Transportation by Ferry (for U.K. Travelers)

- If you’re traveling from England and don’t want to fly, there are several options for getting to continental Europe:
- If you want to drive, P&O Ferries (tel. 08705-980-333; www.poferries.com) is one of the U.K.’s largest drive-on ferryboat operators, carrying cars, passengers, and freight. The company offers daily crossings of the English Channel from Dover to Calais, France, and from Folkestone to Zeebrugge, Belgium.
- Brittany Ferries (tel. 08703-665-333; www.brittanyferries.co.uk), offers regular ferry service from Portsmouth to St-Malo and Caen in France.
- Another way to cross the channel is by SeaCat (a form of high-speed motorized catamaran), which cuts your journey time from the United Kingdom to the Continent.
- A SeaCat crossing from Folkestone to Boulogne, France, is more timesaving for passengers than the Dover-to-Calais route used by conventional ferryboats.
- For reservations and information, call HoverSpeed at tel. 08702-408-070; www.hoverspeed.co.uk.
- You can also go via the Channel Tunnel. The drive-on/drive-off “Chunnel” train runs between Folkestone and Calais, France.
- Travel time under the water between England and France is just 40 minutes.
- For more information go to www.eurotunnel.com.
- For up-to-the-minute information, check BritRail at www.britrail.co.uk.