Advertisement
Message Forums |
|
 Topic: Portsmouth/Santander or Bilboa
|
Page: 1 2
  |
Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!
Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!
Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!
06/9/2014 at 12:40am
Location: None Entered
Outfit: khyam's Vango's Terra Nova Outhouse
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 04/3/2009 Platinum Member 
Forum Posts: 990
| Site Reviews Total: | 0 |
|
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0  |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2018: | 0 |
|
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2018: | 0 |
|
Returned a few days ago. We've now done :
Santander to Portsmouth
Plymouth to Santander
Bilbao to Portsmouth
I think the best route is the one that suits you geographically and time wise. We did our crossings in August / early Sept and luckily ended up with perfect weather on all occasions.
Pont Avon
Certainly the biggest ship. Has lots of indoor bars, seating etc. it also has a greater range of cabins. We did pay for the outside ones with TV tea & coffee facilities both times, it worked for us.
It has a restaurant, self service, coffee shop / snack bar. Maybe we got it ln an off day but we took picnic food the next time. It wasn't that the food was inedible but the self service wasn't good enough value for what we wanted. I'm not a meat lover and was sick of tomatoe pasta by that stage, maybe that coloured my view. My husband decided a ready meal would have been better too. He didn't rate the choices of meats in various brown sauces either. I assume they serve more variety when they do the short cruises on this ship, the self service area had more capacity.
The hot food at the coffee place seemed a bit odd too, they advertised pizza but then there's these crazy people who want it at 1pm, or early evening. Sandwiches were all meat or fish based.
Thers is a microwave in the self service that anyone can use for what what they want. Just saying.
Cap Finistiere
It is smaller and wouldn't be my first choice in November, not that you can predict rough seas.
It has a small bookable restaurant.
A small self service thing. It had drinks, pre packed salads, pasta etc. the meals like pasta were ready meal affairs to be put in the provided in the provided microwaves. They looked prefectly nice, nicer than my veggie option on the Pont Avon. We bought a nice tabbouleh salad to top up the pre bought micro food we'd brought with us.
I went to the snack bar bit and they did serve food until 9pm. Pizza, hamburgers, fries etc The specials were lamb curry and chicken Basque that day.
The inside seating areas are much smaller on this ship. The top deck has a solid roof but conservatory style walls. The heated sea water splash pool is up there, outside but well protected. It did look deep and an adult would needs to be in there with poor swimmers.
This is also.where the snack bar is, the dog walking area, a play area for toddlers / pre-schoolers. I stayed up there reading until late and it was warm enough with a jumper.
I found the Cap Finistiere more relaxed but would go for the Pont A in winter. My parents prefer the Pont A, they tend to travel off seaon.
|
|
|
8516 Visitors online !
Free UKCampsite.co.uk Window Sticker - Recommend to Friend - Add a Missing Campsite
[Message Forums]
[Caravan Sites & Camping]
[Company Listings]
[Features / Advice]
[Virtual Brochure]
[Shop!]
[Reception]
[Competitions]
[Caravans & Motorhomes For Sale]
[Event Diary]
[Contact Us]
[Tent Reviews]
Please note we are not responsible for the content of external sites & any reviews represent the author's personal view only. Please report any error here. You may view our privacy and cookie policy and terms and conditions here. All copyrights & other intellectual property rights in the design and content of this web site are reserved to the UKCampsite.co.uk © 1999 - 2024 |
Advertisement
|
|
|
