Bilbao to Rosslare runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 18:00 and the last around 18:00. One passenger pays between €69.64 and €84.49, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 34h over 1,138 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€69.64 to €84.49
- 159%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Bilbao
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for 17 September 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 18:00First departure
- 18:00Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Departures on 28 September 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
15:5508:3040h 35m
BlaBlaCar BusBlaBlaCar Bus3 changes
Bilbao → Cork
Reservation requiredStep-free
Book with BlaBlaCar Bus04:5008:3027h 40m
FlixBus N1137FlixBus-eu4 changes
Bilbao (Bus Station) → Cork
Reservation required
Book with FlixBus-eu
Sailings on 17 September 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
18:0020:3026h 30m
BRITTANY FERRIESVessel SANTONADirect
BILBAO → ROSSLARE
from €110.00seatdeck €194.00 €201.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €110.00 to €201.00 on 17 September 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
Brittany Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this journey
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What the operator is charging, by departure date.
17 September 2026
€110.00
BRITTANY FERRIES
This crossing was checked for one date, and that is the only date we hold a fare for. The operator sells the rest of the season.
The ferry gets you into Rosslare. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rosslare for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from ROSSLARE and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Bilbao to Rosslare
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €87.7990 days
- €87.7960 days
- €82.2945 days
- €89.9930 days
- €71.2921 days
- €84.4914 days
- €97.697 days
- €132.893 days
- €184.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €71.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 159 percent. The dearest point is €184.59, 1 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Bilbao to Rosslare and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
17:55 → 02:55
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
1,138 km
1,034 km as the crow flies, 10% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
347,342 → 1,547
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,138 km against 1,034 km in a straight line, a detour of 10 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Who runs this route
Rosslare is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near ROSSLARE
Most of the points near ROSSLARE open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Bilbao to Rosslare
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 it take to get from Bilbao to Rosslare?
The fastest journey from Bilbao to Rosslare takes 34h door to door, of which 36h 55m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 36h 38m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Bilbao to Rosslare?
The cheapest fare from Bilbao to Rosslare is €69.64, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €103.74. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Rosslare?
The cheapest way from Bilbao to Rosslare is by ferry, at €84.49 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 38h 25m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Bilbao to Rosslare?
Fares from Bilbao to Rosslare bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €71.29. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 159 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bilbao to Rosslare?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bilbao to Rosslare, at €84.49. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Bilbao to Rosslare?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bilbao to Rosslare, at €57.54 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Bilbao to Rosslare?
1 operators sell services from Bilbao to Rosslare across 1 mode: Brittany Ferries. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Bilbao to Rosslare?
Every service we sell from Bilbao to Rosslare is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 34h door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Bilbao to Rosslare use?
Services from Bilbao to Rosslare by ferry leave from BILBAO and arrive at ROSSLARE. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Bilbao to Rosslare?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Bilbao to Rosslare allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bilbao to Rosslare on 15 September 2026: 1138 km of route against 1034 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €69.64, and 34h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Rosslare a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Rosslare and across Ireland
Day trips that leave Rosslare in the morning and cover a good part of Ireland by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Bilbao reaches 148 places in 24 countries on services we hold, over distances from 24 to 3,759 km. Rosslare reaches 4 places in 3 countries, from 101 to 1,034 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Bilbao
- 148Places you can leave for
- 24Countries
- 45Operators
Arriving in Rosslare
Leaving Rosslare
- 4Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 3Operators