Isla Cristina to Tarifa runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:13 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €15.19 and €18.49, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 48m over 212 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
€15.19 to €18.49
- 137%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Isla Cristina
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.
- 06:13First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Baleària 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 this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €29.49Mon14
- about €27.29Tue15
- about €25.64Wed16
- about €30.04Thu17
- about €28.39Fri18
- about €27.29Sat19
- about €25.64Sun20
- about €18.49Mon21
- about €19.04Tue22
- about €20.14Wed23
- about €24.54Thu24
- about €26.19Fri25
- about €23.44Sat26
- about €19.59Sun27
- about €15.19Mon28
- about €16.29Tue29
- about €16.84Wed30
- about €21.77Thu1
- about €19.59Fri2
- about €20.69Sat3
- about €16.29Sun4
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 Tarifa. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Tarifa for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Terminal de Autobuses de Tarifa and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Isla Cristina to Tarifa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.7790 days
- €14.6460 days
- €16.2945 days
- €12.4430 days
- €16.2921 days
- €19.5914 days
- €25.647 days
- €25.643 days
- €29.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €12.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 137 percent. The dearest point is €29.49, 1 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Isla Cristina to Tarifa 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
212 km
202 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
21,324 → 18,169
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 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
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 212 km against 202 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 Chiclana de la Frontera, Rota, El Puerto de Santa María. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
Who runs this route
Tarifa is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Terminal de Autobuses de Tarifa
Most of the points near Terminal de Autobuses de Tarifa open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Isla Cristina to Tarifa
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 Isla Cristina to Tarifa?
The fastest journey from Isla Cristina to Tarifa takes 7h 48m door to door, of which 6h 48m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 8h 17m, 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 Isla Cristina to Tarifa?
The cheapest fare from Isla Cristina to Tarifa is €15.19, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €22.89. 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 Isla Cristina to Tarifa?
The cheapest way from Isla Cristina to Tarifa is by ferry, at €18.49 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 8h 18m 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 Isla Cristina to Tarifa?
Fares from Isla Cristina to Tarifa bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €12.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 137 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Isla Cristina to Tarifa?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Isla Cristina to Tarifa, at €18.49. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Isla Cristina to Tarifa?
January is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Isla Cristina to Tarifa, at €12.99 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 Isla Cristina to Tarifa?
1 operators sell services from Isla Cristina to Tarifa across 1 mode: Baleària. 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 Isla Cristina to Tarifa?
25 percent of the services we sell from Isla Cristina to Tarifa are direct. The rest connect at Chiclana de la Frontera, Rota, El Puerto de Santa María, with about 65 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Isla Cristina to Tarifa use?
Services from Isla Cristina to Tarifa by ferry leave from Puerto Deportivo de Isla Cristina and arrive at TARIFA. 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 Isla Cristina to Tarifa?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Isla Cristina to Tarifa 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.
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.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Isla Cristina to Tarifa on 13 September 2026: 212 km of route against 202 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €15.19, and 7h 48m 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 Tarifa a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Tarifa and across Spain
Day trips that leave Tarifa in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Isla Cristina reaches 31 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 27 to 895 km. Tarifa reaches 48 places in 2 countries, from 19 to 877 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Isla Cristina
- 31Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Tarifa
Leaving Tarifa
- 48Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 2Operators