FERRY
BOOKINGS. Travel by ferry is an invitation to the
dream, full of charm and very attractive : speed of the crossing,
minicruise, choice
of accommodation recommended for a stay or a weekend (city
cruise), discount of 50 % generally
for the holders of the Interrail card. There are five types
of ships : ferries for
short crossings of straits, lakes or rivers, traditional
ferries which cruise at 40 km/h
approximately, passenger ships between the traditional ferry
and the cargo, traditional high speed
ships (NTGV) which
cruise at 55 km/h and ships (NGV)
which cruise at 80 km/h. Belvedair suggests you two ways
of booking : either by the travel agency Aferry (see below)
or by the maritime companies (see the map). Book with the
maritime companies of :
Aferry,
the leader booking agency of ferries in Europe, gathers
crossings of more than 60 companies : Acciona Trasmediterranea
Ferries, Algerie Ferries, Anek Lines, Anen, AT Ferries,
Balear Express Ferry, Balearia Ferry, Blue Star Ferries,
Brittany Ferries, Buquebus Espana Ferry, Caledonian Macbrayne
(Cal mac Ferry), Celtic Link Ferries, CMN Ferries, Color
Line Ferry, Comanav Ferry, Comarit Ferry, Condor Feries,
Corsica Ferries, CTN Tunisia Ferries, DFDS Seaways, Enermar
& DiMaio Lines Ferries, EuroFerrys Ferry, Eurostar,
Ferrimaroc Ferry, Fjordline Ferries, Fred Olsen Ferries,
GLD Lines Grimaldi Louis Dreyfus, Grandi Navi Veloci,
Grimaldi Ferries Prestige, HD Ferries, Hellenic Mediterranean
Lines, Hoverspeed, Irish Ferries, Iscomar Ferries, Isle
of Man Steam packet Ferry, LD Lines, Minoan Lines, Moby
Lines Ferries, Nautas Al Maghreb Ferry, Norfolkline Ferries,
Norse Merchant Ferries, Northlink Ferries, P & O Ferries,
Pentland Ferries, Red Funnel Ferries, Roditis Ferry, Sardinia
Ferries, Scandlines Ferries, Seacat Ferry, SeaFrance Ferries,
Silja Line, SNAV, SNCM Ferries, SpeedFerries, Stena Line
Ferries, Superfast Ferries, Swansea Cork Ferries, Symril
Line Ferries, Tallink Ferries, Tirrenia Ferries, Transeuropa
Ferries, Transmanche Ferries, TT-Line Ferries, Venezia
Lines, Ventouris Ferries, Viking Line, Wightlink Ferries.
The agency Aferry proposes to compare the best fares and
discounts as to buy tickets with a fast security payment.
When you book with Aferry.fr, you receive tickets by email.
The tickets provide information such as the address of
the port, the boarding time and the name of the maritime
company. The email contains also a reference number. At
the office of the port, you will only have to present
your papers and the booking number. Then you will receive
your ticket or your boarding card.
FERRIES OF THE
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Algerie ferries,
algerian public company also called ENTMV, operates lines
between Marseilles and Algiers, Oran, Alicante, Bejaia,
Skikda and Annaba. From Oran, it also links Alicante to
Almeria. Lastly, it joins Algiers to Alicante. Some crossings
are carried out in partnership with SNCM, as the line
Almeria-Oran with the high speed ship (NGV) Asco
and the line Marseilles-Skikda
by the ferry Corsica.
Azzura Line,
maritime company which operates lines between Bari in
Italy, Dubrovnik in Croatia, Cattaro in Montenegro and
Durazzo in Albania. The site allows the booking of tickets.
Blue Line Ferries,
maritime company which cruises between Ancona in Italy,
Split, the islands of Hvar and Vis, in Croatia. The site
allows tickets booking.
Jadrolinija,
croatian national company, operates crossings between
Italy and Croatia (Ancona-Split) and also between the
continental coast and islands of the national archipelago.
SNAV,
italian company of high speed ferries, takes on board
its passengers for crossings towards italian islands with
Aliscafi and SiciliaJet and for croatian
coasts with its two catamaransCroaziaJet
and Aldebaran.
Snav joins Ancona to Split in 4 hours, instead of the
double time for a traditional ship. The website shows
schedules and fares.
Venezia Lines,
venetian company, links with its fast catamarans the city
of the Doges to ports of the istrian coast in Croatia :
Umag, Porec, Rovinj, Pula and Mali Lošinj. They are
in service during the high season from April and, for
Pula, from July. The passengers which disembark in Venice
can easily visit the city with a twelve hours free pass to
take the vaporetto. The site allows tickets booking .
Compagnie
Meridionale de Navigation,
based in Marseilles, links the phocean capital to Ajaccio,
Bastia and Propriano, in Corsica and Porto Torres in Sardinia.
It operates also four crossings per week between Propriano
and Porto Torres. The CMN occupies an original positioning
with three ships of average capacity, wich offer peaceful
crossings with corsican music, a swimming pool, shops,
large promenade decks, a discotheque and a cinema. CMN
propose a cooking of quality prepared with fresh products.
The website presents schedules, fares and discounts. It
allows a booking throurgh the company SNCM. The passenger
receives a ticket by email, which it is enough to present
the day of the departure to receive the card of boarding.
Corsica
Ferries-Sardinia Ferries,
maritime sardinian-corsican company, leader for passengers
crossings towards Corsica, links Corsica and Sardinia
from France and Italy. The crossings are daily on the
lines Toulon-Bastia, Toulon-Ajaccio, Nice-Bastia, Nice-Ajaccio
and Nice-Calvi. Its fleet of twelve ships counts three
fast ferries called "NTGV" (Traditional Ship at High Speed),
halfway between the traditional ferry and the fast ship
(NGV). These Mega Express train
I, II and III,
equipped with swimming pools, cruise by any time at 52 km/h
to connect in 5.30 hours Ajaccio from Toulon, but also
Bastia and Ajaccio from Nice and Sardinia from Italy.
During the night crossings, the ships become cruise-ferry
with their 400 cabins. Corsica Ferries is recognized for
the quality of its services towards passengers. The booking
is possible on the website. The electronic mail of confirmation
has value of travel document. The site presents also discounts.
Corsica-Sardinia Ferries proposes a large choice of stays
or weekend, which one discovers on its travel gateaway
Vivacorsica.com.
The customers can arrange their stay by booking transport
(ferry, plane or car), hotel or villa, and can buy corsican
gastronomic products even there.
Les Embiez,
links the island of Embiez from Le Brusc. The website
shows the schedules and the fares of crossings which take
10 minutes.
Moby,
italian private company, links Corsica from Genoa to Livorno
in Tuscany. It also operates the
crossing Corsica-Sardinia between Bonifacio and Santa
Teresa di Gallura. On the Genoa-Bastia line, the fast
boats (NGV) Moby Wonder
and Moby Freedom
cruise in 4.30 hours. Moby practises
low cost prices,
for some crossings with a free transport for the car.
