It’s all adventure isn’t it? Mm. Alaska to Mexico for me…or maybe it was Uk to Spitsbergen/Svalbard was longer. Worth extra sometimes for comfort. We often take inside cabins now as they are totally fine!
@@joselynrijna462 If you are a truck driver and you are going to spend the next couple of weeks driving through Africa, a good set of pans and cooking pots may be something very usefull. Remember, this is not a cruise ship, it's a ferry.
What do you mean, last remaining? There's dozens of connections between Spain and Morocco, as well as some to Egypt from Greece and Cyprus... And also to Algeria from Spain and France...
@@thornton Flew to inland Antarctica (Wolf Fang camp) from Cape Town in January and avoided enduring the Drake Passage on a cruise boat. Very expensive but a life-changing (overnight) experience, and yes it was my 7th continent, the only one missing when I did all six inhabited continents in one calendar year a while back
'Genoese boarding being as easy and safe for foot passengers as living underwater' is possibly the best comparison I've ever heard. Took a ferry from Bari to Dubrovnik a few months ago and Bari was just as bad-you walk along completely unsignposted asphalt roads with no assurances you're going the right way towards a weird-looking building with no signage and not many helpful people. Our boat left an hour late. Pretty sure it's because so many people got lost.
Uk customs duty free allowance is 200 cigarettes, 90 litres of wine and 30 stainless steel pan sets. I usually melt them down for the scrap value but don’t tell anyone 🤫
Did that trip back in the 1980th several times bringing Peugeot 504 cars to Africa, driving them through Sahara and selling them in Niger or Benin - it was the legendary "Habib" under Tunesien flag, a great ship! - The journey took about 30 hours, too //
Great video as always. Travelling by boat is my favourite mode of travel. There's just something civilised about having your own cabin and being able to walk around and do stuff while you're moving towards your destination.
@tom thornton, you can actually fly to antarctica for only about 400 usd round trip: from southern chile or Argentina, from either Punta Arenas, or Ussuaia, they fly a fleet of AVRO RJ 100s (Or BAE 146's) to a gravel runway on antarctica, that wont break your bank account, and is a once in a lifetime, experience. Alternatively, Latam airlines operates seasonal 787 Dreamliner flights to antarctica, that if you time it right, are actually possible to book!
I was thinking of the French Northern Territories Ferry, it's a more fulfilling way to travel for someone like Tim, but you do have to get to Reunion first (I guess there are Lowcoster flights to the Mauritius and then you could get a ferry from there, it's only like 12 hours) the ferry itself is I think in the 450 USD region, taking 46 days for a full tropics to Antarctica and back round trip if I remember correctly
I was at Genoa last week, saw these boats in port. Interesting to watch your video, a journey I won't ever be making. Having said that I have been to Tunis port, on a cruise, but I remaind onboard. That night there was a storm and the ship was very rocky, luckily for me I've now found my sea legs so I wasn't unwell. Longest sea journey, apart from a cruise, Plymouth to Santander with Brittany Ferries, it was 1992, two nighs and a day and a very uncomfortable Bay of Biscay!
We had a school trip to Ireland and traveled in a ferry over night from Cherbourgh to Rosslare during a massive storm. We had tiny cabins with four beds - below the waterline! I saw people just lying on the floor because they were too sick to get up. It was a f-ing nightmare. Oh, and it was 3 years after the Estonia disaster.
@@dazlebluefrogify depends, less oxygen below, and the boat moves as a whole if the seas get really bad (this is from a person who regularly took Scotland's longest ferry)... so, you would prefer to be on a lower above-water deck.
Very enjoyable. Being familiar with ferry crossings to the UK and Europe from Ireland, I could relate to the rocking and rolling of the ship. It enriches the whole experience. Like you said, it’s like being part of a story. Impressed that you learned some of the language during your trip. Hope you experienced the best of Tunisian hospitality, culture and delicious food. Really looking forward to your next video.
Try the 12 to 14 hour overnight ferry crossing between Aberdeen and Lerwick in Shetland (Northlink Ferries), it crosses a point where the Atlantic Ocean meets the North Sea and can get rather “interesting” especially in the winter when the storms roll over the Atlantic towards the UK form the US.. also wanted to try Smryl Line which takes 4 days from Denmark to Faroe Islands which runs weekly and used to call in at Lerwick in Shetland.. both routes have a “very rough” reputation with storms and rough seas..
