Cheapest€55.34
- La méridionale L470606:4428h 44m11:28AlgiersBilbao Terminal de Getxo
Door to door 30h 14mCO2 102.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Algiers to Bilbao ferry
Ferries from Algiers to Bilbao start at €76.79 and take 27h 22m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Algiers to Bilbao starts at €76.79 and takes 27h 22m door to door, run by 1 operator over 888 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 27h 22mDoor to door
- 25h 52mMoving
- €76.79From
- 102.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 La méridionale | €55.34 | 26h 50m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
The journey ends at Bilbao Abando. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Bilbao for the night the ferry gets in
Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Algiers to Bilbao
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €60.2990 days
- €54.2460 days
- €56.9945 days
- €58.0930 days
- €78.4421 days
- €84.4914 days
- €102.647 days
- €118.043 days
- €163.691 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €54.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 202 percent. The dearest point is €163.69, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €81.19Sun
- €81.74Mon
- €85.59Tue
- €76.79Wed
- €84.49Thu
- €86.14Fri
- €87.79Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Algiers
Ferry
- Algiers
- Alger
Bilbao
Ferry
- Bilbao Terminal de Getxo
- Pío Baroja plaza
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 888 km against 888 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Alicante, Donostia / San Sebastián, Barcelona, Palma. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Algiers at 06:44 and the last at 14:02, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 52m | 1h 42m | 3h 10m | €111.06 | 225.1 kg | 4 |
| Ferry | 27h 22m | 25h 52m | 1h 30m | €76.79 | 102.1 kg | 3 |
Questions about Algiers to Bilbao
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Ferry from Algiers to Bilbao take?
The Ferry from Algiers to Bilbao takes 27h 22m door to door, of which 25h 52m is spent moving. The route runs 888 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Ferry from Algiers to Bilbao cost?
The Ferry from Algiers to Bilbao starts at €76.79 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €67.44. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Algiers to Bilbao?
1 operators run the Ferry from Algiers to Bilbao: La méridionale. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Ferry from Algiers to Bilbao use?
The Ferry from Algiers to Bilbao leaves from Algiers and arrives at Bilbao Terminal de Getxo. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Ferry the best way from Algiers to Bilbao?
Travelling from Algiers to Bilbao by Flight costs €111.06 and takes 4h 52m door to door, against 27h 22m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Ferry from Algiers to Bilbao?
Fares for the Ferry from Algiers to Bilbao bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €54.24. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 202 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Algiers to Bilbao produce?
The Ferry from Algiers to Bilbao produces about 102.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 888 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Algiers to Bilbao?
Operators on the Ferry from Algiers to Bilbao publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 27h 22m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Algiers to Bilbao on 10 September 2026: 888 km of route against 888 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €76.79, and 27h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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