SNCM,
Société Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée
based in Marseilles, operates the crossings towards Corsica,
Sardinia, Algeria and Tunisia. SNCM has five ferries traditional,
of which Napoleon Bonaparte and
Danielle Casanova,
four cargo and passenger vessels, of which the
Pascal Paoli, and an high speed
ferry (NGV), called Liamone, which
links at 80 km/h Nice to Ajaccio (4
hours), but also Calvi to L'Ile-Rousse
(3 hours). SNCM proposes to
its frequent customers, corsican families and residents,
discount fares and to the others, "Plein
Soleil" fares applicable to vehicles and motorhomes. The
ferry "Corse" which cruises between Nice and L'Ile-Rousse proposes
the lowest fares of the company, ideal to spend one weekend
in Balagne. The SNCM also programs twelve mini-cruises
in middle of the week before and after the season, on
board of the ships Napoleon-Bonaparte and Danielle Casanova. The privileged destinations are Ajaccio, Barcelona,
Florence, Rome and Naples. It is also possible de book
a mediterranean holiday resort with maritime crossings
trough its tour operator, Ferrytour Vacances.
TLV-Transport Vision des Mers,
alliance of two companies of Hyeres, operates crossings
from the Toulon's coasts towards the Gold islands : Porquerolles,
Port-Cros and Levant island. Passengers embark from the
port of Hyeres or from La Tour-Fondue, at the end of the
Giens peninsula. The website shows fares and schedules.
It is possible to make a pre-reservation.
Aegean Speed Lines,
greek company, which links Piraeus to the western Cyclades.
The website shows schedules and fares of the lines .
ANEK Lines, cretan maritime company, cruises on lines Italy-Greece and Greece-Crete.
The crossings Ancona-lgoumenitsa and Ancona-Patras are
particularly operate by two fast and comfortable ships,Olympic
Champion and
Olympic Spirit. On the Greek interior lines, ANEK Lines proposes many
discounts for some categories (young people, young married,
family, retired people).
Blue Star Ferries,
subsidiary company as Superfast of the greek group Attica,
operates Italy-Greece crossings from Venice, Brindisi
and Ancona. Blue Star Ferries also links the Greek islands
towards Piraeus.
Fragline Ferries,
greek company, operates crossings between Brindisi in
Italy, and Corfou or Igoumenitsa in Greece, with itsship Ouranos.
Hellenic Seaways,the most important greek company of ferries, operates
lines towards Sporades, Saronic islands, Cyclades, Samos,
Ikaria, Crete, Chios and Mytilene, with an important fleet
of traditional ships and fast catamarans offering a great
comfort.
Minoan Lines,
company which links Italy and Greece from Venice and Ancona,
proposes a detailed presentation of its six boats. The
interactive plans of bridges allow to view cabins, living
rooms, equipment and services offered on board. Booking
online is possible on the website.
Roditis Ferry ,
company which operates between Dodecannese islands and
Turkey. It links Rhodos to the islands of Tilos and Symi,
Bodrum, Marmaris and Datca in Turkey, as well as Kos island
to Bodrum. Booking for its lines is possible through the
european site Aferry.
Superfast Ferries,
european maritime company, property of the greek group
Attica, operates crossings in Adriatic Sea between Bari
or Ancona in Italy towards Patras or Igoumenitsa on the
greek coasts. Superfast is allied to the cruise company
Costa to develop these lines. The site allows booking
online.
Ventouris Ferries,
greek company, has a fast catamaran which links Italy
to Greece from Bari and Brindisi.
Balatoni Hajozas,
company on the lake Balaton, links the two banks of the
largest european lake between Szántód and
Tihany, famous for its abbey founded in XI century. The
website shows schedules, fares and minicruises arranged
with its fleet of eleven boats.
Alilauro,
maritime company of the gulf of Naples, links the two
maritime stations of Naples (Mergellina and Beverello)
to Capri, Ischia and Eolian islands. Its fast ships operate
also the coastal trafic towards Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi
and Salerno. The website shows schedules and fares. Ideal
for a weekend, it is possible to take a bus called Volaviamare from Rome and then to embark on ferry towards islands
of Ischia and Capri and the almafitan coast (Sorrento,
Positano, Amalfi).
Caremar,
subsidiary of Tirrenia group, links the islands of the
gulf of Naples (Ischia, Capri and Procida) from the ports
of Pozzuoli, Naples and Sorrente. Saremar links also the
islands of Ponza and Ventotene from Anzio and Formia.
The website shows schedules and fares.
Enermar,
sardinian company allied with Moby, operates lines between
Genoa and Palau, in the north of Sardinia. The stay can
be continued to Maddalena Island, in the north of Sardinia.
It has a fleet of five ships.
Golfo dei Poeti,
company of Cinque Terre, operates coastal lines in this
ligurian aera hard to reach by road. It links several
villages suspended between sky and sea : Monterosso,
Vernazza, Manarola and Riomaggiore, but also Portovenere,
Lerici and Levanto from La Spezia. It links, in high season,
from these ports to those more in the south as Viareggio,
Forte dei Marmi, Marina di Massa, Marina di Carrara, Livorno
and Marina di Pisa, lines towards Portofino, Elba, Capraia
island and the aquarium of Genoa. The website shows schedules
and fares.
Grandi Navi Veloci,
company of Grimaldi group, has a modern fleet of eight
boats which link Sicily, Sardinia, Spain and Tunisia.
From Genoa, Grandi Navi Veloci cruises every day, in summer,
in around 20 hours towards Palermo. The line towards
Spain is proposed, three times per week, between Genoa
and Barcelona. This rotational frequency concerned also
the lines Livorno-Palermo, Civitavecchia-Palermo, Genoa-Tunis
and Palermo-Tunis. The website
shows discounts, particularly for weekends and proposes
the booking .
Grimaldi Ferries,
company of Grimaldi group based in Naples, is specialized
on the mediterranean crossings. Its ships, between cargo
and passenger ferries, are ideal for motorhomes. Its four
boats, whose two last-born children Eurostar
Valencia and
Eurostar Salerno, links Salerno
in South Italy, to Valence in Spain, Malta and Palermo,
but also Livorno to Valence, Civitavecchia to Barcelona
and Civitavecchia to Portovecchio. The website shows fares
and discounts, particularly for return tickets.
Medmar Group,
napolitan maritime company, links Ischia island from
Pozzuoli and Naples, and the Eolian islands from Naples.
Moby,
italian private company, links Sardinia, Corsica and Elba
island from Genoa, Tuscany (Livorno
and Piombino) and Latium (Civitavecchia).
It also operates the Corsica-Sardinia crossing between
Bonifacio and Santa Teresa di Gallura. On
the Genoa-Bastia line, the fast boats (NGV) Moby
Wonder and Moby
Freedom cruise in 4.30
hours. Moby practises low
cost prices, for some crossings
with a free transport for the car.
