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Brittany by Boat Arriving by Ferry
Direct ferries provide the most
With frequent ferry crossings from the UK and Ireland to convenient means of travelling
Roscoff, St-Malo and Cherbourg, as well as to destinations to Brittany from the UK or
further east along the French coast, Brittany is easy to reach Ireland with your own vehicle.
by sea. Travelling by ferry allows you the convenience of Brittany Ferries sails several
times a week from Portsmouth
bringing your own car, too. to St-Malo (9 hrs, or 10–11 hrs
With islands such as Belle-Île and Île d’Ouessant and overnight) and from Plymouth to
coastal features like the Golfe du Morbihan among its most Roscoff (6 hrs, or 8 hrs overnight),
picturesque attractions, Brittany also invites exploration by and weekly from Cork to Roscoff
boat; there is a wide range of trips out to sea on offer, and (14 hrs). The company also sails
from Poole to Cherbourg, in
there are regular links to Brittany’s many islands. Sailing nearby Normandy, and from
along Brittany’s rivers and canals, which are now reserved for Ports mouth to Cherbourg and
pleasure boats, is a particularly attractive way of experiencing Caen; these routes take 4–6
the riches and variety of Brittany’s cultural heritage. hours, but in summer, catamaran
fast ferries to Cherbourg take
only 2–3 hours. Condor Ferries
has fast and conventional ferries
from Poole to St-Malo and from
Portsmouth to Cherbourg. Some
are direct, while others require
changing boats in Jersey or
Guernsey. Condor also operates
direct ferries from the Channel
Islands to St-Malo. Irish Ferries
operates ferries from Dublin to
Cherbourg (20 hours), and
Rosslare to Cherbourg (18 hours)
and (May–Oct only) Roscoff.
Passengers disembarking on Île de Sein Stena Line also operates from Sept Îles Île
Îles
de Bréhat English Channel Chausey
DIRECTORY Île de Batz Perros-Guirec Port- Pointe
de l’Arcouest
Blanc
Roscoff Lannion Paimpol Île
Arriving by Ferry Boat and Canal Ille-et-Vilaine Island Links and Île de Cézembre
Trips Coastal Cruises d’Ouessant St-Quay-Portrieux St-Malo
Brittany Ferries Compagnie Corsaire Lanildut Morlaix Binic Erquy Dinard
Le Spot Nautique Tel 0825 138 100. Armein (Île de Batz) Île
Tel (France) 0825 828 Molène Le Conquet Brest St-Brieuc
∑ le-spot-nautique.fr ∑ compagniecorsaire. Tel 02 46 80 04 47. Dinan
828. com ∑ armein.fr
∑ brittanyferries.com Côtes d’Armor Camaret le Fret FINISTÈRE CÔTES D’ARMOR
Cotre Corsaire Le Compagnie Océane
Condor Ferries Armor Navigation Renard Tel 0820 056 156. ILLE-
Tel 02 96 91 10 00. ∑ compagnie-oceane.fr Île ET-VILAINE
Tel (UK) 0845 609 1024. ∑ armor-decouverte. St-Malo. Tel 02 99 40 53 10. de Sein Audierne Quimper Rennes
∑ condorferries.co.uk com ∑ cotre-corsaire- Navix-Compagnie Beg-Meil
renard.com des Iles Bénodet Port-la-Forêt
DFDS Seaways Vedettes Armor Tel 02 97 46 60 00. Loctudy Concarneau MORBIHAN
Tel (UK) 0871 574 7235. Tel 02 98 61 79 66. Croisières ∑ navix.fr Îles Lorient
Chateaubriand
∑ dfdsseaways.co.uk ∑ vedettes.armor.ile. Dinard. Tel 02 99 46 44 00. Penn-Ar-Bed de Glénan Port-Louis
de.batz.fr Auray
Île
Irish Ferries Vedette Jaman IV ∑ chateaubriand.com Tel 02 98 80 80 80. de Groix Vannes
∑ pennarbed.fr
Tel (IR) 0818 300 400. Dinan. Tel 02 96 39 28 41. Loire-Atlantique Port- See inset below
Navalo
(UK) 08717 300 400. ∑ vedettejamanIV.com Vedettes Azenor Quiberon Houat
Tel 02 98 41 46 23.
LOIRE-
∑ irishferries.com Vedettes de Guerlédan Bateaux Nantais ∑ azenor.fr Auray Sauzon La Turballe ATLANTIQUE
le Palais
Caurel. Tel 02 96 28 52 64. Nantes. Tel 02 40 14 51 14. Hoëdic
Île
P&O Ferries ∑ guerledan.com ∑ bateaux-nantais.fr Vedettes de Bréhat Bono Conleau Vannes Belle-Île La Baule Saint-
Port-
Tel (UK) 0800 130 0030. Morbihan Tel 02 96 55 79 50. Blanc Arradon Bellevue Nazaire Nantes
∑ poferries.com Finistère ∑ vedettesdebrehat. Larmor- Île Île Atlantic Ocean
com
Aulne Loisirs Plaisance Izenah Croisières Baden aux d’Arz
Stena Line Châteauneuf-du-Faou. Tel 02 97 26 31 45. Vedettes de l’Odet Île Gavrinis Moines Golfe Île de
Tel (IR) (01) 907 5555. Tel 02 98 73 28 63. ∑ izenah-croisieres. Tel 02 98 57 00 58. Locmariaquer du Morbihan Noirmoutier
∑ www.stenaline.ie ∑ aulne-loisirs.com com ∑ vedettes-odet.com Port-Navalo VENDÉE
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