Cheapest€54.79
- Brittany Ferries BF778806:2625h 8m07:34Embarcadero de SantanderPORTSMOUTH
Door to door 26h 38mCO2 101.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Santander to Portsmouth ferry
Ferries from Santander to Portsmouth start at €76.24 and take 26h 38m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Santander to Portsmouth on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Santander to Portsmouth starts at €76.24 and takes 26h 38m door to door, run by 1 operator over 883 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 26h 38mDoor to door
- 25h 8mMoving
- €76.24 to €144.44From
- 06:26 to 07:30First and last departure
- 3Per day
- 101.5 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.
€76.24 to €144.44 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 €132.89Tue15
- about €110.34Wed16
- about €144.44Thu17
- about €103.74Fri18
- about €126.84Sat19
- about €114.19Sun20
- about €94.94Mon21
- about €76.24Tue22
- about €78.99Wed23
- about €82.84Thu24
- about €105.39Fri25
- about €102.64Sat26
- about €79.53Sun27
- about €87.24Mon28
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 5 October 2026
Lowest CO2€65.78
- Brittany Ferries BF367407:3026h 58m10:28Embarcadero de SantanderMudeford Ferry
- Great Western Railway GW744611:2732m11:59Bournemouth railway stationPortsmouth Harbour
Changes at Bournemouth, with 59 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 29h 36mCO2 101.0 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brittany Ferries | €54.79 | 26h 38m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
The ferry gets you into Portsmouth. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Santander to Portsmouth
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €71.8490 days
- €49.2960 days
- €64.6945 days
- €44.3430 days
- €54.7921 days
- €87.2414 days
- €94.947 days
- €144.443 days
- €132.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €44.34.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 226 percent. The dearest point is €144.44, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €79.53Sun
- €87.24Mon
- €76.24Tue
- €78.99Wed
- €82.84Thu
- €103.74Fri
- €102.64Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Santander
Ferry
- Embarcadero de Santander
- SANTANDER
- Santander Estacion Maritima
Portsmouth
Ferry
- PORTSMOUTH
- Portsmouth Harbour
- Portsmouth International Port
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 883 km against 841 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 Bournemouth, Weymouth. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Santander at 06:26 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Santander to Portsmouth
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 Santander to Portsmouth take?
The Ferry from Santander to Portsmouth takes 26h 38m door to door, of which 25h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 883 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 Santander to Portsmouth cost?
The Ferry from Santander to Portsmouth starts at €76.24 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €64.13. 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 Santander to Portsmouth?
1 operators run the Ferry from Santander to Portsmouth: Brittany Ferries. Between them they file around 3 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 Santander to Portsmouth use?
The Ferry from Santander to Portsmouth leaves from Embarcadero de Santander and arrives at PORTSMOUTH. 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 Santander to Portsmouth?
Fares for the Ferry from Santander to Portsmouth bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €44.34. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 226 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Santander to Portsmouth produce?
The Ferry from Santander to Portsmouth produces about 101.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 883 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 Santander to Portsmouth?
Operators on the Ferry from Santander to Portsmouth publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 26h 38m 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Santander to Portsmouth on 14 September 2026: 883 km of route against 841 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €76.24, and 26h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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