I booked a crossing from Toulon to Porto Torres with Corsica Ferries some time ago. Along the way they delayed the sailing time by 2 hours. Last night I discovered why. The boat went via Ajaccio. I guess they merged two boat loads.
On arrival at Toulon they checked our electronic ticket (on the phone) and the Scottish vaccination certificates. All good. We were asked if we had completed the Italian locator forms, which we had, so all good again. We were told these would be required on entry to Sardinia.
Loading was chaotic with cars loaded facing the bow, and motorhomes facing the cars. How does that work?
The crossing was fine, it’s a big boat. The a la carte meal was barely acceptable and not worth €85 with wine - which was good.
The alternative cafe was a better bet, and very comfortable for breakfast.
Cabin was pretty rubbish - stank of dogs, or something.
Unloading was predictably even more chaotic with motorhomes being offloaded in reverse, some of them with trailers. Meanwhile cars were leaving in a free-for-all around the reversing motorhomes. Staff were getting annoyed as motorhomes were not reversing fast enough
Once off the boat, that was it. No customs, no police, no-one wanted any forms.
Overall an interesting experience, now for three weeks in Sardinia, where it is currently 25 degrees with a cooling breeze…
On arrival at Toulon they checked our electronic ticket (on the phone) and the Scottish vaccination certificates. All good. We were asked if we had completed the Italian locator forms, which we had, so all good again. We were told these would be required on entry to Sardinia.
Loading was chaotic with cars loaded facing the bow, and motorhomes facing the cars. How does that work?
The crossing was fine, it’s a big boat. The a la carte meal was barely acceptable and not worth €85 with wine - which was good.
The alternative cafe was a better bet, and very comfortable for breakfast.
Cabin was pretty rubbish - stank of dogs, or something.
Unloading was predictably even more chaotic with motorhomes being offloaded in reverse, some of them with trailers. Meanwhile cars were leaving in a free-for-all around the reversing motorhomes. Staff were getting annoyed as motorhomes were not reversing fast enough
Once off the boat, that was it. No customs, no police, no-one wanted any forms.
Overall an interesting experience, now for three weeks in Sardinia, where it is currently 25 degrees with a cooling breeze…
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