Saremar,
subsidiary of Tirrenia group, links the islands off the
coast of Sardinia : Caloforte on San Pietro island
from Calasetta and Portovesme, and the Maddalena archipelago
from Palau. Saremar also operates crossings between Sardinia
and Corsica, from Santa Teresa di Gallusa towards Bonifacio.
The website shows schedules and fares.
Siremar,
subsidiary of Tirrenia group, links islands off the coast
of Sicily : Eolian islands from Milazzo, Ustica from
Palermo, Levanzo, Marettimo and Favignana from Trapani,
Pantelleria from Trapani and Mazara del Vallo, and finally
Linosa and Lampedusa, the southernmost of european islands,
from Porto Empedocle close to Agrigente. The website shows
schedules and fares.
SNAV,
italian company of high speed ferries, takes on board
its passengers for crossings towards italian islands :
Pontines, Eolian, in the gulf of Naples and Sicily with
companies Aliscafi and SiciliaJet. SNAV also joins,
from Ancona, Civitanova, Giulianova and Pescara, croatian
ports of Split (4 h.),
Zadar (5.30 h.),
Šibenik (3.15 h.), adriatic
islands of Mali Lošinj (2.30
h.) and Rab (5 h.),
with its two catamarans CroaziaJet
and Aldebaran. The ship Croazia Jet can
embark 676 passengers and 156 cars, it is twice faster
than a traditional ferry. The website shows schedules
and fares.
Tirrenia, national maritime company, cruises between Italy, Sicily, Sardinia,
Albania and Tunisia. It links from Genoa, Civitavecchia,
Fiumicino and Naples, the ports of Olbia, Golfo Aranci,
Porto Torres, Arbatax, Cagliari, Trapani and Palermo.
By elsewhere, Palermo is served from Tunis and Durres
from Bari. Tirrenia has a modern fleet with seven new
ferries and six high speed ships (NGV). The website shows
schedules, fares, discounts " Tariffe
Spot", "Sconti" and
"Speciali". The lines
towards small italian islands are operated by subsidiary
companies of Tirrenia : Caremar for napolitan bay,
Saremar for sardinian islands, Siremar for islands off
the coast of Sicily and Toremar for tuscan islands like
Elba.
Toremar,
subsidiary of the Tirrenia group, operates crossings towards
islands off the coast of Tuscany : Gorgona and Capraia
from Livorno, Elba and Pianosa from Piombino and Giglio
from Porto San Stefano. The website shows schedules and
fares.
Ustica Lines,
company of Egades islands and Ustica off the coast of
Sicily, links them from Trapani, Palermo, Milazzo, Cefalu,
Marsala and Naples. It also serves Pantelleria island
from Trapani and Pelagie islands (Lampedusa and Linosa)
from Porto Empedocle close to Agrigente. It joins Tunis
from Trapani and Sousse from Pantelleria. It has a fleet
of 23 modern ferries, with a majority of high speed ships(NGV).
The website shows schedules and fares.
Venezia Lines,
venetian company, links with its fast catamarans the
city of the Doges to ports of the istrian coast in Croatia :
Umag, Porec, Rovinj, Pula and Mali Lošinj. They
are in service during the high season from April and,
for Pula, from July. The passengers which disembark
in Venice can easily visit the city with a twelve hours
free pass to take the vaporetto.
The site allows tickets booking.
Vetor,
company of Ponza islands, serves the two main islands
of this archipelago situated off the coast of Latium :
Ponza and Ventotene. The departures are done from Anzio,
in the south of Rome (up to five
per day, in hight season) or Formia (two daily departures
on average). You have to count 1.10 hour for crossings Anzio-Ponza, Formia-Ponza
and 55 mn for the line Formia-Ventotene. Tickets
booking is possible on the website.
VirtuFerries,
operates lines between Sicily (Catane, Licata, Pozzallo)
and Malta in 1.30 hour. The website allows tickets booking.
Ferrimaroc,
moroccan company, cruises all the year between Almeria
situated in the South Spain and the northeastern Morocco.
Its multilingual website shows prices.
Nautas the Al-Maghreb,
subsidiary of Balearia group, operates crossings in the
Gibraltar strait between Algesiras and Tangier with two
fast ships, García Lorca and Al-Sabini.
These ships which have a capacity of 900 passengers and
200 cars, cruise in one hour. The site presents booking
on line, loyalty programm Club Nautas and discount
fares, particularly for one day excursions or cruises
with a car.
Acciona-Trasmediterranea,
the most important spanish company, operates crossings
between Cadiz and Canary Islands, Barcelona or Valence
and Balearic Islands. Its fleet of 25 ships are also present
on the four lines towards Morocco: Algeciras-Tangier,
Algeciras-Ceuta, Almeria-Melilla and Malaga-Melilla. Its
multilingual website allows tickets booking .
Balearia,
private company of the Balearic Islands, links Majorque,
Minorque, Ibiza and Formentera to the spanish coast (Barcelona,
Valence and Denia). Its leadership is based on a
great diversity of lines towards these four islands and
crossings with fast ships for some lines, as the line
between Barcelona, Palma and Ibiza. Balearia also operates
through its subsidiary company Nautas-Al-Maghreb, the
crossing in the strait of Gibraltar between Algeciras
and Tangier. On the website, the customer can book online,
subscribe to the loyalty program Club Balearia Four
Illes and get discount fares, particularly for the
car.
Ferrys
Rapidos del Sur,
subsidiary of german maritime group FRS (Förde
Reederei Seetouristik), operates
crossings towards Tangier, in Morocco, since Tarifa, Algeciras
and Gibraltar. The fast catamaran Tangier
Jet, with a capacity of 360 passengers
and 60 cars, cruises on the line Tariff-Tangier in 35 mn,
the shortest of its three lines. The website allows tickets
booking .
Iscomar,
spanish company, operate crossings between Spain and Balearic
Islands. It is present on the lines Barcelona-Mahon (Minorque),
Barcelona-Palma de Majorque, Barcelona-Ibiza, Mahon-Alcudia
(Majorque), Valencia-Ibiza, Denia-Ibiza and Ibiza-Formentera.
Its website allows tickets booking.
CTN,
Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation, links Tunis to Marseilles
and Genoa with ferries Carthage
and El Habib. The CTN proposes discounts
for tunisian residents and for tourists.
CTN cares the quality of reception and the safety of transport :
it obtained in 2002 certifications ISO 9002 and ISM.
Istanbul Deniz Otobüsleri,
called by its initial IDO, operates a service of fast
ferries in the Bosphorus and in the Marmara Sea. Its ships
links particularly the Golden Corn of Istanbul to other
maritime stations of the agglomeration, Yalova and Bandirma,
the aegean coast, Princes islands
(Kizil Aldalar) and Marmara island.
The excusion "Explore Bosphorus" allows to discover architectural
wonders of the famous strait. The websites shows schedules
and fares.
MES Line,
company which links Brindisi in Italy to Cesme in Turkey.
The website shows schedules and fares of crossings.
