Poole Gijon Ferry

Poole Guide

The English town of Pool lies on the English Channel coast in the south of England, in the county of Dorset. The town is around 30 km to the east of Dorchester and 180 km to the south west of London and is located on the eastern shores of Poole Harbour. The busy port, with many shipping movements each day, is also one of the world's largest natural harbours and is full of wildlife, much of which is visible in the marshes and mudflats and on Brownsea island inside the harbour. There is also a pontoon ferry crossing the harbour mouth back and forward all day, allowing easy access to the Purbecks.

The are good facilities inside the ferry terminal at the harbour including a cafe, a bureau de change and left luggage lockers. Ferry services operating from the port depart to Cherbourg in France with a crossing time of roughly 4 hours and 15 minutes. During the summer months, usually between May and September, there is also a fast ferry service to Cherbourg with a crossing time of just over 2 hours. In the summer there are additional services that operate to St Malo in France (4 hours and 30 minutes) and two daily crossings to St Peter Port in Guernsey (2 hours and 30 minutes) and St Helier in Jersey (3 hours).

Gijon Guide

Located in the Spanish autonomous region of Asturias, Gijon is a city that lies on the Bay of Biscay and is situated around 20 km to the north of Oviedo. Popular visitor attractions in the city include the Museum of the Asturian People, Nicanor Pinole Museum, the Roman Terms Museum of Camp Valdes and the Atlantic Botanical Gardens. The open air museum and art space that is the Museum of the Asturian People contains popular Asturian art installations, large ethnographic items and three buildings: the Casa de los González de la Vega and site of the International Bagpipe Museum which includes a collection of traditional Asturian musical instruments; the Casa de los Valdes which is a temporary exhibition space and the Asturian Pavilion from the 1992 Universal Exposition of Seville which was installed at the museum in 1994.

Ferry services from the city's port depart to Nantes (Saint Nazaire) with a crossing time of around 15 hours. There is also a service to Poole on the south coast of England with a crossing time of around 25 hours.