Portsmouth to Santander | Brittany Ferries New Ship Santona | Motorhome Tour to Spain 

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Really fascinating to see this as it is in fact a ferry journey we have been considering for a long time. Ferries like Santona are becoming more close to the comfort and environment of a modern cruise ship, meaning that the journey to your destination is a more pleasant one than in times past. Great video with lots of detailed and useful information and insights.

Thank you for taking the time to put the video together its very helpful and interesting to watch

Have been on the Galicia several times. One good thing is that cars no longer can get stuck in the 'hole' below the decks and be last off. Just a couple of caveats re the new boats. The basic cabins are all located on deck 7 towards the stern of the vessel. They are also directly above the engines. In anything apart from a flat calm the boats tend to corkscrew at the stern and if you suffer from mal de mer this can be very upsetting. We realised that those in the know book the top grade cabins which are nearer the bow and much more stable. Also when we booked we were told meals were included but when we sailed we found this had been cancelled as Brittany Ferries stated too many people had eaten so much food that it was uneconomical so they reverted back to paying for dinner on board. No change in ticket price though. Again taking a topgrade cabin includes a lounge where some food and drinks are free. Take a good book as do not expect too much in the way of entertainment. The 2 nights out are long but the disembarkation in Spain at 9am local time usually means you can get a long way in Spain. On return to the UK try to get priority disembarkation or you could be in the queue for immigration for over an hour. In our case they decided it was good fun to load another boat by moving vehicles through the queue so constant stop start.

Great videos . Giving us ideas for spain next year . Been going to France for many years now but spain for defo next year... thanks for the tips.

We're now back in France, in an Aire, catching up on RU-vid. Great video guys. Your cabin and ship looked great, but your crossing looked rough. Catch you soon!

Thank you so much for making this video . I’ll be on the same ferry/route next month 😊

I did Plymouth to Roscoff 23rd December 1996, it only sailed so they could get home, 3 trucks on it, 12 chains holding mine down and it was really rough, then Brittany only sailed to Santander from Plymouth. I used them a lot from various ports.

Thank you for your post. We are travelling on this same ferry in a few weeks to travel to Nigualas from Santander. This has given me a good insight to the ferry. We can’t wait .

We have done the same trip to Santander. In fact we did book the Lounge. Well worth the extra. Using the ferry again in August. Like yourselves driving down to Mazarron.

One of the best UK>Spain Brittany ferry reviews I’ve seen on YT. We will be doing Galicia and Santona in August with our (almost) 5 year old and this gave a great view of what we can expect….. thank you. I’ll be doing a review from a family point of view 😀 As for the pull out drawer under the bed. Our cabin last weekend on Stena line to/from Hook of Holland also had them. Was like a little table, but we could see no real use.

I've seen all your France/Spain experience. Very enjoyable, x.I must say

I'm glad you two enjoyed my city haha

Oh that did look choppy! 🤢 Good to see the inside of the ship and what’s on offer, hope you’re having a great holiday. 😊 x

Thank you for sharing, we are doing the same trip in a couple of weeks. Sickness tablets have been ordered..Lol

i have done uk spain 35 times so far this year as i am a truck driver and it saves me time not driving in france and we get all meals free included in our tickets as i work for my self the ferry fare is just short of £2000 each way then have a good run down to alicante and benidorm PS if you ever suffer from sea sickness take ginger nut bickies or crystalized ginger with you as it helps

Santander es una ciudad preciosa y Cantabria tiene pueblos de ensueño❤

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I have taking the train many times but was only on one overnight train, Paris to Munich. We had 2 bunk beds and three of us so that was cool and I called a bottom bunk because no way would I sleep on the top bunk.

We are on this ship later this year. Interesting to have a look around although it looks very similar to the Salamanca we used two years ago on the same route. We're hoping its not as choppy as Carol and myself are riding motorcycles. Nothing worse than finding your bikes on their sides on the car deck. We have the commodore cabin & lounge booked, never tried that before Nice vid, love your enthusiasm

Well done guys.. very comprehensive video and very infirmary.. would love to have seen more of the sea conditions and how you termtime the ship handled the sea as these new ships are designed fir the ay I f biscay and have computer systems that are supposed to read the sea and use stabilisers to help offset pitch and roll.. how do you think the shop handled the sea.?

Great video, anyone got a discount code for the ferry they would not mine sharing ?

We're planning on doing this trip in Spring 2024 .... Then driving down to Mercia ... Would have liked to have seen your drive down through Spain too...

Loved the video. We are doing this trip and ship on Friday. Which sea sickness tablets did you buy 😂

It was really good to see the ferry and your video was very helpful, as I’ll be going in my campervan with my dog on that ferry in August. Could you tell me if there’s any take away food and drink on the ferry please as my dog will probably get a bit stressed if he’s left alone in the cabin for too long.

Good seasick just watching the video. 😂

Loved the video, really useful as we'll be doing this trip too. Just one question; how was the experience after you disembarked and went through immigration? Was it very slow what with stamping passports etc? Thanks, and carry on having an amazing time!

We have ferry booked in August when we hope to relocate to Spain for good. What month was this filmed and did you get passport stamped at Santander customs as we will need this done to prove when we entered Spain as part of our Visa 👍👍

Hi there Mark and Amanda we done the Rosslare to Bilbao crossing in September, very rough crossing on very old ship,are you in Portugal yet?looking forward to next vlog

What are the benefits of this over a Dover Calais crossing considering the big price difference? Great vid guys🇬🇧👊🏻 We are heading to Gib btw

commodore lounge on santona sister ship salamanca rosslare to bilbao is €98 p/p extra .....great upload

Hi both quick question we are buying a car in UK and taking it home to malaga and importing it. Does the ferry customs or passport control check the vehicle paperwork logbook/insurance. The car will be in our name by then.

When are you going back to the uk? What time of year is this?

We travelled on the sister ship Galicia 2 years ago when that ship was only two months old. Comparing with the old ships such as the Pont Avon, the Galicia was terrible and vowed I would never use Brittany Ferries again! The layout of the lounges were poor with lifeboats obscuring any views through the windows. The food was poor. None of the tech, such info maps etc, did not work. The crossing time on these new boats has increased by 12 hours. We are giving Brittany Ferries one more chance by travelling from Santander to Plymouth on the last of the old boats, the Pont Avon to see if that boat is still the same as it used to be. It is also 12 hours quicker!

A real shame you had a rough crossing. We thought the belts across the beds were to hold you in bed on rough crossings 😂😂

Hello, do you have prices in the film? One way...

Plugs in the cabin - British or Euro please?

Today l’am going on the boat today 13 8 23

PRICES??

Why dont you do costings for travel dudes?

He’s sexy!

It looks very basic ,dont think i would want to be on this ship for two days