The ferry service between Portsmouth and Caen is provided by
Brittany Ferry Lines.
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for the best Portsmouth to Caen ferry offers.
Portsmouth
Of all the channel ferry ports in the UK Portsmouth has the best road connections. The
M275 brings the national motorway network right to the port itself and London is closer to
central London than the Channel Tunnel or Dover. Coaches to the port provide direct
services to London Victoria Coach Terminal and Gatwick and Heathrow airports. What's more
recent road improvements means that an exit road gives cars and coaches direct access to a
northbound slip road on to the M275 plus easy access to central Portsmouth.
Train services between London Waterloo and Portsmouth are frequent as are London Victoria
to Portsmouth trains which stop at Brighton and Gatwick too. From the west services from
Cardiff pass through mainline stations like Bristol and Salisbury. Portsmouth and Southsea
train station is a short bus ride from the port but services are frequent and pretty
reliable.
Caen
The capital of lower Normandy, Caen lies between two rivers, the Orne and the Odon. Caen
was one of the many cities to suffer serve ill-effects of World War II. During D-Day the
city was bombed and is said to have burned for a week before being liberated. The damage
was on a grand scale and the only vestiges of the past to remain was the ramparts of the
Chateau and the two great abbeys. These were built by William the Conqueror when he
founded the City in the 11th Century.
The beaches are the sites of D-Day landings and some of the best to visit are Mulberry
Harbour at Arromanches (notheast of Bayeaux) and Pointe du Hoc on Omaha Beach.
Caen has many war museums to visit or if you fancy a trip further afield a day trip to the
home of world famous tapesty- Bayeaux is recommended.
From its early beginnings and the horrifc passing of World War II Caen has undergone rapid
expansion in recent years and is now a bustling University city with lots to see and do
throughout the day and into the night.