One of my first jobs after leaving school was as a barman on the my Hjaltland running between Aberdeen and Lerwick. Never once in three years did I get bored crossing the route. The scenery was just beautiful particularly passing the remote Fair Isle at 4.30am in the morning, watching the birds and sheep as we passed. I usually standing at the bar by myself as most passengers were in bed, I used to have an espresso as we went passed..
I have been taking the same trip since 18 years ago. This year I am not going back to Tunisia and you made me feel like I was doing so. Many things like shopping from " Coop " before the trip and Genoa, that superb city, with its harbour
That is the proper way to travel, Tom! So much more enriching than flying #slowtravel Look forward to seeing your adventures 😊 happy safe travels! (Disappointing that you couldn't fit the pan set in your rucksack 😂)
There's still many ferries from France and Spain to Morocco, for example. Plus, if I remember correctly, there's still a number from France, Spain and Italy to Algeria.
Mr. Tom, I would be very happy if you please do a vlog on Indian railways Vande Bharat express trains, they are the future of Indian Railways and are excellent, semi high speed trains.
One of the last? So Morocco, Algeria and Egypt are non African ? Only between Morocco and Spain you have dozen of daily ferries as there is no other way to cross the Straight of Gibraltar by vehicle. And on top of that these northern African countries have huge diaspora in Europe that visit each year.
there are many people from tunisia, morocco and algeria living in europe who use these ferries in summer to visit back home. especially when wanting to use a car in their holiday and wanting to bring goods to their family make it a better option then flying. especially with family.
Absolutely lovely video! I can relate to the feeling you get on such a journey, it is something else and absolutely worth the added time (and possibly money, depending). I had a similar, but a bit smaller experience a couple of years ago when I wanted to travel to Edinburgh from Berlin without flying. I rode by train to Amsterdam, then took a ferry to Newcastle across the North Sea. It was great! Such an adventurous feeling, even though it was just through one night, but having the sea all around you is magical. In the morning, I attended a little informational class on dolpins a marine biologist on the ship gave regularly which included watching some! Also, I would never have visited Newcastle in my life for sure, but it was really interesting, too! Went to a great museum with photographs of the old worker's houses around the shipyards, took a stroll by the football stadium, and had a lovely coffee and pastry in a café under the train bridges. Then took a very nice trainride up north. I'll remember that journey forever, which I certainly wouldn't have if I'd just taken a 1h flight or however long it would have taken. I've been dreaming of doing something similar someday again, and Genoa-Tunis seems like a great journey!
Yesss exactly! Thanks for your comment ☺️ that’s another element that I neglected to mention, I never would have been to Genoa otherwise. Just like you and Newcastle (where I also haven’t been, to be honest 🙈)
This video had such a calming vibe, well done! I’ve gone on a couple of cruises and my favorite part is waking up and stepping on the balcony to watch the ocean. I think you‘d really enjoy another traditional ocean ferry, like the Atlantic crossing (on the famous Queen Mary) or taking the ferry route in Norway with Hurtigruten on its historic mail route. Can’t wait to see more of your adventures!
still remember the days when you had a direct Plymouth to Tunisia ferry, don't remember which port it went to... but it was a weekly service fairly famous with us Boat-spotters (that slightly heretical branch of the huffer-puffer family) I believe, today, the main kind of foot-passenger the boat does get is the occasional bus (and yes, there are bus services from Prague to central Tunisia that use this boat)...
If you want rough, the Spirit of Tasmania, between Geelong and Devonport, in mid winter is a decent adventure. It's only about 12 hours :) Bass Strait are some of the roughest waters in Australia.
one of the last ferries connections? just from Algeria Oran - Alicante Oran - Marseille Algiers - Alicante Algiers - Barcelona Algiers - Marseille Béjaïa - Marseille Skikda - Marseille Annaba - Marseille
Flashback to nearly 20 years ago when I took a GNV ferry from Genoa to Palermo with some mates. Bonus fact: GNV means Grandi Navi Veloci... Or in translation "Big Fast Ship".
I did the Genoa-Palermo trip a few weeks ago….we had a car, and someone fluent in Italian, and checking in was still chaos! But I agree, it’s so cool to actually experience those distances. Can’t wait to see the Tunisia videos!
It really is a different kind of travel. I loved taking the flixbus for 15 hours, then some local buses to get to where I want. A little urban adventure. Seeing that sunrise must have been magical, no wonder you spend time just looking out the window.
