which ferry to south Brittany?

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Have just excitedly scoped out a week at trinite la baie with eurocamp for our first camping holiday with DCs 5 and 3. I was very excited until the overnight ferry to St malo came out at £500 vs £50 for Dover Calais crossing. DP wants to do Dover - Calais and drive down (7-8 hours?). I'm wondering if this is madness? We have the kit dvd players etc but I'm worried that this will ruin the holiday of drive is a disaster.

What to do? Advice and experience welcome

The camping was coming out at £680 for the week, seems crazy to spend nearly the same again on the ferry!!!

Alencon is a good point to stop over night - have stop here a couple of times, pleasant town and great leisure complex for swimming - good way to weare out small children and get them to relax.

Well its done and after all that we booked Portmouth - St Malo. When dp sat down and actually paid attention he realized it made sense, especially for our first trip and also suggested we stay 10 nights not seven. So I'm very happy :)

Perhaps we will get more adventurous in future years (I'm already plotting)

Thanks for all the help! Roll on summer :)

oooh, well done you. i love the logic of going for longer.

we've just booked first french camping trip and have been agonising over this decision too. dh is usually quite tight so was surprised when he agreed to BF crossings. we're doing st malo on the way out and caen on the way back. what room have you booked for the overnight?

we booked the inside cabin for four. kids are too young for reclining chairs woyld be up all night!

You will have a great time--Super U for the shopping and the markets are great too.
When you arrive if you aren`t overjoyed with particular pitch -take a look around as there may be a chance to swop to a better one!
Also you can e mail campsite directly and leave request for couriers.There is a plan of pitches on campsite website.
I love this place--have been many times...