Plymouth Ferry to Santander - 17th September

RILLOM · 22-08-08, 10:07

There's a groups of us (5 bikes - 7 folks) leaving Plymouth for Santander on 17 Sept. Taking in the Picos & then down SE (ish) towards Cuenca - back up NE towards Pyrenees then riding E to W along the N260 & the back up through France (meeting another 3 bikes & riders) via the Dordoyne & the Loire - get back in the UK on 5 Oct.

Anybody else using the same ferry crossing ?

22-08-08, 10:18

i had been looking to take this ferry, but i seem to be getting really expensive prices?!?!

what are you guys paying?

best i could get was £324 return. cabin on way out, recliner on way back

or is this a normal price?

be nice to travel with some others, so if i can get the ferry for a reasonable price i'll join you for the crossing.

i'm planning to ride down to Murcia

cheers

Graeme

Ash · 22-08-08, 10:50

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Originally Posted by Temple

i had been looking to take this ferry, but i seem to be getting really expensive prices?!?!

what are you guys paying?

best i could get was £324 return. cabin on way out, recliner on way back

or is this a normal price?

be nice to travel with some others, so if i can get the ferry for a reasonable price i'll join you for the crossing.

i'm planning to ride down to Murcia

cheers

Graeme

try www.nuttTravel.com
mine was £240

22-08-08, 10:58

having never done a ferry crossing before, what are the recliner seats like?

are they just like airline seats, i cant sleep at all on them

cheers

G

Ash · 22-08-08, 11:52

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Originally Posted by Temple

having never done a ferry crossing before, what are the recliner seats like?

are they just like airline seats, i cant sleep at all on them

cheers

G

yes

and it will save you money if traveling alone against a single cabin.

22-08-08, 11:54

is ur £240 fare on the recliner seats?

i think i can suffer it for £240. might even end up on the floor.

i checked out that site, just waiting on them getting back to me! fingers crossed!

thanks again!

barneydinosaur · 22-08-08, 12:15

Three of us are going out on the 19th portsmouth-Bilbao ferry for stooging about in the Pyrenees and back on the santander-plymouth one on 25th. It worked out at just over £300 with cabin both ways. Happy to meet for beers if anyone is on the same boats.

Baz · 22-08-08, 15:35

I looked at the Plymouth Santander crossing, but it didnt fit with my holiday dates. So I'm sailing from Portsmouth to St Malo on the 19th & riding to the Picos. Hoping to be there sometime on the 21st for 3 days before heading across the Pyrenees (918 &916) then North to Caen.

Cost of Ferries was £200 inc Cabin on way down & recliner on way back.

If you see a Blue ST 1300 2 up give me a wave.

Baz

RILLOM · 22-08-08, 16:29

We booked early this year - got it at £663.00 for 3 bikes & riders in 4 berth cabin. A good deal me thinks. Mind you we're not returning the same way, we will be catching the 00.01 ferry from Caen to Portsmouth on the night of 4 Oct.

A group of seven foks - 5 bikes consiting of

yellow 1200GS
blue/white 1150GS
silver 1200RT (if I remember correctly!)
& 2 pan ST1300

Introduce yourself if you see us

tuckerhauser · 22-08-08, 18:01

used the Plymouth Santander crossing couple of years ago
just booked a reclining seat there and back wasn't the best nights sleeps by a long way
few beers will help
seats don’t recline that far seem to remember it being cold as well
few people slept on the floor

Robin · 22-08-08, 19:51

I'm riding down on the 19th, expecting to spend all day riding in the Picos on Monday 22nd, then heading west to east along (mainly) the N260. I'll wave if I see you!

Baz · 23-08-08, 06:32

Robin

Where are you staying in the Picos?

RILLOM · 23-08-08, 06:59

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Originally Posted by Baz

Robin

Where are you staying in the Picos?

We've booked in at this place

http://www.lapisa.co.uk/about.html

Looked OK to me - it's my 1st time riding in Spain so it's all new to me. Hope the weather's OK

Robin · 23-08-08, 18:16

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Originally Posted by Baz

Robin

Where are you staying in the Picos?

Sunday and Monday nights the Parador de Cervera. Tues at Parador Sos del Rey, Weds at Parador de Arties.

Paradors have some cheap deals for Amigos de Paradores in September.

Baz · 24-08-08, 07:56

Looks reasoanble until you start adding the cost of meals.

Devon · 24-08-08, 08:40

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Originally Posted by Baz

Looks reasoanble until you start adding the cost of meals.

It is well worth eating in the restaurant if anyone is using Brittanny Ferries. Superb food from £15.00, a much better deal than junk food from the cafes which usually end up costing the same. A group of us are sailing Plymouth/Santander 4th October, a couple of hours in the restaurant will help pass the evening away and be part of the holiday.

The recliners are OK but usually very noisy with pished up peeps sleeping on the floor snoring and others coming and going all night. In my experiance a cabin is worth the extra dosh.