About

An independent guide to ferry travel.

FerryGuides writes about taking ferries as a passenger: which port, which gate, how early to arrive, and what to do when a sailing is cancelled.

What is here

Route guides for 7 crossings, three shortlists and a set of practical guides. Each route guide follows the same structure: crossing time, sailings, operators, terminals, typical fares, a boarding timeline and the alternatives.

How it is funded

The site is free to read. Booking buttons currently lead to the ferry operators' own websites. If a link ever earns a commission, it will be labelled at the point of the link and it will not change which operators or routes we recommend.

Corrections

Timetables and fares change, and a guide that was right in spring can be wrong by autumn. If a page is out of date, email hello@ferryguides.best with the URL and the source you used. Pages are corrected with a new update date.