Cheapest€11.88
- Grimaldi G488806:265h11:26Estació Marítima Maó Cos NouPalma Estacio Maritima
Door to door 6h 30mCO2 16.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Maó to Palma ferry
Ferries from Maó to Palma start at €11.89 and take 5h 54m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Maó to Palma starts at €11.89 and takes 5h 54m door to door, run by 1 operator over 143 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 54mDoor to door
- 4h 24mMoving
- €11.89From
- 16.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €11.88 | 5h 51m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
The journey ends at Palma Intermodal. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Maó to Palma
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €14.0914 days
- €17.397 days
- €16.293 days
- €22.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 88 percent. The dearest point is €22.34, 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.
- €13.54Sun
- €11.89Mon
- €11.89Tue
- €11.89Wed
- €14.64Thu
- €13.54Fri
- €14.09Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Maó
Ferry
- Estació Marítima Maó Cos Nou
- Illa del Rei
Palma
Ferry
- Palma Estacio Maritima
- Moll Antic (Palma)
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 143 km against 143 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Maó at 06:26 and the last at 21:03, across 12 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 | 3h 46m | 36m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 36.2 kg | 40 |
| Ferry | 5h 54m | 4h 24m | 1h 30m | €11.89 | 16.4 kg | 12 |
Questions about Maó to Palma
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 Maó to Palma take?
The Ferry from Maó to Palma takes 5h 54m door to door, of which 4h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 143 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 Maó to Palma cost?
The Ferry from Maó to Palma starts at €11.89 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €13.54. 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 Maó to Palma?
1 operators run the Ferry from Maó to Palma: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 12 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 Maó to Palma use?
The Ferry from Maó to Palma leaves from Estació Marítima Maó Cos Nou and arrives at Palma Estacio 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.
Is the Ferry the best way from Maó to Palma?
Travelling from Maó to Palma by Flight costs €31.41 and takes 3h 46m door to door, against 5h 54m 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 Maó to Palma?
Fares for the Ferry from Maó to Palma bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 88 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Maó to Palma produce?
The Ferry from Maó to Palma produces about 16.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 143 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 Maó to Palma?
Operators on the Ferry from Maó to Palma publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 54m 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 Maó to Palma on 12 September 2026: 143 km of route against 143 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.89, and 5h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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