Cheapest€34.99
- Grimaldi G861706:2417h 23m23:47DonostiaEmbarque Catamaran Mundo Marino Altea
Door to door 18h 53mCO2 66.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea ferry
Ferries from Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea start at €38.84 and take 18h 53m at their fastest.
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The Ferries from Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea starts at €38.84 and takes 18h 53m door to door, run by 1 operator over 576 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 18h 53mDoor to door
- 17h 23mMoving
- €38.84 to €82.29From
- 06:24 to 07:30First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 66.2 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.
€38.84 to €82.29 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €76.24Wed16
- about €82.29Thu17
- about €77.89Fri18
- about €80.09Sat19
- about €61.94Sun20
- about €54.24Mon21
- about €41.59Tue22
- about €43.79Wed23
- about €56.44Thu24
- about €55.34Fri25
- about €53.14Sat26
- about €58.64Sun27
- about €46.54Mon28
- about €38.84Tue29
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 6 October 2026
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €34.99 | 18h 4m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
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When to book Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.1990 days
- €39.3960 days
- €37.7345 days
- €42.6930 days
- €34.9921 days
- €38.8414 days
- €41.597 days
- €77.893 days
- €76.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €34.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 123 percent. The dearest point is €77.89, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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.
- €58.64Sun
- €46.54Mon
- €38.84Tue
- €43.79Wed
- €56.44Thu
- €55.34Fri
- €53.14Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Donostia / San Sebastián
Ferry
- Donostia
- Santa Clara
Altea
Ferry
- Embarque Catamaran Mundo Marino Altea
What the journey actually 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 576 km against 548 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 Gandia, Utebo, Zaragoza, Valencia. 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 Donostia / San Sebastian at 06:24 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea
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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea take?
The Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea takes 18h 53m door to door, of which 17h 23m is spent moving. The route runs 576 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea cost?
The Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea starts at €38.84 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €42.14. 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea?
1 operators run the Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea: Grimaldi. 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea use?
The Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea leaves from Donostia and arrives at Embarque Catamaran Mundo Marino Altea. 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea?
Fares for the Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €34.99. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 123 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea produce?
The Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea produces about 66.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 576 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea?
Operators on the Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 18h 53m 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Altea on 15 September 2026: 576 km of route against 548 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €38.84, and 18h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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