Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:53 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €61.94, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 27h 11m over 891 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €61.94, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€61.94
- 221%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Donostia / San Sebastian
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.
- 06:53First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
La méridionale runs this service and does not sell it here. Direct Ferries takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Direct Ferries holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
See Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers on Direct Ferries
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €130.14Mon14
- about €103.74Tue15
- about €119.14Wed16
- about €122.44Thu17
- about €102.09Fri18
- about €119.69Sat19
- about €92.74Sun20
- about €71.29Mon21
- about €61.94Tue22
- about €80.09Wed23
- about €85.04Thu24
- about €106.49Fri25
- about €79.54Sat26
- about €71.84Sun27
- about €66.34Mon28
- about €67.99Tue29
- about €60.29Wed30
- about €71.84Thu1
- about €72.39Fri2
- about €72.94Sat3
- about €66.34Sun4
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 Algiers. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Algiers for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Algiers and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €75.1490 days
- €51.4960 days
- €48.7445 days
- €40.4930 days
- €66.3421 days
- €71.8414 days
- €92.747 days
- €119.143 days
- €130.141 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €40.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 221 percent. The dearest point is €130.14, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
891 km
849 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
185,357 → 2,364,230
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 891 km against 849 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 Palma, Barcelona, Alicante, Valencia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
Algiers is large, and the road in from ALG can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Algiers
Settled in advance, so the ride into Algiers costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
Book a transfer from ALG with Welcome PickupsOr check Daytrip
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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 Algiers
Most of the points near Algiers open before the first train and shut after the last one.
Check Algiers on StasherOr try Bounce
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Questions about Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers
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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers?
The fastest journey from Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers takes 27h 11m door to door, of which 25h 41m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 28h 57m, 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers?
The cheapest fare from Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers is €60.29, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €80.09. 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers?
The cheapest way from Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers is by ferry, at €61.94 for one passenger on 30 September 2026. That journey takes 27h 11m 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers?
Fares from Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €40.49. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 221 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers, at €67.99. 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers, at €47.64 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers?
1 operators sell services from Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers across 1 mode: La méridionale. 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers?
20 percent of the services we sell from Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers are direct. The rest connect at Palma, Barcelona, Alicante, Valencia, with about 51 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers use?
Services from Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers by ferry leave from Donostia and arrive at ALGIER. 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers 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 Donostia / San Sebastian to Algiers on 13 September 2026: 891 km of route against 849 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €60.29, and 27h 11m 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 Algiers a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Algiers and across Algeria
Day trips that leave Algiers in the morning and cover a good part of Algeria by evening.
See Algiers on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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The two ends, compared
Donostia / San Sebastian reaches 98 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 15 to 874 km. Algiers reaches 98 places in 30 countries, from 17 to 9,110 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Donostia / San Sebastian
- 98Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 8Operators
Arriving in Algiers
Leaving Algiers
- 98Places you can leave for
- 30Countries
- 34Operators