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Portsmouth - St Malo Ferry
Brittany Ferries provide two daily sailings to St Malo. the day-time crossing takes 8 hours and 45 minutes, the night-time crossing takes about 10 hours, 30 minutes. PortsmouthPortsmouth is the second busiest port in the UK, each year 3.5 million people travel from Portsmouth to Continental Europe. It has excellent road links from London via the M3 and A3. Whilst it may not have the quickest journey times to France and Spain, it gives the passenger a more relaxing enjoyable journey. Portsmouth itself is the Royal Navy's historical home, the port is just north of the navel base. There's plenty to do at the terminal building, a gift shop and newsagent, a licensed bar, a cafeteria, a bureau de change, a cash point, a baby changing room, payphones, photo booths and public fax machine. At the end of the boarding lanes is another "Travel Centre" which contains a cafeteria, bureau de change, and gift shops. St MaloOne of the best ways to view the walled town and long golden beaches of St Malo is to sail into port early in the morning. The beaches near St Malo stretch all the way along the Northern Brittany Coast and are very easy to get into. St Malo is a small city but has a long history. St Malo is also known as the City of Corsairs because the corsairs, or privateers, preyed at will on the English ships crossing the Channel in the 18th and 19th centuries. The walls of the city are 20 feet thick. They were originally built in the 14th century, although most of what still stands was designed in the 18th century by the military architect Vauban. South of the citadel is the Grand Aquarium. The aquarium uses impressively lit tanks full of aquatic life to explain the "Mysteries of the Sea" in a fun, family orientated way. You can also take the underwater ride past a lost city and past wreckages on the "Nautibus". St Malo features several museums echoing the distinctive history and culture of Brittany. Le Mont St Michel, which is a spectacular monastery that is often cut off at high tide as it is built on a semi island. |
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