Islands and Crossings
Guides filed under Islands and Crossings. Fares and timetables are checked against operator publications.
Island day trips by ferry: making one return sailing work in a day
A ferry day trip works when the crossing is under two hours each way and the port is within walking distance of...
Fabrice Dejean7 min readOct 6, 2026
Scottish islands by ferry: how to read a CalMac timetable
A CalMac timetable is not one document but around thirty, one per route, and each has its own rhythm of daily sailings,...
Fabrice Dejean8 min readSep 25, 2026
Baltic crossings: Stockholm, Helsinki and Tallinn by sea
The Baltic is Europe's most underrated ferry region, with overnight cruise ferries linking Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga and St Petersburg's approaches at...
Fabrice Dejean7 min readSep 15, 2026
Isle of Wight ferries: Wightlink, Red Funnel and the hovercraft compared
There are three ways to cross the Solent to the Isle of Wight, and the right one depends on whether you have...
Fabrice Dejean7 min readSep 4, 2026
Crossing to Ireland: the four sea routes compared
There are four practical sea routes from Britain to Ireland, and the right one is decided by where you start rather than...
Fabrice Dejean7 min readAug 29, 2026
Greek island ferries: booking, deck class and the fast boat premium
Greek island ferries are frequent, cheap and complicated, and the complication is the booking system rather than the sea. Conventional ferries, high-speed...
Fabrice Dejean7 min readJul 4, 2026
Channel Islands ferries: Jersey and Guernsey from the UK and France
The Channel Islands are reached by fast ferry from Poole, Portsmouth, Weymouth and Saint-Malo, and the crossing is short enough to treat...
Fabrice Dejean7 min readJun 7, 2026
Norwegian coastal ferries: fjord routes and the car ferry rules
Norway runs ferries the way other countries run buses: as part of the road network, priced by distance and booked by turning...
Fabrice Dejean7 min readMay 10, 2026