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We are planning to travel to Greece in late October and favouring Superfast from Ancona to Patras with camping on board. Any feedback on this route or advice on alternatives would be helpful.
We used Anek from Ancona to Patras earlier this year- camping on deck. Anek were then offering a very good discounted rate and it might be an idea to check if this is still available online.
The whole experience was very straightforward and painless ! On deck campers get a 10 amp hook up so you can even make your own meals though we used the restaurant.
You will get a booking number and must exchange this for a ticket and Camping on Board windscreen sticker before you sail. The actual ticket office and the ferry are not in the same place in Ancona and it is a good idea to identify both before you start driving round Ancona. We stayed at the Ancona Camperclub sosta ( in MHF database) the night before and there is a bus from there to the ticket office area so you can collect it all the day before.
Getting out of Patras at the other end is quite easy. We stayed at Camping Rion, ( again in MHF database) just underneath the Rio-Antirio bridge on our first night and recommend that.
Camping on deck as I understand it, only runs in the summer months. I assume October is still summer ?
A great country to visit with a MH and very welcoming friendly people.
Camping on board officially ends on the 31st October.
But the smaller companies on the short sea crossings Bari/Brindisi to Igoumenitsa/Patras will allow you to sleep in your van on the overnight crossings all year round.
The Anek special deal Grizzly mentions was an early booking offer that unfortunately ended in March.
Excluding the Anek deal just mentioned, we have usually found that Minoan are about the cheapest on the long routes but as Don has said, camping on board finishes at the end of October.
Just a thought and you'd have to cost it but might be worth booking camping on board one way only from Ancona in Oct and then return via the shorter crossings from Bari or Brindisi and the longer drive?
Not trying to hijack the thread but one of the ideas we had when we go full timing in the spring was to end up in Northern Italy maybe down as far as Tuscany september / OCtober and then get a ferry to spend the winter in Greece. Perhaps coming back over land or on a ferry early spring. Any thoughts?
Not trying to hijack the thread but one of the ideas we had when we go full timing in the spring was to end up in Northern Italy maybe down as far as Tuscany september / OCtober and then get a ferry to spend the winter in Greece. Perhaps coming back over land or on a ferry early spring. Any thoughts?
Ta BD
I would suggest that you do plenty of research as to which sites will be open. I think that some members have camped for fee in "closed" sites. I talked to one owner. He suggested that they had tried opening in the winter but made a loss because there were not enough takers.
Thanks for that. Its not set in stone yet, just thought I would put the question out while there were a few experts about. I did once quiz a campsite owner on Corfu who agreed to give us a winter pitch with EHU for about 200 or 250 euros a month.
Knowing us we will probably just turf up and wing it!
Thanks for that. Its not set in stone yet, just thought I would put the question out while there were a few experts about. I did once quiz a campsite owner on Corfu who agreed to give us a winter pitch with EHU for about 200 or 250 euros a month.
Knowing us we will probably just turf up and wing it!
Hi Barry,
Have you thought about Crete? We spent six weeks there last winter and it's an ideal winter destination.
Thanks for that. Its not set in stone yet, just thought I would put the question out while there were a few experts about. I did once quiz a campsite owner on Corfu who agreed to give us a winter pitch with EHU for about 200 or 250 euros a month.
Knowing us we will probably just turf up and wing it!
Hi Barry,
Have you thought about Crete? We spent six weeks there last winter and it's an ideal winter destination.
Regards
Don
Thanks Don. I hadnt considered it really. Its a long way south so presumably better chances of similar weather to Cyprus I guess. We had a holiday there once and I did some IT work there for a while (of all places) and have mixed memories about the place. We didnt really enjoy it, but perhaps we didnt do it justice. Will look into it further, cheers
BD
just got back
Minoan have stopped camping on board on the Ancona / Patras route. I was only told at check in and some were not told till they got on board. There must have been a dozen campers all expecting "camping on board
You MUST have a cabin and the dogs are supposed to go in the cages.
NOBODY used the cages. THo they are large enough for my two large dogs
All staff turned a blind eye to people taking their dogs to the cabins.
Sitting with the dogs on the top deck is fine in good weather. One or two slept on deck with their dogs
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