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JumpingDANIEL, VTer dcmanicad, maybe London?
How can I go from London to Portsmouth (then I have to go from P. to Caen, France)? Easy? Fares, any idea? I will be travelling late in April.
Many thankS
Train will be best
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
You could get a coach but it will take a lot longer.
You can take a ferry from Portsmouth to Caen. The trip will be between 4.5 and 7 hours depending on which departure you choose and the fare less than 50 GBP for a foot passenger. Train from London to Portmouth would be easy and not too long a journey.
London to Portsmouth by train is about 2 hours and cost under 30 GBP.
Train is usually faster, long-distance bus cheapest. But train and bus times o this route aren't much different. Train times from around 1.5 hours, one-way fare from around 22.70GBP (may be some cheaper fares on certain departures).
Bus times, fares and booking here:
www.nationalexpress.com
Coaches take from 2 hours, oine-way fare from 7GBP.
Certainly you can go by GREYHOUND.
Comfortable buses and competitive fares - even £1 on some coaches !
I have a friend who travels on this Greyhound and he says its best way.
You cannot book a ticket more than a few weeks ahead but take a look at the details :
http://www.greyhounduk.com/
Of course you can go by rail from Waterloo Station if you want.
Greyhound is a pretty new bus service (with only a couple of routes) but is certainly cheaper than the National Express, although journey time is (obviously) more or less the same.
National coaches London Victoria to Portsmouth
Travel line website in impartial and should compare best option for both journeys
http://www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk
Many thankS to all of you for all the informationS.
It will help for sure.
Now I have to find a cheap but,decent and well situated 'bed'(for 2: wife and I)
All accommodation is listed on the official tourist information sites:
www.visitlondon.com/accommodation (with search engine)
and
http://www.visitportsmouth.co.uk/site/where-to-stay
www.booking.com is a reliable site used by many Vt-ers (including me, even for the UK), with good mapping and honest guest reviews.
Interestingly that web site quoted above seems to list Greyhound and Rail journeys London-Portsmouth.
At least that is what I found after looking up a time for next week.
This was the web site; http://www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk
Staying in the Victoria area of London is quite a good idea if travelling down to Portsmouth because you have various budget end accommodations as well as being close to many well known sights like Buckingham Palace. And of course it is easy to take a Greyhound bus or a train from Victoria Station to Portsmouth.
So perhaps look at Victoria area to begin with ?
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