@thornton I really lucked out with having the row to myself in most buses. A lot of it was nighttime travel where I could zone out to music. I got to travel with the Calais-Dover Ferry several times and with the train once, so two experiences for the price of one.
The added benefit of Genoa was that it was one of the destinations of the night train he took in the last video. I'd also wager that its not much of a time saver to ride from Sicily, if at all, and certainly more hassle. It also would diminish the feeling of a big sea journey, I'm sure. :)
Traveling or holidays are a sort of small version of life itself. Whats the point of taking the boat if you could have taken te plane? Whats the point of any holiday because after a couple of weeks you are exactly where you started with less money... Whats the point of anything, really? Well, I believe there is no grand awnser that magically provides meaning to everything we do. I think these type of questions are ones you can only awnser yourself but usually you simply know it by doing it.
I have been traveling in ferrys since I was not born I come from Tunisia Algeria and uk 🇬🇧🇩🇿🇹🇳 and I have traveled Tunisia to Italy geonva and it does not take 30 hours Max's is 10 hours any delay from sea caus of big wave 3plus
Thank you for this video, and there’s plenty of people that don’t fly and would enjoy taking a boat over ever getting in an airplane. So it’s not just crazy British RUclipsrs. I don’t understand why everyone’s so obsessed with flying. It sucks. Lol😂
Nice video tom glad i've found your site, so subcribed to see what you have and wîĺl be up to, as an english born frog coming to see my dads side of the family we'd always use the dover/calais or bologne route back in the 70/80's or even the hovercraft i loved it ,then when i did national service in fontainebleau south of paris i'd get the friday night train/boat / tain to london via dieppe and newhaven cause it was cheap at 30 quid lol ,my dad always said the roughest crossing he's done on a boat was the med from sete in the south of france to algeria were he had to go in 61 for the war ,sod the eurostar give me a ferry crossing any day lol
Tom, absolutely class video. Totally agree - the feeling of travelling is so much part of making the journey real. I don't much care for ships, but I'll think about giving this one a go. 😄
Fascinating journey! I wonder if the shorter crossing from Sicily is still operating? Way back, I did cross the Med to Africa by ferry once, only the 90 minutes from Algeciras to Tangier though!
Tunisia ia a fantastic country. As a westerner only the minivan bus terminal seemed pretty crazy. Only if yiu go to tran station on the country side, like el djem if you want to se the roman amphitheater of the movies Gladiator, the screens only are in Arabic Remember if you go to that amphi theater, remember the ticket includes the arceological museum. Its worth the detour
What a delightful cruise! I totally get why you would choose the ferry over a flight. Instead of transportation, you had a full-on experience. I think your cabin was very nice and very inexpensive. I'm a bit puzzled why the ferry has not chosen to offer more food options as it would be a revenue source. I was struck by how EMPTY the ship seemed compared to most ferries I have been on. I was also impressed by how nice the public areas seemed. I would definitely use the ferry if it suited my needs. Thanks so much for sharing your experience on it.
7:19 '.......watching the sunrise over Corsica and Sardinia.' At 9:47 the map shows the boat sailing EAST of Corsica and Sardinia. The boat was between the sun and the islands so how did he see it rise over them?? 11:05 '...out in the middle of the ocean....' It's the Mediterranean SEA, not the Mediterranean Ocean. I wonder what time of year this was?? Don't think he said. I'd have liked to see the seats properly, might has well not have bothered with that quick glimpse.
Nice video, but why do you keep saying that this ferry is one of the last way to travel from Europe to Africa by ferry? You can travel from Italy, France and Spain to Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. The same its been since forever. They are mostly for trucks.
Went to Genoa in 1970 on what at the time was the biggest super tanker to enter the port.Bit of a fanfare,Mayor and local big wigs,etc.Pretty good night out too(don't ask).
Did you see anyone with a dog? I reckoned it would be impossible to take a dog that isn't trained to use a pee pad which I would say are very uncommon in Europe? Because in theory I would be interested in the journey but thought with my dog it would never work
Enjoyable video with lots of interesting detail. I do want to take the ferry to Tunis at some time but I had thought of making the shorter crossing Palermo-Tunis. You take the overnight train Milan-Palermo (which uses the train ferry between the mainland and Sicily), stop in Palermo for a couple of days then board the ferry Palermo-Tunis.
great video ive subscribed and will catch up on all the videos! love the way you make it seem so effortless. keep up the good work and get youself a decent pan set for your next adventure lol
No soap or shampoo? I am sure once you noticed it you could have went to reception or the gift shop and had gotten some. As far as no pots & pans, I don't understand this, is it because your a vegetarian?
