Brest to Nantes runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:55 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €14.48 and €36.13, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 55m over 258 km, on services run by 3 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€14.48 to €36.13
- 67%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Brest
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:55First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Région Bretagne runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Brest to Nantes on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Brittany Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €23.28Wed16
- about €31.53Thu17
- about €22.18Fri18
- about €28.23Sat19
- about €27.13Sun20
- about €22.73Mon21
- about €15.58Tue22
- about €19.98Wed23
- about €21.63Thu24
- about €22.73Fri25
- about €23.28Sat26
- about €21.63Sun27
- about €16.13Mon28
- about €15.58Tue29
- about €14.48Wed30
- about €18.88Thu1
- about €15.58Fri2
- about €18.33Sat3
- about €16.13Sun4
- about €16.68Mon5
- about €14.48Tue6
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 ferry gets you into Nantes. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Nantes for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Brest to Nantes
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.0390 days
- €13.9360 days
- €15.0345 days
- €18.8830 days
- €14.4821 days
- €15.5814 days
- €15.587 days
- €22.183 days
- €23.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 67 percent. The dearest point is €23.28, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Brest to Nantes and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
258 km
255 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
144,899 → 325,070
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
1/5
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
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.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 258 km against 255 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Vannes, Lannion, Concarneau. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from NTE into Nantes is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Nantes
Settled in advance, so the ride into Nantes costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Nantes
Most of the points near Nantes open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Brest to Nantes
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 Brest to Nantes?
The fastest journey from Brest to Nantes takes 3h 55m door to door, of which 47m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 56m, 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 Brest to Nantes?
The cheapest fare from Brest to Nantes is €14.48, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €27.13. 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 Brest to Nantes?
The cheapest way from Brest to Nantes is by coach, at €15.58 for one passenger on 30 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 10m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Brest to Nantes?
The fastest way from Brest to Nantes is by flight, at 3h 57m door to door. Only 47m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €36.13.
When should I book Brest to Nantes?
Fares from Brest to Nantes bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €13.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 67 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 Brest to Nantes?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Brest to Nantes, at €15.58. 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 Brest to Nantes?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Brest to Nantes, at €12.28 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 Brest to Nantes?
3 operators sell services from Brest to Nantes across 3 modes: ASL Airlines France, Brittany Ferries, Région Bretagne. 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 Brest to Nantes?
50 percent of the services we sell from Brest to Nantes are direct. The rest connect at Vannes, Lannion, Concarneau, with about 67 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Brest to Nantes produce?
Travelling from Brest to Nantes by coach produces about 6.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 64.7 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Brest to Nantes use?
Services from Brest to Nantes by flight leave from Brest BES and arrive at Nantes NTE. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Brest to Nantes?
2 of the 3 operators we sell from Brest to Nantes 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 Brest to Nantes on 15 September 2026: 258 km of route against 255 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €14.48, and 3h 55m 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 Nantes a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Nantes and across France
Day trips that leave Nantes in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Brest reaches 75 places in 10 countries on services we hold, over distances from 71 to 2,825 km. Nantes reaches 141 places in 29 countries, from 81 to 6,767 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Brest
- 75Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 19Operators
Arriving in Nantes
Leaving Nantes
- 141Places you can leave for
- 29Countries
- 43Operators