Shortlists

Best-of lists, with the boring parts included

Shortlists for people who have already decided to take a ferry.

The best ferry routes in the Mediterranean for a first crossing

Five crossings worth taking for their own sake, ranked by how easy they are to plan, how often they sail and what you get for the fare.

Best ofRanked

Best ferry routes in Europe if you are travelling on foot

Crossings where walking on is genuinely easy: frequent sailings, a terminal you can reach without a car, and a real walk-on fare instead of a car ticket with the car missing.

Best ofCompared

Ferry operators in the Mediterranean: who to book with, and for what

Not a ranking, but a map of what each operator is good at: reliability, speed, car capacity, foot-passenger friendliness.