Exeter to Irun ferry

Ferries from Exeter to Irun start at €75.14 and take 29h 42m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Exeter to Irun starts at €75.14 and takes 29h 42m door to door, run by 1 operator over 873 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 9 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 29h 42mDoor to door
  • 28h 12mMoving
  • €75.14From
  • 100.4 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026

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

Fastest€59.18
  1. Brittany Ferries BF107907:301h 19m08:49Exeter QuayDittisham
  2. Brittany Ferries BF124809:4423h 59m09:43DittishamHendaia - Hondarribia Boat

Changes at Paignton, with 55 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 27h 43mCO2 100.6 kgChanges 1Changeable 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
Brittany Ferries€65.2426h 28m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets
  • Brittany Ferries

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Booking window

When to book Exeter to Irun

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

  1. €57.3790 days
  2. €46.5460 days
  3. €54.2445 days
  4. €58.0930 days
  5. €61.2221 days
  6. €78.4414 days
  7. €89.987 days
  8. €144.983 days
  9. €148.291 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €46.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 219 percent. The dearest point is €148.29, 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.
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. €93.28Sun
  2. €75.69Mon
  3. €75.14Tue
  4. €78.44Wed
  5. €93.29Thu
  6. €87.24Fri
  7. €84.32Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Exeter

Ferry
  • Exeter Quay

Irun

Ferry
  • Hendaia - Hondarribia Boat
  • Hondarribia - Hendaya Boat
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 873 km against 832 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 Paignton, Plymouth, Donostia / San Sebastián, Torquay. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 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 Exeter at 06:42 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Exeter to Irun

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 Exeter to Irun take?

The Ferry from Exeter to Irun takes 29h 42m door to door, of which 28h 12m is spent moving. The route runs 873 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 Exeter to Irun cost?

The Ferry from Exeter to Irun starts at €75.14 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €66.06. 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 Exeter to Irun?

1 operators run the Ferry from Exeter to Irun: Brittany Ferries. Between them they file around 4 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 Exeter to Irun use?

The Ferry from Exeter to Irun leaves from Exeter Quay and arrives at Hendaia - Hondarribia Boat. 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 Exeter to Irun?

Fares for the Ferry from Exeter to Irun bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €46.54. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 219 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Exeter to Irun produce?

The Ferry from Exeter to Irun produces about 100.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 873 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 Exeter to Irun?

Operators on the Ferry from Exeter to Irun publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 29h 42m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Exeter to Irun on 9 September 2026: 873 km of route against 832 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €75.14, and 29h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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