Ferry to Spain

[pickettwayne]

Anyone got any good sites where I can get cheap ferries from England to Spain because some places I have looked are expensive. Apart from riding through France are there any alternatives?

Cheers

[Paxovasa]

Ferry to spain are not cheap.

Keep checking MCN as they often advertise discounts

I would rather use the ferry and arrive fresh and relaxed than ride through france. By the time you add fuel, accomodation and toll road fees, I doubt there will be much difference
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[Peirre oBollox]

[Charlie]

I know of 3 ferries;

Plymouth -> Santander
Portsmouth -> Santander
Portsmouth -> Bilbao

And I don't think any of them are particularly cheap.
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[Charlie]

Just checked what Peirre said, seems the Portsmouth Bilbao ferry has been cancelled, I hadn't heard many good things about it either. Also parents used both ferries recently and much preferred the Plymouth ferry because there was a better choice of places to eat and the shop was better. They think the ferry used on the Portsmouth was made for shorter crossings not long 18 hour ones.
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[Tonka]

I took the Pride of Bilbao in June from Portsmouth to Bilbao and IIRC it was decommissioned at the end of the summer - both the ship and the route.

I didn't think that the cost of the ferry was too bad considering that we had a cabin for two nights and sat about watching films and chilling out on the way down. The ship itself was pretty dire and I can't say the choice of tuck was great but given that we knew it was at the end of it's days it was no where near as bad as I had been lead to believe it would be.

I used www.ferrysavers.com and we paid £241 for the first person including the cabin and then each person after that was £150, so it worked out as £173 each.

We booked on the 1st March for a June sailing as the places were going fast. Now there are even fewer spaces for bikes to Spain I'd reckon the earlier the better applies even more now.
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[Charlie]

[rob c]

Brittany Ferries run from Portsmouth/Plymouth to Santandar were booking soon for next Sept. about £360 for bike and two people with cabin both ways, considering its about a 22 hour trip dont think thats bad.