Overseas Travel

Portsmouth sees a number of people passing through each year, travelling to and from France and other continental locations. The port is extremely busy and passenger ferries to various destinations across Europe, notably France and Spain leave regularly.

Overseas travel is proving to be extremely popular with UK holiday makers, despite the current financial climate. However, many people are looking beyond Europe for there summer holidays and there are an increasing number of people travelling to more exotic locations each year! Africa is a popular destination, especially for people who are keen to experience a big game safari. Botswana holidays are proving to be especially popular, as although the cost of travel to the country is high, it is very cheap to live there, so your spending money will go a long way. Most of the people who embark on Botswana holidays will end up in one of the popular tourist resorts where there are number of high class hotels and Safari lodges to be found.

However, not everybody is able to afford such a lavish expensive holiday, so the continent remains an ever popular destination, particularly as travel to Europe by air or sea can be extremely cheap. Particularly if you book well in advance! Budget airlines are now offering flights to the Eastern most nations in Europe, so countries such as Poland can be visited cheaply. However, for travel to France then the ferry remains the cheapest option!