Next time you need soap in a bathroom you can grab a cup in the food area and visit one of the public bathrooms. I may or may not have refilled my pump liquid hand soap container at a public restroom on our last cruise ship when it ran empty.
How come it was rough if ur curtain and water bottle both didn't move 😂 as a person living in the north sea I refuse to believe the Mediterranean would ever be rough
Didn't know about the existence of this connection from Genoa. Knew only about the one from Trapani (South Italy). I'm puting Tunis back on my short list! PS: from Genoa there's also a ferry connection to Morocco!
What's the longest journey you've ever done by boat?
Also, if you want to hear a couple of Tunsia stories early ➡ www.patreon.com/tomthornton
It’s all adventure isn’t it? Mm. Alaska to Mexico for me…or maybe it was Uk to Spitsbergen/Svalbard was longer. Worth extra sometimes for comfort. We often take inside cabins now as they are totally fine!
Ancona Patras/ Piraeus Haifa/ Aqaba Nuweiba.
Ft. Lauderdale, FLA to Barbados. It was delightful!
Assuan Egypt to Wadi Halfa Sudan. As you say-A story for the grandkids
Amsterdam-Newcastle as I explained in my post! Probably around 14 hours or something, evening to morning. Absolutely worth it.
Only beginners go on a ferry without a pan set.
I have a lot to learn 🫡
What do you call a pan set ? Do you mean for cooking ?
Why do you need a pan set?
@@joselynrijna462 If you are a truck driver and you are going to spend the next couple of weeks driving through Africa, a good set of pans and cooking pots may be something very usefull.
Remember, this is not a cruise ship, it's a ferry.
@@olli1068 why? Can’t you buy food?
Just came across your channel, love your content.
What do you mean, last remaining? There's dozens of connections between Spain and Morocco, as well as some to Egypt from Greece and Cyprus... And also to Algeria from Spain and France...
All connections that have been running for decades are still operating //
Sète in France > Barcelona in Spain > Nador in Morocco is very popular with my family
Νο ferry to Egypt from Cyprus or Greece
@@mo4848 I just asked my Egyptian friend at work and he says it's a thing 😅
@@realhawaii5o maybe years ago? I actually live in the region....
If I ever won the lottery, I'd send you to Antarctica
And I you, gigachadiusmaximuscaesar 💛
@@thornton Damn, my name is so cringe
Why does this sound vaguely like a threat xD
🐧 don't threaten me with a good time 🐧
@@thornton Flew to inland Antarctica (Wolf Fang camp) from Cape Town in January and avoided enduring the Drake Passage on a cruise boat. Very expensive but a life-changing (overnight) experience, and yes it was my 7th continent, the only one missing when I did all six inhabited continents in one calendar year a while back
'Genoese boarding being as easy and safe for foot passengers as living underwater' is possibly the best comparison I've ever heard. Took a ferry from Bari to Dubrovnik a few months ago and Bari was just as bad-you walk along completely unsignposted asphalt roads with no assurances you're going the right way towards a weird-looking building with no signage and not many helpful people. Our boat left an hour late. Pretty sure it's because so many people got lost.
They genuinely see foot passengers as a nuisance, I swear ‼️
@@thornton I can guarantee you that. Much more money to be made shipping over lorries.
I would thank God instead of "OMG" or Neptune. That is no way to run a company.
Uk customs duty free allowance is 200 cigarettes, 90 litres of wine and 30 stainless steel pan sets. I usually melt them down for the scrap value but don’t tell anyone 🤫
Did that trip back in the 1980th several times bringing Peugeot 504 cars to Africa, driving them through Sahara and selling them in Niger or Benin - it was the legendary "Habib" under Tunesien flag, a great ship! - The journey took about 30 hours, too //
the best souvenirs on Habib , the old good days 🤩
I never thought I'd be this excited for transport(?) videos until I started watching your channel. They're really good.
Sorry you missed the combination promo of soap and a pan set.
might have to do another lap on the good ship Fantastic to cop that
Your a great storyteller you future grandkids will be so blessed!
