Brittany Ferries' French Collection brochure now available

New Offers include Free Travel for Children Under 15 and Free Cabins on Day Sailings!

Brittany Ferries' French Collection 2004 brochure, featuring a vast array of holidays in France, is now available from Brittany Ferries and travel agents nationwide.  In it you will find thousands of holidays in all the finest regions of France to suit every taste and budget, including an unequalled selection of holiday villages, cottages, gites, apartments, villas, campsites, river cruises, B&B's and hotels to choose from.  And in 2004, not only will you enjoy the elegance and style of Brittany Ferries' new flagship, the €165 million Pont-Aven, you can avail of free travel to France for children under 15 when booking a Brittany Ferries holiday package and avail of free standard cabins on all day sailings!

From April 2004, the Pont-Aven will enter service on the Cork-Roscoff route.  With a new crossing of just 11 hours (three hours faster than the existing schedule) during the summer season, no other company gets you to France faster with your car.  Sailing on the Pont-Aven is the ultimate in comfort and style. Amenities include a superb pool area with leisure bar, stylish shopping malls, two cinemas and a choice of dining offering French and International cuisine.  And all four levels of cabin classes are air-conditioned with en-suite facilities. 

Again this year, Brittany Ferries is offering many of the same great money-saving options as before, plus some extras.

• FREE standard cabin on day sailings from France.
• Children under 15 travel FREE when booking a Brittany Ferries holiday package
• Up to 50% OFF apartments and holiday villages when you book two weeks or more
• FREE hotel room when you book seven nights accommodation in certain regions
• FREE child offers at many hotels
• FREE Brittany Ferries Privilege Card entitling holders to discounts at many museums, leisure attractions and golf courses

There is a Brittany Ferries holiday for everyone, from families and couples to groups of friends and individuals.  Because of the huge range of options - ferry routes, date and time of travel, type of accommodation, etc. - The French Collection gives you the freedom to tailor-make your own package.  You may even want to take advantage of some of these great deals:

• A six-night rental in the holiday village in Moliets is €278 in early June - book 14 nights or more to get 20% off, and a further 15% off with an early booking.
• A traditional hotel with outdoor swimming pool in the Western Loire region, including B&B in a double room with shower and WC, is just €35 per person per night.
• Six nights in a stylish chalet on a lively campsite near St Malo from just €294.
• Weekly rental of a gite in Southern Brittany's countryside is just €391 in September.
• Rent River Cruisers starting at €1,612 for a relaxing week cruising along France's beautiful rivers and canals.

Please note that The French Collection should be read in conjunction with the insert Holidays from Ireland brochure.  Prices in the French Collection are in Sterling and should be multiplied by 1.4 to get the equivalent Euro price for Irish crossings.

The new Ferry Guide Ireland - France is also available at your travel agent or through Brittany Ferries directly.  The guide lists schedules and guideline prices for all ferry crossings from Ireland.  Once again, Brittany Ferries is enacting its Price Promise whereby it pledges to quote all customers their lowest available fares for all sailings.  Ferry prices start from €139.00 per person return based on four adults, inclusive of car and cabin, in low season (excluding travel insurance).

Starting in 2004, Brittany Ferries will run separate schedules for low and high season.  From 3 April to 28 May and from 11 September to 30 October the Pont-Aven will depart Cork on Saturdays at 17.30 and arrive in Roscoff at 07.00 the following day.  From 29 May to 10 September sailings will leave Cork every Saturday at 23.00, arriving in Roscoff at 11.00 the following day.

If Brittany Ferries direct services from Cork are booked out on certain dates there is the great value Landbridge option via Stena Line and Irish Ferries to the UK and then sailing out of one of Brittany Ferries' three ports in the south coast of England direct to Brittany, Normandy and Spain.

Further information on brochures and bookings are available by calling the Brittany Ferries office in Cork at (021) 427 7801. Callers from Northern Ireland should call (00 353) 21 427 7801.  Or, you can visit the website on www.brittanyferries.com.

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For further information please contact:
Claire Guiney, WHPR @ 01 669 0030
claire.guiney@ogilvy.com

Released 17 December 2003