Marmara Lines,
turkish maritime company, operates crossings towards Çesme,
on the Aegean coast, from Ancona (40 hours) or Brindisi (25 hours) in Italy. The website shows schedules, prices and a
plan of the cabins on the boat. It also allows tickets
booking.
FERRIES OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
Brittany
Ferries,
breton company based in Roscoff, links France, England,
Spain and Ireland on seven lines : Roscoff-Cork,
Santander-Plymouth, Roscoff-Plymouth, Cherbourg-Poole,
Cherbourg-Portsmouth, Saint-Malo-Portsmouth, Caen-Portsmouth.
Its renewed fleet counts seven ferries. Its ship "Mont
Saint-Michel", cruises Caen/Ouistreham
to Portsmouth, in less than 6 hours. With a capacity of
2 140 passengers and 600 cars, it is the largest
ferry among Channel ferries with the
ship "Pont-Aven". This
ship of equivalent size operates
lines Roscoff-Cork (Ireland) in 11 hours, Roscoff-Plymouth
(England) in 4.45 hours and Plymouth-Santander (Spain)
in 18 hours. Their speed of 27 knots helps Brittany
Ferries to develop minicruises, including for example
a six hours stop to discover Cork and its surroundings,
the breakfast and transfers by bus. The
website shows schedules, fares, discounts and tickets
booking. Brittany Ferries also proposes a great choice
of lodging in B&B, hotels and cottages in Great-Britain,
Ireland and France.
Condor
Ferries,
first maritime company towards anglo-norman islands, has
high speed ships (NGV) which links all the year Jersey
and Guernesey from Saint-Malo (France), Poole, Weymouth,
Porsthmouth (England). It operates three returns a day
with one or two direct services towards Guernesey. The
ferry "Condor 10" can
embark 570 passengers and 80 cars
and cruises more than 40 nodes. It joins Saint-Malo-Jersey
in 1 hour and Saint-Malo-Guernesey in 1.40 hour.
The services on board are equivalent to those offered
on the other car-ferries with a Duty Free shop, a cafeteria,
a bar and a living room "Class Club". Its last-born child,
"Condor Speed",
cruises towards Jersey, Guernesey and England. It embarks
from Saint-Malo 770 passengers and 180 cars. Its sistership,
"Condor Express",
serves Weymouth and the islands with connections for Saint-Malo.
Lastly, a fast service ferry, in collaboration with Brittany
Ferries, also allows a crossing between Cherbourg (France)
and Poole (England) every day in 2.15 hours. The site
presents booking on line, a selection of bed
& breakfast and hotels, special
proposes in Jersey, Guernesey and England.
Hovertravel,
company wich operates about thirty daily rotations between
Ryde on the isle of Wight and Southsea. Its three fast
hydroplanes embark each time forty passengers, without
vehicles. A service of bus links the terminal of Southsea,
the station of Portsmouth-Southsea (Isambard
BrunelRoad) and Portsmouth Centre
(Edinburgh Road).
Norfolk Line,
company English, subsidiary of the Danish group Maersk,
operates crossings between Dunkirk and Dover. The site
presents booking on line and discount fares.
P&O
Ferries,
maritime company, subsidiary of DP World, Dubai's port
manager, operates the crossing Calais-Dover (great rotational
frequency with its seven ships) and the lines Bilbao-Portsmouth,
Zeebrugge-Hull and Rotterdam-Hull. Its fleet was largely
renewed.
Its website proposes tickets booking and discounts. The
lines in the Irish Sea are served by an other subsidiary
company of P&O (Peninsular and
Oriental Steam),P&O
Irish Sea.
Red
Funnel,
company of Wight island, links Southampton to Cowes by
fast ship of 22 minutes or traditional boat in 55 minutes.
Only the second ship embarks vehicles. The website allows
booking on line.
SeaFrance,
french company for Channel crossings, subsidiary of SNCF,
links up to 30 times a day Dover and Calais with its four
ships : Cézanne,Renoir,Rodin and
Berlioz which has a
capacity of 1 900 passengers and 700 vehicles. This
ferry combines technological sophistication and elegance.
It embodies the concept of french ferry and renews standards
of ferry on this line. The website shows schedules, fares
and booking on line. SeaFrance proposes discounts for
return tickets in the weekend with your vehicle. The departure
must be on friday, saturday or Sunday with a return in
72 hours. It is also possible to obtain on its website
SeaFrance
Voyages a large choice of stays in British Isles (hotels,
inns, bed and breakfast, apartment or house). The company
proposes autotours, one day excusions in London, three
days stays or more in London hotels with complete pension
or half-board and visits with guide.
SpeedFerries, british
company, links Boulogne to Dover. This crossing is the
most direct way between France and the South East England.
It continues the free motorway A16, which goes by Abbeville,
Amiens and Beauvais. SpeedFerries proposes five daily
return in 50 minutes. The catamaran SpeedOne
operates the line with a capacity
of 200 cars and 800 passengers. The website allows booking
online.
LD Lines, company
which joins Le Havre to Portsmouth and Newhaven.
Crossings are operated by three ships. The union "Promotion
de l’Activité Transmanche" entrusted
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs with the running of Transmanche
Ferries, which became a sister company of LD Lines.
This measure operates not only the sustainability and
the development of the Dieppe-Newhaven line but also
the enrichment of the crossing from Le Havre.
LD Lines proposes the reservation .
Transmanche Ferries, company
founded on the initiative of General Council of Seine-Maritime,
links twice a day Dieppe to Newhaven. The crossing lasts
4 hours on board its ferries Dieppe
and Sardinia Vera,
with a capacity each one of 500 passengers.
Wightlink,
company of the Wight island, operates crossings from Lymington
and Portsmouth for the passenger and vehicles trafic.
Its fast catamaran FastCat carries only passengers in fifteen minutes between
Portsmouth and Ryde Pier. Passengers coming from Cornwall
choice the western line Lymington-Yarmouth, while travellers
coming from center of England have a preference for lines
Portsmouth-Fishbourne and Portsmouth-Ryde. The website
allows tickets booking.
FERRIES OF THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE NORTH SEA
Compagnie
Vendéenne,
private company, operates crossings, in high season only,
between Fromentine or Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and the
island of Yeu with two boats Port
Fidele and Kerpenhir. It
also links Turballe to Belle-Ile-en-mer with the ship
Atlante. The
website shows schedules and allows pre-reservation.
Compagnie des Iles,breton company, proposes cruisings
in the Gulf of Morbihan, the Etel river, towards the islands
of Houat, Hoedic and Belle-Ile-en-mer. Schedules and fares
are posted on the website. The reservation is possible
by email or phone.
Compagnie Yeu Continent,
maritime public company of Vendee, links all the year
La Barre de Monts-Fromentine on the island of Yeu with
its three ships : La Vendee,
Insula Oya 2 and Amporelle, the fast ship. The
site displays schedules and allows booking online.
Finist'mer,
company from the island of Ouessant, operates regular
sea crossings with its high-speed boats, from Le Conquet,
Camaret and Lanildut towards islands of Ouessant and Molene.
