed-dateadvance-purchaseticketsformidweektraveltoLon-
don cost around US$950 in low season (roughly speaking, winter), US$1275 in high sea-
son (summer, Christmas and Easter) from New York and Washington DC, US$1050/1375
from Chicago. A more flexible ticket will set you back around US$2250 out of New York,
US$2540 out of Chicago. Fixed-date advance-purchase alternatives include New York to
Paris for US$950/1400, US$900/1100 to Frankfurt, US$1000/1150 to Madrid, or US$870/
1350toAthens;flyingfromChicago,discountedticketscanbehadatUS$1150/1400toPar-
is,US$1200/1500toFrankfurt,US$1150/1350toMadrid,orUS$850/1300toAthens.There
arepromotionaloffersfromtimetotime,especially intheoff-peakseasons;VirginAtlantic,
for example, sometimes has very cheap New York-London fares in late winter with no ad-
vance purchase necessary.
From the west coast the major airlines fly at least three times a week and up to twice
daily from Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle to the main European cities. Flexible
economy-classticketsfromLAtoLondonwillsetyoubackatleastUS$2650inhighseason.
