France, west coast routes

[TonyAsh]

Would there be any advatage / disadvantage of travelling Dover/Calais over Portsmouth/Caen when towing to the west coast of France - destination the La Rochelle region? This is taking into consideration time, fuel costs, ferry costs. I live closer to Dover that to Portsmouth plus the ferries are more regular from Dover. We have always travelled Portsmouth/Caen but I am wondering if this is the best route, I find the autoroute tolls are virtually non-existant on,(I think the A83), around 8 euro's each direction.

 

[James3]

We go to this area a lot and always use the Portsmouth to St Malo ferry.

 

[Ken_5040834]

Hi Tony

I suppose its mostly down to preference and convenience.

You could have a look at Michelin's website and work out various routes which also inlcude toll chargess:

http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/viamichelin/gbr/tpl/hme/MaHomePage.htm
Regards

Ken

 

[GrahamW]

For La Rochelle area we always use Portsmouth/St Malo overnight. Gives you a good early start and you can be pitched for mid afternoon.