Bilbao to Ceuta ferry

Ferries from Bilbao to Ceuta start at €63.59 and take 28h 36m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Bilbao to Ceuta starts at €63.59 and takes 28h 36m door to door, run by 1 operator over 887 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 10 September 2026Priced for 30 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 28h 36mDoor to door
  • 27h 6mMoving
  • €63.59From
  • 102.0 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 30 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€56.99
  1. Grimaldi G802707:3013h 14m20:44Bilbao Terminal de GetxoBarca pasaje
  2. Baleària B775021:5314h 36m12:29Barca pasajeCeuta Estacion Maritima

Changes at Toledo, with 69 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 30h 29mCO2 102.1 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€67.44
  1. Grimaldi G464906:3827h 6m09:44Bilbao Terminal de GetxoCeuta Estacion Maritima

Door to door 28h 36mCO2 102.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Grimaldi€59.1926h 47m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets
  • Grimaldi

Ceuta is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere central works. We still do not sell the room.

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Booking window

When to book Bilbao to Ceuta

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €60.8490 days
  2. €44.8960 days
  3. €61.9445 days
  4. €64.1430 days
  5. €62.4921 days
  6. €86.1414 days
  7. €102.097 days
  8. €120.793 days
  9. €143.881 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €44.89.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 221 percent. The dearest point is €143.88, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €76.24Sun
  2. €67.99Mon
  3. €63.59Tue
  4. €65.79Wed
  5. €86.14Thu
  6. €95.49Fri
  7. €96.04Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Bilbao

Ferry
  • Bilbao Terminal de Getxo
  • Pío Baroja plaza

Ceuta

Ferry
  • Ceuta Estacion Maritima
  • Estacion Maritima de Ceuta
The journey

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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 887 km against 845 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at La Línea de la Concepción, Toledo, Marbella, Algeciras. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Bilbao at 06:38 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Bilbao to Ceuta

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 Bilbao to Ceuta take?

The Ferry from Bilbao to Ceuta takes 28h 36m door to door, of which 27h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 887 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 Bilbao to Ceuta cost?

The Ferry from Bilbao to Ceuta starts at €63.59 for one passenger, checked on 30 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 Bilbao to Ceuta?

1 operators run the Ferry from Bilbao to Ceuta: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 5 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 Bilbao to Ceuta use?

The Ferry from Bilbao to Ceuta leaves from Bilbao Terminal de Getxo and arrives at Ceuta Estacion Maritima. 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.

When should I book the Ferry from Bilbao to Ceuta?

Fares for the Ferry from Bilbao to Ceuta bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €44.89. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 221 percent, measured on 30 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Bilbao to Ceuta produce?

The Ferry from Bilbao to Ceuta produces about 102.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 887 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 Bilbao to Ceuta?

Operators on the Ferry from Bilbao to Ceuta publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 28h 36m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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 Bilbao to Ceuta on 10 September 2026: 887 km of route against 845 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €63.59, and 28h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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