Great video as always. Travelling by boat is my favourite mode of travel. There's just something civilised about having your own cabin and being able to walk around and do stuff while you're moving towards your destination.
Good point, like being in a moving village!
Looking forward to your latest adventure, Tom…🛥️
So, when we going to Antarctica :)
👀👀
I leave my pan set at home. I usually travel with a wok because it doubles as a sun hat
this is next-level
Tom, you're my new favourite travel vlogger. Loved the flixtrain one and this one tops it. Dry humour is in such short supply on RUclips. Well done.
Tom I really enjoy your content ! You don’t ramble and you go through each situation / stage intricately and with humour !
@tom thornton, you can actually fly to antarctica for only about 400 usd round trip: from southern chile or Argentina, from either Punta Arenas, or Ussuaia, they fly a fleet of AVRO RJ 100s (Or BAE 146's) to a gravel runway on antarctica, that wont break your bank account, and is a once in a lifetime, experience. Alternatively, Latam airlines operates seasonal 787 Dreamliner flights to antarctica, that if you time it right, are actually possible to book!
Which airline does it
I was thinking of the French Northern Territories Ferry, it's a more fulfilling way to travel for someone like Tim,
but you do have to get to Reunion first (I guess there are Lowcoster flights to the Mauritius and then you could get a ferry from there, it's only like 12 hours)
the ferry itself is I think in the 450 USD region, taking 46 days for a full tropics to Antarctica and back round trip if I remember correctly
I was at Genoa last week, saw these boats in port. Interesting to watch your video, a journey I won't ever be making. Having said that I have been to Tunis port, on a cruise, but I remaind onboard. That night there was a storm and the ship was very rocky, luckily for me I've now found my sea legs so I wasn't unwell. Longest sea journey, apart from a cruise, Plymouth to Santander with Brittany Ferries, it was 1992, two nighs and a day and a very uncomfortable Bay of Biscay!
Amateur! Travelling without a stainless steel pan set... 🙉😂 First timer or what? ❤
We had a school trip to Ireland and traveled in a ferry over night from Cherbourgh to Rosslare during a massive storm. We had tiny cabins with four beds - below the waterline! I saw people just lying on the floor because they were too sick to get up. It was a f-ing nightmare. Oh, and it was 3 years after the Estonia disaster.
Below the waterline would of been better that higher up
@@dazlebluefrogify in terms of Amplitude, yes. In terms of claustrophobia, hell no
@@dazlebluefrogify depends, less oxygen below, and the boat moves as a whole if the seas get really bad (this is from a person who regularly took Scotland's longest ferry)... so, you would prefer to be on a lower above-water deck.
I remember leaving on a cruise last year from Genoa and seeing those giant ferries and wondering "where are they actually going?" . Now I know 😅
Very interesting and congrats on your 6th continent 👍🏻😊 Hope you have a good time in Tunis
Love it , and I totally get it , I hate flying if there is an alternative Boat/Coach/Train etc even if its more expensive ill take it .
you have such a lovely calming voice to tell things
Very enjoyable. Being familiar with ferry crossings to the UK and Europe from Ireland, I could relate to the rocking and rolling of the ship. It enriches the whole experience. Like you said, it’s like being part of a story. Impressed that you learned some of the language during your trip. Hope you experienced the best of Tunisian hospitality, culture and delicious food. Really looking forward to your next video.
Try the 12 to 14 hour overnight ferry crossing between Aberdeen and Lerwick in Shetland (Northlink Ferries), it crosses a point where the Atlantic Ocean meets the North Sea and can get rather “interesting” especially in the winter when the storms roll over the Atlantic towards the UK form the US.. also wanted to try Smryl Line which takes 4 days from Denmark to Faroe Islands which runs weekly and used to call in at Lerwick in Shetland.. both routes have a “very rough” reputation with storms and rough seas..
2 of my absolute bucket list trips, particularly the one to Thorshavn!
One of my first jobs after leaving school was as a barman on the my Hjaltland running between Aberdeen and Lerwick. Never once in three years did I get bored crossing the route. The scenery was just beautiful particularly passing the remote Fair Isle at 4.30am in the morning, watching the birds and sheep as we passed. I usually standing at the bar by myself as most passengers were in bed, I used to have an espresso as we went passed..
I'm getting nostalgic just reading this 🏴 I need to make another scotland video soon!!
