Santander to Donostia / San Sebastian ferry

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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Santander to Donostia / San Sebastian on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.

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• 6h 17mDoor to door
• 4h 47mMoving
• €12.99 to €25.08From
• 06:07 to 07:30First and last departure
• 2Per day
• 17.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€12.99 to €25.08 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.

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 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	€11.89	6h 17m	33 km/h	Changeable	Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets

When to book Santander to Donostia / San Sebastian

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

1. €16.8490 days
2. €11.8960 days
3. €11.8845 days
4. €11.8830 days
5. €14.6421 days
6. €17.3914 days
7. €18.497 days
8. €21.783 days
9. €23.991 days

Cheapest lead time

Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.88.

How much it moves

The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 102 percent. The dearest point is €23.99, 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. €17.39Sun
2. €17.39Mon
3. €12.99Tue
4. €13.54Wed
5. €16.84Thu
6. €20.69Fri
7. €15.74Sat

Where you leave from and where you arrive

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting

43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.

How far it really runs

The route covers 156 km against 149 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 Bermeo, Algorta, Getxo, Santurtzi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 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 Santander at 06:07 and the last at 07:30, across 2 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

Questions about Santander to Donostia / San Sebastian

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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