Tickets booking is possible by email and phone.
Inter-Iles,
company of La Rochelle, proposes crossings towards Islands
of Aix, Re and Oleron, as well as excusions towards La
Rochelle and Fort Boyard. Ports of departure are La Rochelle,
la Tranche-sur-Mer, Bourcefranc-le-chapus, Saint-Martin-de-Re,
Saint Denis and Boyardville on Oleron island.
Morbihannaise de Navigation,
or Societe Morbihannaise Navigation (SMN), links
islands of Groix, Houat, Hoëdic and Belle-Ile to
Quiberon and Lorient on the coast of South Brittany. Its
website shows schedules and allows booking online.
Navix,
breton company, proposes cruises in the Gulf of Morbihan,
towards the island of Houat and Belle-Ile-en-mer. Schedules
and fares are posted on the website. Tickets booking is
possible by email or phone.
Penn Ar Bed,
breton company, serves every day islands of Ouessant,
Molene and Sein. One of its four ships cruises at 20 knots.
Les bateliers d'Arcachon,
company from Archachon, operates crossings and excursions
in the basin of Arcachon.
P&O North Sea Ferries,
links Kingston-upon-Hull in North England to Rotterdam/Europoort
in the Netherlands and Zeebrugge in Belgium. It has
six ferries, including two superferries, Pride
of Rotterdam and Pride of Hull. These ships cruise
at 22 knots. The multilingual site presents the
most beautiful destinations of Northern Europe with
practical informations and allows booking online.
Smyril Line,
company of Faroe Islands (Denmark), benefits from the
position crossroads of the archipelago to link with its
boat Norröna (1 050 passengers and 300 vehicles), Shetland
Islands, Iceland, Hantholm in the North Denmark, Bergen
in Norway and Scotland. The Denmark-Iceland crossing allows
a three days stop (two nights) in Faroe Islands. Smyril
Line also proposes accomodations and tours to discover
Iceland, Faroe islands and Shetland islands.
AG Ems,
company of Frisian islands, serves Borkum, the most western
island of this archipelago and even of Germany. It has
a fast catamaran and a ferry which start from Emden, situated
on the right bank of the Ems-Jade estuary in Germany,
or from Eemshaven, on the left bank of the estuary in
the Netherlands.
Förde Reederei Seetouristik,
private maritime company, operates return crossings every
day between Hamburg and Helgoland island. Its fast catamaran
"Hanse Jet", stops in Wedel and Cuxhaven to embark full
of passengers. The site displays fares, schedules and
allows booking online. FRS extends its maritime activities
to other seas like the baltic sea and the mediterranean
sea with its subsidiary companies Reederei Hiddensee and
Ferrys Ràpidos del Sur.
Frisia,
private maritime company, links two frisian islands from
Norddeich : Juist in 75 minutes,
one or twice a day according to the season and Norderney
in 55 minutes, betwwen six
to fourteen times a day. Frisia also serves, by fast catamaran,
Helgoland island from Norderney islands
(90 minutes), Langeoog (75 minutes)
and Hooksiel (75 minutes).
Rømø-Sylt Linie,
subsidiary of the german group FRS (Förde
Reederei Seetouristik), links the
peninsula of Rømø in Denmark to the german
peninsula of Sylt. Two ferries operates this line in 50 minutes
between the two boarding ports : Havneby and List.
According to the season, the frequency of crossings changes
between six and eleven return a day. The website shows
fares, schedules and allows booking online.
Aran Island Ferries,
company of the Aran archipelago situated on the irish
west coast, operates crossings between Rossaveal in Connemara
and the three islands of Inishmore,
Inishman and Inisheer, by two or three rotations a day.
It has four modern and rapid ships which only carry passengers.
The website allows tickets booking.
Cliffs
of Moher and Aran Islands Cruises,
irish company, allows to discover from March to October
for 1 hour Cliffs of Moher, impressive cliffs between
Doolin and Liscannor, in Clare county. These cliffs are
spread over 8 km long and the highest point overlooking
the sea 230 meters. The company is also exploring the
island of Inisheer in the archipelago of Aran (30
minutes crossing). From April to October, the frequency since Doolin or
Liscannor is daily. Cliffs of Moher and Aran Islands Cruises
has a small vessel which embarks 70 passengers.
Doolin Ferries,
irish company, links the three islands of the Aran archipelago
-Inishmore, Inishman and Inisheer- from Doolin (20 mn) and Galway (90 mn). In high season, the frequency from Galway is daily.
Doolin Ferries has a fleet of five small ships which embark
passengers and vehicles.
Irish
Ferries,
irish company, has a modern fleet of four ships in service
between France and Ireland and on the Irish Sea. "Ulysse"
is the biggest ferry ever built
(208 m length, 32 m wide), with its sister ship"Rodin"
of Sea France. It carries 2 000
passengers and more than 1300 vehicles. It only cruises
in 3 hours to link Holyhead (Wales) to Dublin. Its three
other ships operate the lines Holyhead-Dublin, Pembroke-Rosslare,
Cherbourg and Roscoff towards Rosslare. The website allows
tickets booking and discounts for crossings with vehicles.
Norfolkline,
english company, subsidiary of the danish group Maersk,
links the United Kingdom to Ireland with two lines: Liverpool-Dublin
and Liverpool-Belfast. The website allows booking online.
P&O Irish Sea,
irish subsidiary of group P&O, links Cherbourg to Rosslare
in southern Ireland, Dublin to Liverpool, Larne in Northern
Ireland to Cairnryan and Troon in Scotland. The website
allows tickets booking.
Steam Packet,
isle of Man company, joins Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast
and Heysham. The company also operates two lines Ireland-United
Kingdom : Belfast-Troon and Belfast-Heysham.
Stena Line,
with its fast ships, operates five crossings in the Ireland
Sea : in the south, Rosslare-Fishguard, in the north,
Belfast-Stranraer, Larne-Fleetwod, and in the middle,
Dun Laoghaire-Holyhead, Dublin-Holyhead,
with its fast ferry Stena Adventurer. The website
shows discounts for each line, allows tickets and hotels
booking.
P&O
Ferries,
specialized compagny on the North Sea, links Hull in
the northern England to Rotterdam/Europoort in the Netherlands
and Zeebrugge in Belgium, with its six ferries, including
two big ferries, Pride of Rotterdam
and Pride of Hull. These ships
cruise at 22 knots. The multilingual
site presents the most beautiful destinations of Northern
Europe with practical informations and allows booking
online.
Rederij Doeksen,
private company, serves two islands of Wadden sea in the
northern Netherlands : Vlieland and Terschelling.
From Harlingen, its three fast ferries and its two fast
shuttles operate on average three return a day towards
Vlieland (1.45 hour and 45 minutes
by fast shuttle) and five crossings
towards Terschelling (2 hours
and 50 minutes by fast shuttle).
The website shows detailed schedules and fares.
