Ferries Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
type of ship travelling over short to medium distances between two places transporting people, cars or trains and acting like a replacement for a bridge
About Ferries
Reliabilityis a consideration: ferries may be cancelled or delayed due tobad weather, sometimes for weeks on end in winter, or may just be inexplicably late like every other form of transport. Don't plan a tight connection between a ferry and something crucial like a long haul flight. Sometimes the schedules leave little choice: the onward bus or train is due to depart 30 minutes after the ferry docks and may not wait for a late sailing. In general the faster the ferry, the more prone it is to disruption, as it will be a skittery hydrofoil, not a staid conventional craft. (Some routes have both, with the hydrofoil taking only foot-passengers in summer while the conventional ship carries vehicles year round.) In bad weather the ferry and the flight will be cancelled about the same time – fl
Ferries Travel Guide Sections
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