| France is becoming more popular with British | | | | Another option is to take the Eurostar train which |
| holiday makers and day trippers as the price of | | | | takes you through the channel tunnel owned by |
| holidays in Spain and other European countries are | | | | Eurotunnel which takes under half an hour and of |
| getting more expensive, a lot of Brits are taking | | | | course you take all of your luxuries with you by |
| the cheaper route of driving and visiting campsites | | | | loading up the car and taking a trailer if necessary. |
| and caravan parks. | | | | The Eurostar has recently become the dominant |
| Travelling to France and the rest of Europe is | | | | operator in cross-channel intercity passenger |
| easy as pie using the Eurotunnel or one of the | | | | travel on the routes that it operates, carrying |
| many ferry companies now travelling across the | | | | more passengers than the airlines combined. The |
| English channel. The most popular ferry routes are | | | | service is operated by eighteen-carriage trains |
| Dover to Calais and Boulogne, Portsmouth to St. | | | | which run at up to 300 kilometres per hour (186 |
| Malo & Cherbourg and Newhaven to Dieppe | | | | mph) on a network of high-speed lines. |
| and Le Havre some of which can see you across | | | | There are now over 60 major ferry operators, |
| the channel in just over an hour. The major | | | | and over 800 European ferry routes so you have |
| European ferry operators are P&O, Brittany | | | | lots of travel options, so why not relax, breathe |
| Ferries, Norfolkline, LD Lines and Seafrance most | | | | the sea air and enjoy a trip across the channel to |
| of which run multiple daily crossings across the | | | | France - Bon Voyage! |
| channel. | | | | |