HOW TO GO EURO
I CANNOT RECOMMEND Euro-touring highly enough. The towing is easy, the weather is better and there are so many new places to discover and delicious foods to devour! Given that many of Britain’s tourist hotspots seem oversubscribed following Brexit and Covid-19, it needn’t cost you any more to tour abroad – even cross-Channel travel can be bagged at great rates if you buy carefully. Follow our advice and we promise you a fantastisch/fantastique/fantastico caravanning holiday.
GETTING THERE
Ferries
When travelling to Europe, you have numerous ferry options, depending which country or region you’ll be aiming for.
For northern Europe, Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics, consider crossing to Amsterdam, Rotterdam or the Hook of Holland, because this will minimise the towing time to your destination. Towing from Calais to this area is a distance of approximately 220 miles, and will take you around four hours, at the least.
For France, Belgium, central and southern Germany, Italy, the Alps and eastern Europe, crossing from Dover to Calais offers the shortest tow to these regions, and usually the best price, too (as well as the shortest time actually at sea – a sprinty 90 minutes).
For western France
If you’re heading to Normandy, Brittany, the west coast of France or even Spain, the Portsmouth-to-Caen ferry knocks more than 200 miles and four hours of towing off your journey, when compared to landing in Calais.
The ferry actually docks in Ouistreham, in the heart of D-Day country, 25