I have been taking the same trip since 18 years ago. This year I am not going back to Tunisia and you made me feel like I was doing so. Many things like shopping from " Coop " before the trip and Genoa, that superb city, with its harbour
That is the proper way to travel, Tom! So much more enriching than flying #slowtravel Look forward to seeing your adventures 😊 happy safe travels! (Disappointing that you couldn't fit the pan set in your rucksack 😂)
There's still many ferries from France and Spain to Morocco, for example. Plus, if I remember correctly, there's still a number from France, Spain and Italy to Algeria.
Mr. Tom, I would be very happy if you please do a vlog on Indian railways Vande Bharat express trains, they are the future of Indian Railways and are excellent, semi high speed trains.
One of the last? So Morocco, Algeria and Egypt are non African ?
Only between Morocco and Spain you have dozen of daily ferries as there is no other way to cross the Straight of Gibraltar by vehicle. And on top of that these northern African countries have huge diaspora in Europe that visit each year.
there are many people from tunisia, morocco and algeria living in europe who use these ferries in summer to visit back home. especially when wanting to use a car in their holiday and wanting to bring goods to their family make it a better option then flying. especially with family.
Absolutely lovely video! I can relate to the feeling you get on such a journey, it is something else and absolutely worth the added time (and possibly money, depending). I had a similar, but a bit smaller experience a couple of years ago when I wanted to travel to Edinburgh from Berlin without flying. I rode by train to Amsterdam, then took a ferry to Newcastle across the North Sea. It was great! Such an adventurous feeling, even though it was just through one night, but having the sea all around you is magical. In the morning, I attended a little informational class on dolpins a marine biologist on the ship gave regularly which included watching some!
Also, I would never have visited Newcastle in my life for sure, but it was really interesting, too! Went to a great museum with photographs of the old worker's houses around the shipyards, took a stroll by the football stadium, and had a lovely coffee and pastry in a café under the train bridges. Then took a very nice trainride up north. I'll remember that journey forever, which I certainly wouldn't have if I'd just taken a 1h flight or however long it would have taken. I've been dreaming of doing something similar someday again, and Genoa-Tunis seems like a great journey!
Yesss exactly! Thanks for your comment ☺️ that’s another element that I neglected to mention, I never would have been to Genoa otherwise. Just like you and Newcastle (where I also haven’t been, to be honest 🙈)
Your videos are always so calming and relaxing. Really enjoy watching them!
Thank you! :)
I absolutly love your videos. They are so calming and make up for the fact that I dont have the money to do these journeys myself :)
This video had such a calming vibe, well done! I’ve gone on a couple of cruises and my favorite part is waking up and stepping on the balcony to watch the ocean. I think you‘d really enjoy another traditional ocean ferry, like the Atlantic crossing (on the famous Queen Mary) or taking the ferry route in Norway with Hurtigruten on its historic mail route. Can’t wait to see more of your adventures!
Thanks! :) I actually have the Hurtigruten in my norway video, but yea, would love to do transatlantic all dressed-up!
Dude, I don't think you know what rough seas actually are...
True. Have you tried Northlink from Aberdeen to Orkney or Shetland in a storm over the Pentland Firth? If not, you've never lived!!!😮
Whaaat. No pan set.... Total rookie.
A nice and a humble review. Keep up the good job!
still remember the days when you had a direct Plymouth to Tunisia ferry, don't remember which port it went to... but it was a weekly service fairly famous with us Boat-spotters (that slightly heretical branch of the huffer-puffer family)
I believe, today, the main kind of foot-passenger the boat does get is the occasional bus (and yes, there are bus services from Prague to central Tunisia that use this boat)...
If the ship goes often, then the "abnormal" people go often!!
Has anyone ever told you you look like John Lennon?
Looks like Curly Watts from Coronation Street. 😀
I honestly don't understand how you don't have millions of followers 🤔 Your channel is fantastic!
aw thanks Gina!
If you want rough, the Spirit of Tasmania, between Geelong and Devonport, in mid winter is a decent adventure. It's only about 12 hours :) Bass Strait are some of the roughest waters in Australia.
12:54 it should be cooked, it is not intended as bread
one of the last ferries connections? just from Algeria
Oran - Alicante
Oran - Marseille
Algiers - Alicante
Algiers - Barcelona
Algiers - Marseille
Béjaïa - Marseille
Skikda - Marseille
Annaba - Marseille
Flashback to nearly 20 years ago when I took a GNV ferry from Genoa to Palermo with some mates. Bonus fact: GNV means Grandi Navi Veloci... Or in translation "Big Fast Ship".
