Donostia / San Sebastian to Poole ferry

Ferries from Donostia / San Sebastian to Poole start at €70.18 and take 29h 25m at their fastest.

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Exterior view of the Wilcox Building on the southeast corner of Spring Street and 2nd Street, ca.1905 Photograph of the exterior facades of the Wilcox Building, located in Downtown Los Angeles, on the southeast corner of 2nd Street (left, eastbound) and Spring Street (right, southbound) ca.1905. The building stands five-stories tall (plus basement). The roof has a concrete balustrade and a flagpole. There are two narrow balconies visible, one on the corner (center), and one on the right side of the building above the large arched Spring Street entrance. The streets are bustling with pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Horse drawn carriages and streetcars can be seen on the streets. The bell tower of Saint Vibiana's Cathedral can be seen at left. Legible signs include: "the El[...], Sig[...], rooms", "J.F. McEl[...], printer[s]", "First National Bank", "California railway", "Santa Fe", "Freight and Ticket Office", "200", "Vernon", "Equitable Life Assurance Society", "Fred A. Hines, A.P. Chipron, general agent, Douglas E. Poole, cashier", "Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., incorporated by the state of New York, district office", "W.I. Hollingsworth & Co.", "real estate loans", "John T. Griffith Company", "real estate insurance, rentals, loans", "Dr. Cowles, chief medical examiner", "Germa[n] Bu[ilding]", "Union [...]efining", "Douglas, Lacey & Co.", "law offices of R. Wilson", "Doctor Solomon, eyes, ears, nose, and throat", "808, H. Jevne Co." The Wilcox Building was designed by the San Francisco firm of Pissis & Moore, with a Classical Revival facade of grey sandstone. Completed in 1896. The Bryson Block and Hollenbeck Hotel were "more flamboyant neighbors." After extensive damage during the Sylmar Earthquake in 1971, its upper four stories were demolished, leaving only the basement and the unrecognizable stripped facade of the ground floor. Call number: CHS-5129 Legacy record ID: chs-m1101; USC-1-1-1-1137 Filename: CHS-5129 Coverage date: circa 1905 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Los Angeles Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 5129 Microfiche number: 1-9-52 Archival file: chs_Volume25/CHS-5129.tiff Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): buildings Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1905 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): negatives (photographic); photographs Geographic subject (state): California Subject (file heading): Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General #2; Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General -- Wilcox Building Format: glass plate negatives Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles Geographic subject (roadway): Spring Street & 2nd Street Subject (lcsh): Buildings Subject: Wilcox Building, built 1896

The Ferries from Donostia / San Sebastian to Poole starts at €70.18 and takes 29h 25m door to door, run by 1 operator over 864 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 29h 25mDoor to door
  • 27h 55mMoving
  • €70.18 to €141.69From
  • 06:26 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 4Per day
  • 99.4 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.

€70.18 to €141.69 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

  1. about €130.14Tue15
  2. about €108.69Wed16
  3. about €141.69Thu17
  4. about €100.98Fri18
  5. about €107.03Sat19
  6. about €114.18Sun20
  7. about €92.74Mon21
  8. about €74.59Tue22
  9. about €77.34Wed23
  10. about €81.19Thu24
  11. about €103.19Fri25
  12. about €98.23Sat26
  13. about €78.99Sun27
  14. about €70.18Mon28

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€53.69
  1. Brittany Ferries BF601506:2627h 55m10:21DonostiaCity Cruises Poole

Door to door 29h 25mCO2 99.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€60.28
  1. Grimaldi G290807:3050m08:20DonostiaHendaia - Hondarribia Boat
  2. Brittany Ferries BF972609:5624h 44m10:40Hendaia - Hondarribia BoatCity Cruises Poole

Changes at Irun, with 96 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 28h 40mCO2 100.9 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

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€53.6926h 8m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets
  • Brittany Ferries

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When to book Donostia / San Sebastian to Poole

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

  1. €70.1990 days
  2. €48.1960 days
  3. €63.5945 days
  4. €43.7930 days
  5. €53.6921 days
  6. €70.1814 days
  7. €92.747 days
  8. €141.693 days
  9. €130.141 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €43.79.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 224 percent. The dearest point is €141.69, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €78.99Sun
  2. €70.18Mon
  3. €74.59Tue
  4. €77.34Wed
  5. €81.19Thu
  6. €100.98Fri
  7. €98.23Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Donostia / San Sebastián

Ferry
  • Donostia
  • Santa Clara

Poole

Ferry
  • City Cruises Poole
  • POOLE
  • Poole Ferry Terminal
The journey

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 864 km against 823 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 Gosport, Portsmouth, Getxo, Irun. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 06:26 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 Poole

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 Poole take?

The Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Poole takes 29h 25m door to door, of which 27h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 864 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 Poole cost?

The Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Poole starts at €70.18 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €63.31. 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 Poole?

1 operators run the Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Poole: 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Poole use?

The Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Poole leaves from Donostia and arrives at City Cruises Poole. 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 Poole?

Fares for the Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Poole bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €43.79. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 224 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Poole produce?

The Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Poole produces about 99.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 864 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 Poole?

Operators on the Ferry from Donostia / San Sebastian to Poole publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 29h 25m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Donostia / San Sebastian to Poole on 14 September 2026: 864 km of route against 823 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €70.18, and 29h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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