Stena Line,
anglo-swedish company, operates crossings between Hoek
van Holland in the Netherlands and Harwich in England
with the fast ferry Stena Britannica.
The multilingual site displays discounts for each line,
allows tickets and hotels bookings.
Teso,
private company, cruises between Netherlands and Texel,
the biggest island of Wadden sea. Its two ferries links
Den Helder to Texel in half an hour. Departures spread
from 6 a.m to 21.35 p.m. The site displays schedules
and fares.
Wagenborg,
private company, serves two islands of Wadden sea in
the northern Netherlands : Ameland and Schiermonnikoog.
From Holwerd, its three ferries operate between eight and
fourteen returns a day towards Ameland (45 minutes). From Lauwersoog,
a ferry links five times a day Schiermonnikoog (45 minutes). The website
proposes pre-reservation of crossings with vehicles.
Color Line,
originally norwegian company, operates the lines Kiel
(Allemagne)-Oslo (Norway), Frederikshavn (Denmark)-Oslo,
Hirtshals (Denmark) to Stavanger and Bergen in Norway,
Hirsthals-Larvik (Norway), Sondelfjord (Norway)-Strömstad
(Sweden), with its seven ships of which a rapid one, Silvia
Ana, in service on Hirtshals-Kristiansand line. The
site displays fares, schedules and allows booking online.
DFDS Seaways,one
of the largest companies of Northern Europe, links with
its six ships Newcastle to Amsterdam-Ijmuiden (Netherlands),
Harwich to Esbjerg (Denmark), Newcastle to Stavanger,
Haugesund and Bergen (Norway). DFDS Seaways also cruises in the Baltic from Copenhagen
towards Oslo. The website allows tickets and accomodation
booking. It also proposes minicruises.
Fjord1,
norwegian company which operates lines in the areas of
Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn og Romsdal and Møre og
Romsdal. Ferries cruise along the coast between the cities
of Stavanger, Bergen, Ålesund,
Molde, Kristiansund and Trondheim. The company proposes
excursions in Sognefjord, the world's longest fjord, in
the famous Geiranger fjord, of which waterfalls have evocative
names (Three sisters, the Wedding veil...).
Fjord1 presents lines with interactive maps, schedules
and fares.
Fjord Line,
maritime company of Bergen, links Hanstholm in Denmark
to Ergesund, Haugesund and Bergen in Norway.
Fjord Steamers,
private company, arranges crossings from Bergen to the
Hardanger Fjord and the Sogn og Fjordane. These excursions
looks like minicruises. The website shows schedules and
the pre-reservation via a form.
Hurtigruten,
the famous norwegian coastal Express since one more than
a century, combines its service to carry freight, mail,
passengers and his new mission of cruises. This maritime
line "Hurtigruten",
jointly runned by TFDS, based in Tromso and OVDS from
Narvik, is universally famous for its single atmosphere.
The spectacle is attractive, ships cruise between green
archipelagoes and deep fjords. Passengers share the same
taste for the authenticity and the discovery of beautiful
norwegian landscapes, but also for norwegian people, their
culture and their way of life. On board, meals are prepared
with fresh products embarked in each port, specific to
each coastal area. Fourteen ships compose the very modern
fleet of Hurtigruten. The must of the nordic cruise remains
the complete trip with 35 stops in the south-north direction
from Bergen to Kirkenes, the last city before the russian
border. This twelve days trip, called Norwegian
Coastal Travel, are operated
by ships of Bergen Line, property of TDFS. Hurtigruten
also serves also Lofoten Islands. The website allows tickets
booking.
Kystlink,
norwegian maritime company which links
Hirtshals in the North Jutland (Denmark), Langesund in
the southern Norway and Stromstad in Sweden. Its site
displays schedules and fares. Its ship leaves about midnight
Hirtshals and reached the Telemark coast in the early
morning around 8 a.m.
Tide,
private company, proposes minicruises to discover fjords
between Bergen and Stavanger on board of one of its
three fast and modern catamarans. Each excusion lasts
approximately 4 hours.
Fred Olsen,
originally norwegian company, serves in the Canarias archipelago.
It operates lines between the different islands since
1904. Fred Olsen has a modern fleet, with its three fast
catamarans which cruise at more than 40 knots. With
them, Gomera and Grand Canaries are connected to Tenerife
in half an hour. The website allows tickets booking.
Brittany
Ferries,breton company based in Roscoff, links France, England,
Spain and Ireland on seven lines : Roscoff-Cork,
Santander-Plymouth, Roscoff-Plymouth, Cherbourg-Poole,
Cherbourg-Portsmouth, Saint-Malo-Portsmouth, Caen-Portsmouth.
Its renewed fleet counts seven ferries. Its ship "Mont
Saint-Michel", cruises Caen/Ouistreham
to Portsmouth, in less than 6 hours. With a capacity of
2 140 passengers and 600 cars, it is the largest
ferry among Channel ferries with the
ship "Pont-Aven". This
ship of equivalent size operates
lines Roscoff-Cork (Ireland) in 11 hours, Roscoff-Plymouth
(England) in 4.45 hours and Plymouth-Santander (Spain)
in 18 hours. Their speed of 27 knots helps Brittany
Ferries to develop minicruises, including for example
a six hours stop to discover Cork and its surroundings,
the breakfast and transfers by bus. The
website shows schedules, fares, discounts and tickets
booking. Brittany Ferries also proposes a great choice
of lodging in B&B, hotels and cottages in Great-Britain,
Ireland and France.
Caledonian MacBrayne,
regional maritime company, serves islands of western Scotland,
mainly of the archipelago of Hébrides, thanks to
its thirty ferries. The site posts the schedules, the
tariffs and the reservation .
DFDS Seaways,
one of the largest companies of Northern Europe, links
with its six ships Newcastle to Amsterdam-Ijmuiden (Netherlands),
Harwich to Esbjerg (Denmark), Newcastle to Stavanger,
Haugesund and Bergen (Norway). DFDS Seaways also cruises in the Baltic from Copenhagen
towards Oslo. The website allows tickets and accomodation
booking. It also proposes minicruises.
John o'Groats
Ferries,
scottish company, serves Orkneys
islands which stretch off the northeastern
point of Scotland, John O' Groats. The company proposes
the shortest cruise (40 minutes) to join this
archipelago, between John O' Groats and Burwick.
From there, a service of bus rejoins in 45 minutes the
principal city of Orkneys, Kirkwall. Schedules and fares
are posted on the website.
P&O
Ferries,
maritime subsidiary compagny of DP World, Dubai's port
manager, operates crossings Bilbao-Portsmouth, Zeebrugge-Hull,
Rotterdam-Hull, Calais-Dover, Le Havre-Portsmouth and
Cherbourg-Portsmouth. Its fleet was largely renewed.
