Brittany Ferries SALAMANCA - Santander to Portsmouth - plus beach walk

[@colinnewmarch1106]

Thanks for sharing, on our list for 2025

[@MikeandTinasTravels]

You're welcome. Glad you liked it.

[@clair3529]

Thank you for this, was the kettle in the standard cabin yes? I love my tea also :-) The TV in the room did it have movies running all the time or what was available on the TV? thanks!

[@MikeandTinasTravels]

Hi Clair, the kettle is a travel kettle that we always take away with us if in car or motorhome, had it for so many years it's probably antique now, there are no tea or coffee making facilities in the standard cabins, although I believe there is in the "Commadore" class of cabins. For the TV, there is live UK TV showing and I think also films to choose from but, we only watched a little UK TV news ourselves before bed. Definitely recommend having a travel kettle, very cheap & don't take a huge amount of space.

[@clair3529]

@@MikeandTinasTravels Very helpful! Really appreciate it! New subscriber here :-)

[@MikeandTinasTravels]

@@clair3529 Thank you.

[@Charlie-vw9ur]

Booked this crossing in September and am here to check out the tea/coffee facilities in the std cabin !! Will bring along my mini travel one, on board for 2 nights, club access already sold out when I booked, need a constant supply of tea haha Thanks for posting… did you eat in either of the restaurants on board ? Wonder how the quality is … only fine done cross channel Brittany Ferries before which were ok but much bigger ships I think.

[@clair3529]

Hi Ive traveled twice recently. Once on the Salamanca to Santander from Portsmouth. Once to Bilbao on the Santona from Portsmouth. Both ships are very similar, practically the same. I borrowed a mug from the Cafe restaurant on my first crossing. Second crossing I brought my own. Also, the bin in the room doesn't have a bag in it. A container for used tea bags is helpful therefore. The Azul restaurant is of a high standard and worth it. Not cheap and reservations necessary. Eat early is my tip, later seating have long queues. The Cafe restaurant is fine. Reasonably priced. There are microwaves in the bar area and Cafe. You could bring something and heat it up. We did that on our second crossing. The bar and gift shop also sell fruit, crisps, sandwiches etc.

[@BritsAbroadTravelCruise]

That gorgeous sunshine made this a real joy to watch. We are increasingly curious to see videos like yours about modern ferries and where they travel to, so this was interesting to watch. Good to see the tradition of the travel kettle making an appearance 😃 👍

[@MikeandTinasTravels]

Thank you, glad you liked it. We did a similar video on the Galicia about 2 years ago. Yes the sunshine for end of January was amazing, and that travel kettle has been going everywhere with us for over 40 years now.

[@richardstreet7518]

Imagine 4 in that cabin... Also no comfy seats ?

[@MikeandTinasTravels]

@@richardstreet7518 We agree, fortunately all our children flew the nest years ago😂

[@richardstreet7518]

@MikeandTinasTravels o was struck by the lack of comfy seats in the public areas too!!

[@spencerdunn9656]

Always enjoy your videos Mike and Tina 👍🏻 how long is the ferry journey?

[@MikeandTinasTravels]

Thank you, glad you like them. That ferry left at 17.30 Spanish time & arrived Portsmouth at 21.00 UK time, so total of 28.5 hours.