Your translation is perfectly accurate, but I feel it works even better when translated literally:
BIG SHIP FAST!
There are loads of routes that go from Europe to Africa - so one of the last remaining is hardly true !
I did the Genoa-Palermo trip a few weeks ago….we had a car, and someone fluent in Italian, and checking in was still chaos! But I agree, it’s so cool to actually experience those distances. Can’t wait to see the Tunisia videos!
Those onboard pools are usually only filled when the weather is calm and seawater is warm.
Oh my god, 18min video and 5 ad breaks, 30-40sec non skippable.
RUclips is rigged 😢
And it’s still cheaper than going to and from the Isle of Wight! 😭
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Good job, Tangier-Tarifa ferry should be next, followed by an AlBuraq train to Casablanca and Marrakech.
It really is a different kind of travel. I loved taking the flixbus for 15 hours, then some local buses to get to where I want. A little urban adventure. Seeing that sunrise must have been magical, no wonder you spend time just looking out the window.
To love a flixbus journey, you must be tougher than me 😲
@thornton I really lucked out with having the row to myself in most buses. A lot of it was nighttime travel where I could zone out to music. I got to travel with the Calais-Dover Ferry several times and with the train once, so two experiences for the price of one.
I enjoyed your subtle humor
Why not just go from Sicily? Are such ferries not available?
I thought the same, but then you need to spend more time and money on trains to get to Sicily first
The added benefit of Genoa was that it was one of the destinations of the night train he took in the last video. I'd also wager that its not much of a time saver to ride from Sicily, if at all, and certainly more hassle. It also would diminish the feeling of a big sea journey, I'm sure. :)
This route is all about bringing cars to Africa, saving cost and trouble all the way down Italy //
Wait... Where should a dog pee at the ship???
Traveling or holidays are a sort of small version of life itself. Whats the point of taking the boat if you could have taken te plane? Whats the point of any holiday because after a couple of weeks you are exactly where you started with less money... Whats the point of anything, really? Well, I believe there is no grand awnser that magically provides meaning to everything we do. I think these type of questions are ones you can only awnser yourself but usually you simply know it by doing it.
I have been traveling in ferrys since I was not born I come from Tunisia Algeria and uk 🇬🇧🇩🇿🇹🇳 and I have traveled Tunisia to Italy geonva and it does not take 30 hours Max's is 10 hours any delay from sea caus of big wave 3plus
French is also useful.
feel like a brand new person 🎶
New to your channel. Wonderful content! I’m looking forward to watching more! Safe travels!! 😊
Thank you for this video, and there’s plenty of people that don’t fly and would enjoy taking a boat over ever getting in an airplane. So it’s not just crazy British RUclipsrs. I don’t understand why everyone’s so obsessed with flying. It sucks. Lol😂
What a super journey - all power to your elbow….
As a native speaker, I just had to google that phrase because I never heard it before 😆 but thanks!
Hey there 👍🏻 Why did you need a Tunisian eSIM? Doesn’t your British carrier simply offer roaming and you log into a foreign carrier automatically?
Nice video tom glad i've found your site, so subcribed to see what you have and wîĺl be up to, as an english born frog coming to see my dads side of the family we'd always use the dover/calais or bologne route back in the 70/80's or even the hovercraft i loved it ,then when i did national service in fontainebleau south of paris i'd get the friday night train/boat / tain to london via dieppe and newhaven cause it was cheap at 30 quid lol ,my dad always said the roughest crossing he's done on a boat was the med from sete in the south of france to algeria were he had to go in 61 for the war ,sod the eurostar give me a ferry crossing any day lol
Another nice video Tom. 👍
That's the type of football game that plays on a TV in the background of a TV show lol
Justice for Bologna U19s 😭
Did you get your passport stamped? what was the exit formalities like in Genoa and the entry process like in Tunis?
Tom, absolutely class video. Totally agree - the feeling of travelling is so much part of making the journey real. I don't much care for ships, but I'll think about giving this one a go. 😄
Fascinating journey! I wonder if the shorter crossing from Sicily is still operating? Way back, I did cross the Med to Africa by ferry once, only the 90 minutes from Algeciras to Tangier though!
Tunisia ia a fantastic country. As a westerner only the minivan bus terminal seemed pretty crazy.
