Large port with minimal facilities. Its just there to get you onboard your cross channel ferry and…read morenothing else. Three booths to stop at, French immigration then UK immigration, then check in with the ferry company. Relatively well organised, I passed through the port in peak holiday season with the minimum of fuss. Facilities pretty much non existent, I couldn't see any restrooms anywhere. A mile down the road is a tent city full of migrants hoping to illegally enter the UK, though you won't see this unless you turn off the main road.

Fastest ways from Paris to London:…read more 1. Fly (minus the travel to and from the airport, parking, security, etc). 2. Bullet train 3. Le Shuttle (you can drive your car) 4. Ferry (you can drive your car) I considered taking the bullet train but you must plan this well in advance or pull pay a lot per person. The train can get you from Lille, France to Kings Cross, London in 90 minutes!! King's Cross is also home to platform 9 3/4 for you Harry Potter fans. The ferry takes 2.5hrs but you also have to arrive 1hr before departure. This was the cheapest method. Le Shuttle was the next best option for me! I'm glad I took this route crossing the English Channel because it was VERY unique and the cheapest and fastest! PROCESS: Buy your ticket online, select your vehicle type, arrive to the port at your scheduled time. Before you enter the tunnel there's a small area with restaurants and bathrooms. You enter like you're going through a toll booth. Enter your reservation code and the machine prints out a tag to hang on your mirror there's plenty of employees to direct you to the right area. Then there's a small wait to board the train cart. YES, you drive yourself into a Train. Once inside, someone is guiding you where to stop. When you're parked an announcement comes on and gives you all the instructions you need. The train (with you sitting in your car) goes underwater. 35 minutes later you're across the English Channel!! Super fast and easy! NOTE: There is a passport check on both sides for France and the UK before you board the train cart.

Flexiplus is DEFINITELY the way to travel through the EuroTunnel - you skip the lines, drive and…read moreoff the train first, flexible regarding changing dates and dates So convenient and so fast. Definitely the BEST way to travel by car from UK to France or vice versa!

We always find our crossing with Seafrance to very smooth and had not had any problems with them…read moreyet. The booking process has always been easy and their customer services are always helpful. The boat's themselves are very nice but we found the on board entertainment is lacking somewhat. We also found the food to be overpriced and quite inedible. However they do occasionally do cheap crossings and these can work out very good value for money, especially if you are holidaying in France.

Having booked a super cheap return ferry crossing between Dover and Calais, i was impressed at how…read moresmooth the booking process was, the booking confirmation via email was instant and when we called to query something the call was answered quickly and efficiently. The ferries are fairly luxurious with plenty of room to move around. The facilities on board are good, and not ridiculously over priced if you choose carefully, although i did get caught out with £1.60 for a bottle of coke.. The toilets on board were remarkably clean, but ladies take your own loo roll! There is an on-board shop and and money exchange but the rates aren't that great unless you are desperate to get your money back into sterling. If you sign up to the seafrance email, they send you special offer discounts where you can make really good savings on short breaks including offers like free nights or 50% off hotels.

The best, biggest boats providing a comfortable relaxed 1hr ride across the infamous channel…read more Yes it's maybe 10-20% more expensive than the standard [if booked in advanced enough] P&O 30quid. but totally worth it, your health and day after is more worth than the savings. The channel is verry scarry when on a shaky boat, been there, done that. It will leave u with a splitting headache [and try getting anything other than pastries or steak for breakfast in Calais, France].

Holy shit. These…read moreboats are like walking into a giant warehouse that floats on the water, and they were running a £30 one-way deal this summer, which made it the most cost-effective way to get to France. The staff were friendly, and the food on the boat was really good (et le chef de cuisine etait très poli). The ride was smooth and they made going through customs pretty easy in both directions. All-in-all, it was a pretty good experience. I was pretty impressed by the professionalism. My only qualm is that for most of the boat rides, portions of the boat were closed off. On both of my journeys, the actual sit-down restaurant was closed. In all, it's a comfortable way to cross the English channel. Get upstairs early if you're on a late boat or else you won't find a seat to lay down in.

We were driving from London, toward Belgium, Holland and France and needed to get across the…read moreEnglish Channel. We were planning to take the Eurostar car train, but not booking in advance, were shocked at the cost and decided to take the ferry instead. The ferry was costly too, but less so. Maybe because we waited until the last minute? Who knows. As others have said, I've been on smaller, local ferries, but nothing this size... it was massive like a cruise ship! On board was something else, plenty of comfortable seating, a lounge, a coffee shop, a brasserie. It wasn't cheap but the options are there. From waiting in line to drive onboard until we drove off in Calais was over 2 hours. The crossing itself was about an hour and a half and was very pleasant. We didn't have a lot of interaction with the staff, but what little we did was friendly.

I went through this ferries service on my way to France and it was what it was. Our shuttle bus did…read morestop at a small office to go through security and get our passports checked. It was fine since we were just there for about 20 minutes. I was on a shuttle bus so we waited to load the boat and then we were able to get off he boat and explore. There were lots of announcements made when we boarded so we knew what was going on the whole time. I did not buy any of the food from there nor did I buy anything from their duty free shop. The facilites were ok for what it was. I did go to the top deck outside to "take in the view" but it was not much to do up there and it was cold. The trip over the channel did not take long and there were plenty of windows to see out of.

