Portugalete to Alicante ferry

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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Portugalete to Alicante on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.

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• 21h 53mDoor to door
• 20h 23mMoving
• €49.84 to €85.59From
• 06:24 to 07:30First and last departure
• 5Per day
• 14.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€49.84 to €85.59 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.

Operator	From	Fastest	Typical speed	Flexibility	On board
Grimaldi	€37.74	19h 19m	33 km/h	Changeable	Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets

When to book Portugalete to Alicante

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

1. €52.0490 days
2. €45.4460 days
3. €35.5445 days
4. €35.5430 days
5. €53.1421 days
6. €54.7914 days
7. €78.997 days
8. €71.293 days
9. €85.591 days

Cheapest lead time

Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €35.54.

How much it moves

The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 141 percent. The dearest point is €85.59, 1 days out.

What that means

Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.

1. €54.79Sun
2. €53.13Mon
3. €49.84Tue
4. €56.43Wed
5. €53.14Thu
6. €69.64Fri
7. €55.89Sat

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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 623 km against 593 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 Utebo, Valencia, Gandia, Bermeo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.

If the connection is missed

The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Portugalete at 06:24 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 Portugalete to Alicante

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.

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