Pride of Bilbao
links twice a week Portsmouth and Bilbao, in northern
Spain. To avoid London aera, passengers who are going
to northern England and Scotland embark from Zeebrugge
in Belgium or from Rotterdam/Europoort int the Netherlands
towards Kingston-upon-Hull. Six ferries, including Pride
of Rotterdam and Pride of Hull which
cruise at 22 knots, and two renovated ships, Norsea
and Norsun,
operate these two crossings. The multilingual site presents
the most beautiful destinations of Northern Europe with
practical informations, minicruises, discounts and
tickets booking. The lines in the Irish Sea are served
by an other subsidiary company of P&O
(Peninsular and Oriental Steam),P&O
Irish Sea.
Pentland Ferries,
scottish company, serves Orkney islands
situated off the northeastern point of Scotland. It ship
Pentalina B,
with a capacity of 250 passengers and 46 cars, joins this
archipelago, between Gills and St Margarets Hope, in three
daily rotations during summer and two during winter. The
site displays schedules and fares. It also proposes tickets
booking.
NorthLink Ferries,
company of Orkney and Shetland
Islands, proposes a crossing from Scrabster, close to
Thurso in the northern Scotland, towards Stromness, and
two lines from Aberdeen towards Lerwick, including one
by the capital of Orkneys islands, Kirkwall. The website
allows tickets and accomodation booking.
Steamship,
the company of the islands of Scilly to broad of the point
of Cornouailles in Great Britain, operates the connections
between this archipelago and the coasts English, thanks
to Scillonain III, of a capacity of 600 passengers.
Stena Line,
anglo-Swedish company, runs about thirty ferries distributed
on seventeen lines in Scandinavia (Oslo/Göteborg-Frederikshavn,
Karlskrona-Gdansk…), between the Netherlands and
the United Kingdom (Harwich) and between Wales and Ireland
(Stranraer-Belfast, Holyhead-Dublin, Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire,
Fishguard-Rosslare and Fleetwood-Larne). Its website shows
discounts for each line and allows booking online.
Superfast Ferries,
european maritime company, links Rosyth in Scotland to
Zeebrugge in Belgium in approximately 14 hours.
Swansea Cork Ferries,
welsh company, links Swansea in South Wales to Cork in
Ireland. This linee proposes the advantage to disembark
in the southern Ireland and thus to avoid the coastal
road from Rosslare. The site displays schedules and fares.
Transeuropa Ferries,
company links Ostend in Belgium to Ramsgate in England.
This crossing with ist six ships allows to join easily
Bruges and Canterbury. The website shows schedules and
fares.
FERRIES OF THE BALTIC
DFDS Seaways,
one of the largest companies of Northern Europe, links
with its six ships Newcastle to Amsterdam-Ijmuiden (Netherlands),
Harwich to Esbjerg (Denmark), Newcastle to Stavanger,
Haugesund and Bergen(Norway). DFDS Seaways also cruises
in the Baltic from Copenhagen towards Oslo. The website
allows tickets and accomodation booking. It also proposes
minicruises.
Scandlines,
specialist company for the southern Baltic, operates eleven
direct crossings between Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania
and Latvia : Rødby Færge-Puttgarden,
Rostock-Gedser, Sassnitz-Rønne, Rostock-Trelleborg,
Sassnitz-Trelleborg, Fynshav (Als)-Bøjden (Odense),
Esbjerg-Fanø, Kiel-Klaipeda, Rostock-Venspils,
Karlshamn-Liepaja and Nynäshamn-Ventspils. It is
also possible to buy combined tickets including two successive
crossings on the lines Puttgarden-Helsingborg, Rostock-Helsingborg,
Puttgarden-Spodsbjerg, Rostock-Spodsbjerg, Puttgarden-Oslo
and Rostock-Spodsbjerg.
Silja Line,
company well established in the Baltic Sea, links Finland,
Sweden, Germany, Estonia and Latvia with the lines Stockholm-Aland-Turku,
Stockholm-Aland-Helsinki, Kapellskär(Suède)-Aland-Turku,
Kapellskär-Aland-Helsinki.Its website also proposes
Tallink's lines : Rostock-Helsinki, Stockholm-Riga,
Stockholm-Aland-Tallinn, Kapellskär-Paldiski (Estonia).
Silja Line has six ferries of which a rapid ship (NGV),
SuperSeaCat, on the line Helsinki-Tallinn. Booking is
possible by email on the website.
Stena Line,
anglo-swedish company, presents on all northern european
seas, proposes seven crossings in the Baltic Sea : Kiel-Gothenburg, Gothenburg-Frederikshavn
(Denmark), Frederikshavn-Oslo, Grenå (Danemark)-Varberg
(Sweden), Stockholm-Turku, Stockholm-Helsinki and Karlskrona
(Suède)-Gdynia (Poland). The multilingual website
allows tickets and hotels booking. It also posts discounts
for each line.
Superfast Ferries,
european company, operates three crossings in the Baltic
Sea with Silja Line: Helsinki-Stockholm, Turku-Stockholm
et Helsinki-Rostock. Booking
is possible by email on the website.
Ærøfærgene,
company of the Ærø island, links the island
to Denmark by peninsulas of Odense (Søby-Faaborg
connections and Ærøskøbing-Svendborg),
Langeland (Marstal-Rudkøbing) and Als (Søby-Mommark).
The website shows schedules and fares.
Bornholmstrafikken,
company of Bornholm island, operates crossings towards
Copenhagen, Ystad in Sweden and Fährhafen Sassnitz
on the Rügen peninsula in Germany. The website allows
tickets booking.
Christiansøfarten-Bornholm Express train,
company of Christiansø island, operates three lines
with the close island of Bornholm, towards the ports of
Gudhjem, Allinge and Svaneke. The frequency of crossings
on each one is on average one a day, except in summer
when one counts up to three crossings a day on the Christiansø-Gudhjem
line. The site displays schedules.
Færgeselskabet Læsø,
company of Læsø island, serves lines between
Frederikshavn, at the end of the Jutland peninsula and
Vesterø Havn, on Læsø Island. The
frequency of crossings changes, according to the season,
from three to six a day. The website proposes discounts
and allows tickets booking.
Langeland-Kiel,
company of Langeland island, links in six hours Kiel in
Germany and Bagenkop on Langeland. The single ferry cruises
every day, from Thursday to Sunday.
Mols Linien,
private company of Jutland, proposes an alternative to
the road between the northen Denmark and Seeland island
now linked by the Storebælt bridge. The three fast
catamarans and the traditional ferry cruise between Århus
and Odden or Kalendborg, between Ebeltoft and Odden .
The shortest crossing lasts only 45 minutes. The
website allows booking on line.
Samsø Linien,
company of Samsø island situated between Jutland
and Seeland island, serves Samsø several times
a day. From ports of Sælvig and Hov in Jutland,
the rotation frequency is on average five a day. Between
Kolby Kås and Kalundborg in Seeland island, the
company operates crossings on average twice a day. The
website allows tickets booking.
Sundbusserne,
small company of the Öresund strait, operates exclusively
crossings between Helsingør in Denmark and Helsingborg
in Sweden. The passengers ferries cruise in 20 minutes,
ideal to spend a day and to go shopping in Helsingborg.
