Very do-able.......but booking the entire journey on the Eurostar website is a must.

I checked a couple of years ago, but couldn't go in the end.
I've just checked again and I could get a a return ticket from Warrington bank quay to Perpignan station for as little as £107 per person. Obviously like planes peak prices are a bit much. ...and Its a 12 hr journey because you waste a few hours changing stations in London and paris.

But I quite like the idea of doing that journey once.

Considering I used to pay £88 for a return from Wiltshire to Wigan, that sounds a bargain...

Barcelona-Sants to Perpignan (1hr 20m) return on the train was €120 last year. Yes you read that correctly. I was expecting Bollinger, caviar and a Thai massage with a happy ending.

Done Eurostar to Paris then Paris to Perpignan by train on the TVG double decker (Paris to Barcelona train) . Long day but interesting if you like train journeys. French train system very good and bargain's can be had if you search well .

Prefer flying as it gives you more time in Perp.

Avoid ferries to places further West in Brittany. The roads are not as good and it adds to your travelling times. French roads are generally lined up North South or towards Paris. If you end up in Roscoff you will have a hell of a drive.

St Malo to Perpignan is dual carriagway all the way once you get out of St Malo, all nice smooth roads (they where last time i drove on them), cutting through some gorgeous countryside, yes the journey is 3 or 4 hours longer but at least you can get some hot food and a couple of hours shut eye on the ferry unlike the tunnel and it works out around 60/70 miles shorter round trip, less traffic as well and no illegal immigrants scaring the crap out of everyone

God, yes, I wouldn't consider anywhere west of St. Malo. And I can see that Calais might be place it'd be nice to avoid these days.

I think you would need at least two people to make driving feasible: I did a quick check on ferry costs yesterday, and I reckon with an overnight crossing and cabin (which you'd want) you'd be talking around the 400 quid mark for ferries alone. If the St Malo crossing, probably more still. Say 1200 miles each way @10 miles/ litre = 240 litres, best part of 300 quid in fuel.

Add to that most of the French motorways are toll roads.

Well there's plenty of good dual-carriageways that aren't péages, but yes, I'm sure in a journey of that length, you'd probably end up paying a few tolls. All in all, as I say, not cheap, and only feasible with a few to share the cost.

If you need to stop over in Calais go for The Ibis or Ibis Budget in Coquelle and, if you are rich, the Suite Novotel. These hotels form three sides of a square with the rest fenced off to form a secure car park. The French riot police use the compound as a staging post and at any one time there are about forty riot vans on site. Try to avoid running across the car park wearing a fishing waistcoat with cans of beer in the pockets.

As I say, a place worth avoiding... But I suppose if you took the Chunnel you'd just high-tail it out of the area.

Frankly, I feel sorry for the long-suffering citizens of Calais.

That is the future of Dover when the French tell us to remove our customs posts from their soil.