{"id":1332,"date":"2010-09-01T16:02:27","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T16:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2018-01-31T13:58:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T13:58:03","slug":"uk-spain-ferry-news-po-service-to-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/1332","title":{"rendered":"UK-Spain Ferry News &#8211; P&#038;O Service To End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Brits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/one-way-uk-spain.php\" target=\"_self\">moving to and from Spain<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/clkuk.tradedoubler.com\/click?p(10166)a(1985502)g(99410)epi(mlvhblog)url(http:\/\/www.poferries.com\/tourist\/)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">P&amp;O Ferries<\/a> Portsmouth-Bilbao <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/compare-ferries.php\" target=\"_self\">ferry<\/a> service has always been a popular option &#8211; instead of a long slog driving through France, you can enjoy a mini-cruise down the coast of France with two night&#8217;s rest in a proper cabin. Once you reach Bilbao, many popular Spanish destinations can be reached within a day&#8217;s driving.<\/p>\n<p>However, that&#8217;s all set to change. The 27th September 2010 will be the last day that the P&amp;O Portsmouth-Bilbao service runs &#8211; it is being stopped. (You can read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poferries.com\/tourist\/content\/pages\/template\/_footer_About_about_P&amp;O_Ferries_press_releases_PR_-_P&amp;O_Ferries_to_withdraw_from_Bilbao_service_in_September.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official P&amp;O news release here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, there is an alternative and more attractive option for ferries from UK-Spain. <a href=\"http:\/\/being.successfultogether.co.uk\/click.asp?ref=519202&amp;site=6792&amp;type=text&amp;tnb=1&amp;subid=mlvhblog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brittany Ferries<\/a> runs a service to Santander, which sails from both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/portsmouth\">Portsmouth<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/plymouth\">Plymouth<\/a> (alternately). This service is actually faster &#8211; only taking around 24 hours &#8211; and uses newer ships than the P&amp;O service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/being.successfultogether.co.uk\/click.asp?ref=519202&amp;site=6792&amp;type=text&amp;tnb=1&amp;subid=mlvhblog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here\u00a0for a quote from Brittany Ferries<\/a> if you&#8217;re planning a trip to or from Spain.<noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/being.successfultogether.co.uk\/click.asp?ref=519202&#038;site=6792&#038;type=b1&#038;bnb=1\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/become.successfultogether.co.uk\/view.asp?ref=519202&#038;site=6792&#038;b=1\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/noscript><br \/>\n<!-- END PARTNER PROGRAM --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>P&#038;O&#8217;s UK-Spain (Portsmouth-Bilbao) ferry service will stop running after the 27th September. Brittany Ferries operates a faster equivalent service to Santander &#8211; this is now the only option for UK-Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[761],"tags":[776,775,1961,779,774,778,153,777],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10722,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions\/10722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}