Cheapest€23.99
- Brittany Ferries BF955406:2610h 44m17:10CHERBOURGQuai Guiné 1
Door to door 12h 14mCO2 42.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne ferry
Ferries from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne start at €23.99 and take 12h 14m at their fastest.
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The Ferries from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne starts at €23.99 and takes 12h 14m door to door, run by 1 operator over 367 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 12h 14mDoor to door
- 10h 44mMoving
- €31.14 to €60.29From
- 06:26 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 42.2 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€31.14 to €60.29 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
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Buying this journey
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €60.29Fri18
- about €56.99Sat19
- about €56.44Sun20
- about €40.49Mon21
- about €38.84Tue22
- about €42.14Wed23
- about €43.79Thu24
- about €43.24Fri25
- about €41.04Sat26
- about €33.88Sun27
- about €31.14Mon28
- about €31.68Tue29
- about €31.14Wed30
- about €34.98Thu1
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brittany Ferries | €23.99 | 12h 14m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
The ferry gets you into Les Sables-d'Olonne. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Les Sables-d'Olonne for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.9390 days
- €17.3960 days
- €23.4445 days
- €25.0930 days
- €31.1321 days
- €34.9814 days
- €43.797 days
- €56.443 days
- €60.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 247 percent. The dearest point is €60.29, 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.
- €33.88Sun
- €31.14Mon
- €31.68Tue
- €31.14Wed
- €34.98Thu
- €43.24Fri
- €41.04Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Cherbourg
Ferry
- CHERBOURG
- Passerelle Cherbourg 2
- Passerelle Cherbourg 4
Les Sables-d'Olonne
Ferry
- Quai Guiné 1
- Port Olona
What the journey looks like
- 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 367 km against 350 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 Couëron, Saint-Malo, Vannes, Nantes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Cherbourg at 06:26 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 Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne
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 Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne take?
The Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne takes 12h 14m door to door, of which 10h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 367 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 Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne cost?
The Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne starts at €23.99 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €27.28. 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 Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne?
1 operators run the Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne: Brittany Ferries. 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 Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne use?
The Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne leaves from CHERBOURG and arrives at Quai Guiné 1. 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 Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne?
Fares for the Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.39. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 247 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne produce?
The Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne produces about 42.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 367 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 Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne?
Operators on the Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 12h 14m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne on 17 September 2026: 367 km of route against 350 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €23.99, and 12h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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