Thursday, October 29, 2009

Are the English Finally Falling in Love With France?

Author: Nick Gent

Source: ezinearticles.com



France is becoming more popular with British holiday makers and day trippers as the price of holidays in Spain and other European countries are getting more expensive, a lot of Brits are taking the cheaper route of driving and visiting campsites and caravan parks.

Travelling to France and the rest of Europe is easy as pie using the Eurotunnel or one of the many ferry companies now travelling across the English channel. The most popular ferry routes are Dover to Calais andBoulogne, Portsmouth to St. Malo & Cherbourg and Newhaven to Dieppe and Le Havre some of which can see you across the channel in just over, travel trailer , an hour. The major European ferry operators are P&O, Brittany Ferries, Norfolkline, LD Lines and Seafrance most of which run multiple daily crossings across the channel.

Another option is to take the Eurostar train which takes you through the channel tunnel owned by Eurotunnel which takes under half an hour and of course you take all of your luxuries with you by loading up the car and taking a trailer if necessary. The Eurostar has recently become the dominant operator in cross-channel intercity passenger travel on the routes that it operates, carrying more passengers than the airlines combined. The service is operated by eighteen-carriage trains which run at up to 300kilometres per hour (186mph) on a network of high-speed lines.

There are now over 60 major ferry operators, and over 800 European ferry routes so you have lots of travel options, so why not relax, breathe the sea air and enjoy a tripacross the channel to France- Bon Voyage!





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