Only if yiu go to tran station on the country side, like el djem if you want to se the roman amphitheater of the movies Gladiator, the screens only are in Arabic
Remember if you go to that amphi theater, remember the ticket includes the arceological museum. Its worth the detour
What a delightful cruise! I totally get why you would choose the ferry over a flight. Instead of transportation, you had a full-on experience. I think your cabin was very nice and very inexpensive. I'm a bit puzzled why the ferry has not chosen to offer more food options as it would be a revenue source. I was struck by how EMPTY the ship seemed compared to most ferries I have been on. I was also impressed by how nice the public areas seemed. I would definitely use the ferry if it suited my needs. Thanks so much for sharing your experience on it.
7:19 '.......watching the sunrise over Corsica and Sardinia.' At 9:47 the map shows the boat sailing EAST of Corsica and Sardinia. The boat was between the sun and the islands so how did he see it rise over them??
11:05 '...out in the middle of the ocean....' It's the Mediterranean SEA, not the Mediterranean Ocean. I wonder what time of year this was?? Don't think he said. I'd have liked to see the seats properly, might has well not have bothered with that quick glimpse.
Nice video, but why do you keep saying that this ferry is one of the last way to travel from Europe to Africa by ferry? You can travel from Italy, France and Spain to Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. The same its been since forever. They are mostly for trucks.
Went to Genoa in 1970 on what at the time was the biggest super tanker to enter the port.Bit of a fanfare,Mayor and local big wigs,etc.Pretty good night out too(don't ask).
North Shields, England to Bergen, Norway is my longest ferry which was about 20 hours.Sadly it no longer runs.
Did you see anyone with a dog? I reckoned it would be impossible to take a dog that isn't trained to use a pee pad which I would say are very uncommon in Europe?
Because in theory I would be interested in the journey but thought with my dog it would never work
we sailed around denmark in 10th grade(germany) it was very cool, but sadly i got very seasick. almost 6 days
Enjoyable video with lots of interesting detail. I do want to take the ferry to Tunis at some time but I had thought of making the shorter crossing Palermo-Tunis. You take the overnight train Milan-Palermo (which uses the train ferry between the mainland and Sicily), stop in Palermo for a couple of days then board the ferry Palermo-Tunis.
Around the World in 80 RUclips videos. That would be a cool vlog idea. Also, #TimeOut #LonelyPlanet, please sponsor Tom.
great video ive subscribed and will catch up on all the videos! love the way you make it seem so effortless. keep up the good work and get youself a decent pan set for your next adventure lol
No soap or shampoo? I am sure once you noticed it you could have went to reception or the gift shop and had gotten some. As far as no pots & pans, I don't understand this, is it because your a vegetarian?
Next time you need soap in a bathroom you can grab a cup in the food area and visit one of the public bathrooms. I may or may not have refilled my pump liquid hand soap container at a public restroom on our last cruise ship when it ran empty.
How come it was rough if ur curtain and water bottle both didn't move 😂 as a person living in the north sea I refuse to believe the Mediterranean would ever be rough
I did a 16 hours Ferry from Barcelona to Italy once across the med, was long but a great experience!
Oh dear. Tunisian trains are a bad idea. You're better off using the Louages, but I'm probably too late lol
If the water was turbulent and you were unable to stand up straight in your room ...would the water in the bottle behind you also be moving?
I never go anywhere without my kettle.for coffee eggs noodles veggies no problem!
The _Salt Express_ for whenever any Italians feel the ancestral urge to go dunk on Carthage.
You're much too repetitive and overly dramatic. Dude, it's just a ferry trip.
did a 28 hours trip from Gothenburg via Oslo to Newcastle in the 90's
Another great video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! :)
Didn't know about the existence of this connection from Genoa. Knew only about the one from Trapani (South Italy).
I'm puting Tunis back on my short list!
PS: from Genoa there's also a ferry connection to Morocco!
There's also a Algiers-Genoa and Annaba-Genoa connection
I can't believe he managed to make a regular, boring ferry into 20 minutes of content.
ive sail all or most of the ferry routes in Eu,Uk,Ireland,scandinavian
as a trucker lol..
private room with free meals
I’ve been to a lot of countries. My trip too Tunisia was horrible. I hope your visit there will be better than mine.
Very glad to have been pushed this video today. Great vid!
There are cruises to Antarctica! I'd love to do it one day.
Same 😭