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The western Channel crossings (from Portsmouth, Poole, Weymouth and Plymouth) offer the most relaxing ferry routes to holiday destinations in West and South West France, but can look very expensive compared to the fierce competition and low advanced booking prices out of Dover.
Although Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardie have their attractions, many will tend to speed south out of the busy terminal and onto the autoroute which tends to whisk you through some rather unexciting landscapes - prettu much all the way to Paris on the A1 or Reims and beyond on the A26.. Whereas landing in somewhere like St Malo or Roscoff in particular makes you immediately feel on holiday and in France - a matter of scale and pace as well as more attractive countryside and seascapes.
One of the smaller operators is Condor Ferries which operates out of Weymouth and Poole to the Channel Islands and St Malo - and with some fast ferries the crossing time can be under 5 hours into St Malo. Some crossings call in at the Channel Islands and maybe this is an opportunity to have a look at the Islands, as in reality they are much closer geographically to France than the UK.
For more info see /www.condorferries.co.uk
For more info on Channel Ferry crossings see www.frenchduck.co.uk
Condor Ferries will be at the France Live Show in Leicester on Sun 19 February 2007