Three of the best
SeaFrance: in its first holiday programme, called European Life, self-catering prices start at £351 for seven nights at Gran Dorado’s Port Zelande. Includes return Dover-Calais ferry crossing.
Hoverspeed: two nights in a Grade B hotel in Bruges costs £89 per person including breakfast, an excursion, box of Belgian chocolates and return Calais-Ostend ferry crossing.
North Sea Ferries: a three-night break (two on ship) at the three-star De Looier Hotel in Amsterdam starts at £85 per person bed-and-breakfast with return crossing from Hull for a foot passenger.