Do not use this ferry company! They are disgusting and have awful business practices. In March…read more2020, we had ferry tickets to go to Ireland. The global pandemic broke as we were in the UK and we were required to return to the US as flights were shutting down. Every hotel and reservation we had refunded us without penalty - even nonrefundable things - EXCEPT P&O Ferries. They gave us a credit and refused to refund. Now we're at the credit expiration date, still in a pandemic, and they are refusing to refund the money. This company is STEALING from people who were put in peril to make a profit from the global pandemic. I will never use this company nor recommend them to others. Avoid traveling with them - you have other options that actually care about good business practices and their customers!

I've been using these ferries for motorcycle trips abroad for over a decade, and still find them…read morebest overall for value, service and convenience. The secret to good value is to book ahead: if you have a group booking, (often the case with motorcycles) this is best done over the phone as the website doesn't allow multiple bookings. Booked in January, a return crossing in July cost me just £46 per bike + passengers. (This is only £10 more than the price as a foot passenger!) Booking ahead applies to cars, too. The staff are helpful and usually quick at loading bikes: they go on first, and deck-hands help secure them down. Newer ships (of both Seafrance and P&O) sometimes have special cradles for holding bikes, but when it's busy there aren't enough to go around, and so a traditional webbing brace is used, secured to floor anchors. I've never had a problem with this, even in very rough weather (but remember to put your alarm onto 'ferry' or 'service' modes, unless you want to irritate other passengers and flatten your battery). The only problem I've encountered is that the decks do get slippery in wet weather, but that affects all ferries, and I've not dropped the bike yet... The timetable varies, but in high summer sailings leave roughly hourly, or better. The crossing takes about 90 minutes overall, but with the shops, bars and cafes, there's plenty to keep you occupied. For teenagers there's also a video-games room. But I prefer to be on deck: the Channel is the world's busiest shipping lane, so there's always something to see, if only the odd passing seagull! Note: the UK smoking ban means that smoking is now only allowed in designated outdoor deck areas. Note also that passport control is undertaken at the port of departure - so UK passport control is at Calais. Allow at least 30 extra minutes for this when leaving France for the UK, as the UK checks are stringent, and therefore can be very slow in high season. Checks leaving the UK for France are rather quicker. Overall, I'd advise arriving 45 minutes ahead, just in case. Also worth knowing is that, if you arrive earlier than your booked ferry, and there's room, they will let you travel on an earlier crossing at no extra cost. We returned recently over an hour earlier, and were waved straight onto the boat. You could, of course, take a deep breath and pay to go via the Chunnel, which takes about 40 minutes (plus queuing time). But apart from losing the view, and the adventure, you'll pay at least double for an equivalent crossing. *************************** NB: address and map are for the HQ office. The ferry port is clearly signposted at both Calais and Dover.

Took a ride east across the channel as part of the London to Paris FlixBus ride. Makes for a long…read moreday, but it's a pleasant journey, very economically priced, and surprise to us, the ticket included a hot meal, choice of entrees of beef stew, fried fish or baked chicken with sides and a beverage. Enjoyed the boat ride very much tho it was a very calm day, and regret there is no way to enjoy the sea air and be outside for part of the ride. Loading and unloading goes quickly. French frontier check is on the England side. Quick passport look and stamp.

Dover cliffs are a pretty cool sight to see. There's secure bicycle parking for those needing the…read moreconvenience. This is an easy access ferry dock. Customs is onsite and speedy. Quickest passport stamp I've ever gotten lol... In no time flat I was boarding the comfortable ferry; in route to Paris, France. Bonjour, ~Christy

It's below SeaFrance but it's better then P&O, and they have a good restaurant which closes at 7p…read moreand than they have a buffet style with horrifying food, but they have beer and wine available much later than all ferries.

I usually cross the channel by Eurotunnel, but because of the fire in September had to look at…read morealternative routes, and as oyu can imagine, every ferry operator was very busy. Norfolk Line were great. Booked them because they were the only company that did not sail into Calais - we knew it would be really busy and wanted to go to Dieppe which gave us a 50 mile head start on our long drive. The crossing was smooth, the ship clean and much more light and airey than the other ferries. Checking in at Dieppe was so much more stress free as it is no where near as busy as Calais, and the best bit it was for the crossing times we had chosen some £10 cheaper than the competition.

A bit of a strange experience after travelling on many other ferries in Europe, but worth it (just)…read morefor the cheap price compared to other local operators. Basically aimed at the freight market, with most of their ships only taking accompanied freight units, the passenger service is sparse but adequate. The ferries are all elderly, and have seen a lot of service. The crew are all east European, and very polite, but the food leaves a little to be desired. However, for a fairly simple budget crossing to Ostend it works out ok. Ostend is always a joy to visit, and although the ferry port no longer has the terminal in the town centre, it is not to far away. A little regret that they only accept vehicle passengers and no buses but this is due to the limited staffing which keeps the cost down. On the whole ok but not a brilliant experience.

Lovely small harbour with plenty of interesting boats and yachts moored all year round. Within…read morewalking distance of the town centre. There are plenty of bars, restaurants and cafes around the harbour, some with a lovely sea view. Occasionally a pirate ship is moored in the harbour and you can take a our of this. There are sometimes boat races and similar events going on in the summer. Passenger ferries unfortunately no longer go to France from the harbour.

Lovely location for mooring up, after an exciting time at sea…read more Lots of interesting boats and yachts are here all year round. Close to the town centre and local restaurants and cafes. Boat trips are available from here around certain parts of the isle's coast.