The site displays schedules and fares.
Linda Line,
company of three fast ships, links exclusively two capitals
the Baltic Sea, Tallinn and Helsinki, in less than one
hour with its fastest hydrofoil. The website shows schedules,
fares and allows tickets booking.
Saaremaa Laevakompanii,
company of the four main estonian islands, operates crossings
Saaremaa-Ventspils, Heltermaa (Hiiumaa)-Rohuküla,
Triigi (Saaremaa)-Soru (Hiiumaa), Kuivastu (Muhu)-Virtsu,
Sillamäe-Kotka (Finland), with its fleet of ten ferries.
The site displays schedules and fares.
Tallink,
national estonian company (Estonian
Hansatee), realizes with its
seven ships, including two rapids (Tallink
Autoexpress), Rostock-Helsinki,
Stockholm-Riga, Stockholm-Aland-Tallinn, Kapellskär-Paldiski
(Estonia). Its website also proposes Silja's lines :
Stockholm-Aland-Turku, Stockholm-Aland-Helsinki, Kapellskär(Suède)-Aland-Turku,
Kapellskär-Aland-Helsinki. The website show schedules
and fares. Booking is only possible by email.
Ålandstrafiken,
company of Åland archipelago, allows from the main
island to discover islands of Brändö, Kumlinge,
Vårdö, Föglö, Sottunga and Kökar.
Its four ferries operate crossings Osnäs-Brändö,
Hummelvik-Kumlinge, Långnäs-Överö,
Långnäs-Sottunga, Galtby-Kökar, Långnäs-Överö,
Långnäs-Sottunga and Svinö-Degerby. The
site displays schedules, fares, and also services of bus
in the archipelago.
Eckerö Line,
subsidiary of Eckerö Linjen company, links Helsinki
to Tallinn. Its website allows crossings and Tallinn hotels
booking.
Eckerö Linjen,
company established on the Åland archipelago, gets
its name from the eastern port of Åland island.
Passengers embarks in Eckerö for the only line of
the company towards Sweden. The Grisselhamn-Eckerö
crossing lasts 2 hours. The website proposes schedules
and fares as well as accommodation and activities.
Finnlines,
the company embarks passengers and vehicles on lines Helsinki-Travemünde
between Finland and Germany (Ferrycenter.fi)
and Petersbourg Lübeck-Sassnitz-Kaliningrad-Saint
Petersburg, from Germany to Russia.
Kotka Archipelago,
public transport company of Kotka archipelago,
serves the main islands in the
east of Helsinki : Varissaari, Kuutsalo, Lehmäsaari,
Kukouri, Haapasaari, Kaunissaari, Tammio and Ulkotammio.
The departures begins from Kotka,
Pyhtää and Hamina. The website shows schedules
and fares.
Nordic Jet Line,
subsidiary of the german maritime group FRS (Förde
Reederei Seetouristik), proposes
a service of high speed ship (NGV). It spends only 40 minutes
to link finnish and estonian capitals, Helsinki and Tallinn.
The website allows tickets, activites and hotels booking.
RG Line,
company of Botnia Gulf, operates every day a return crossing
between Vaasa and Umeå in 4 hours. The website
proposes booking online and even givcs a free voucher
to spend on the ship.
Seawind Line,
finnish company, links Turku in Finland to Stockholm in
Sweden. Its two ships stops, halfway, in Langnäs
in the Åland archipelago.
Turku Archipelago,
public transport company of the archipelago
sea (FinnishSaaristomeri,
SwedishSkärgårdshavet),
links the main islands off the coast of Turku.
They are situatde between Hanko, in the east, and the
Åland archipelago, in the west, served by another
local company, Ålandstrafiken. Its fourteen ferries
operates crossings towards the islands of Mossala, Houtskär,
Nagu, Korpo, Iniö and Kustavi. The website shows
schedules and fares.
Viking Line,
finnish company, presents the most important offer towards
the Åland archipelago.With its seven ships, it serves
the archipelago from Turku and Helsinki, but also from
Stockholm and Kapellskär in Sweden. Viking Line also
operates crossing between Helsinki and Tallinn, capital
of Estonia.
Reederei Hiddensee,
subsidiary of the german maritime group FRS (Förde
Reederei Seetouristik), operates
lines between Hiddensee island and germans coasts, in
particular Rügen island in the east. Reederei Hiddensee
also cruises in the estuary of Rostock. It has six ships.
The site displays fares and schedules.
Lisco Baltic Service,
company of the maritime group DFDS, operates crossings
from the main lithuanian port, Klaipeda, towards Kiel
and Mukran in Germany, and towards Karlshamn and Åhus
in Sweden. The site displays fares and schedules.
Color Line,
originally norwegian company, links Norway (Oslo, Kristiansand
and Larvik) to Germany (Kiel) and Denmark (Hirtshals or
Frederikshavn), with its seven ships of which a rapid
one, Silvia Ana, in service on the crossing Hirtshals-Kristiansand.
The website shows fares, schedules and allows booking
on line.
KystLink,norwegian maritime company which links
Hirtshals in the North Jutland (Denmark), Langesund
in the southern Norway and Stromstad in Sweden. Its
site displays schedules and fares. Its ship leaves about
midnight Hirtshals and reached the Telemark coast in
the early morning around 8 a.m.
Polferries,
national maritime company, operates crossings towards
Denmark (Swinoujscie-Copenhagen and Swinoujscie-Bornholm)
and towards Sweden (Swinoujscie-Ystad and Gdansk-Nynäshamn).
The site displays fares and schedules.
Unity Line,
private company, links exclusively Swinoujscie to Ystad
in the southern Sweden. Crossings during weekends often
give the opportunity to thematic entertainment. The site
displays schedules, fares and discounts.
Destination Gotland,
company of Gotland island, operates, with its three ferries,
lines towards swedish coasts, Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn.
Crossing last between 2.30 and three hours. The website
shows schedules, fares and allows booking online.
HH-Ferries
,company which operates crossings in the Sund strait,
between Helsingborg in Sweden and Helsingør in
Denmark. The site displays schedules and fares.
TT-Line,
maritime company with five ferries, of which one is a
rapid ship, operates Germany-Sweden crossings from Rostock
or Travemünde close to Lübeck towards Trelleborg,
in the south of Malmö. The website shows schedules,
fares and allows tickets booking.
Waxholmsbolaget,
company of Stockholm's archipelago, serves islands which
stretch from Norrtälje to Nynäshamn: Arholma,
Lidö, Tjockö, Finnhamn, Grinda, Svartsö,
Svartlöga, Rödlöga, Möja, Runmarö,
Sandhamn, Utö, Rånö, Nåttarö
and Landsort. The website shows fares, timetables and
an interactive map.
Ven-Trafiken,
company of Hven island situated in the middle of the Sund
strait, operates crossing between Bäckviken and Landskrona,
in the north of Malmö. Its four boats links the island
in half an hour, twelve times a day. The site displays
schedules and fares.
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