Ferries across Europe
NaN routes and 175 operators across 28 countries Fares and journey times below come from the same engine that answers the search box.
18,548 Ferries routes run across Europe, reaching 539 places in 28 countries through 175 operators On the 16 busiest of them, priced on 8 October 2026, the cheapest fare is €11.88 and the fastest journey is 2h 9m door to door. A median route runs 277 km.
Ferries in Europe, in numbers
What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.
- 18,548Routes we sell
- 4,637Corridors
- 539Places served
- 28Countries
- 175Operators
- 16,088Domestic routes
- 1,860Cross border routes
- 600Routes out of the region
- 277 kmMedian route
- 1,308 kmLongest route
How the modes compare across Europe
Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in Europe, priced on 8 October 2026 for one passenger.
The corridors that matter in Europe
Ranked by how much service runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positano to Amalfi ferry | €11.88 | 2h 9m | 10 km |
| San Sebastián de la Gomera to Santa Cruz de Tenerife ferry | €11.88 | 4h 37m | 94 km |
| Póros to Piraeus ferry | €11.88 | 3h 23m | 52 km |
| Holyhead to Dublin ferry | €11.88 | 5h 1m | 107 km |
| Mykonos to Rafína ferry | €12.44 | 5h 57m | 133 km |
| Dubrovnik to Split ferry | €14.09 | 6h 47m | 166 km |
| Palma to Barcelona ferry | €15.74 | 7h 39m | 207 km |
| Naples to Rome ferry | €16.29 | 7h 6m | 187 km |
| Chios to Piraeus ferry | €17.94 | 8h 36m | 223 km |
| Ajaccio to Marseille ferry | €23.44 | 10h 45m | 315 km |
| Bastia to Toulon ferry | €23.44 | 10h 19m | 291 km |
| Olbia to Livorno ferry | €24.54 | 11h 16m | 299 km |
| Heraklion to Piraeus ferry | €25.09 | 11h 16m | 320 km |
| Bilbao to Valencia ferry | €36.64 | 15h 6m | 472 km |
| Rimini to Cagliari ferry | €47.64 | 19h 15m | 608 km |
| Bilbao to Málaga ferry | €53.14 | 22h 43m | 739 km |
Countries in Europe
Every country in Europe we sell in, most routes first.
| Country | Routes | Places | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 4,780 | 88 | 16 |
| Italy | 4,096 | 129 | 43 |
| United Kingdom | 3,484 | 93 | 13 |
| France | 2,184 | 86 | 18 |
| Sweden | 1,856 | 67 | 22 |
| Greece | 1,788 | 76 | 50 |
| Denmark | 476 | 44 | 8 |
| Germany | 344 | 62 | 16 |
| Finland | 236 | 20 | 6 |
| Norway | 196 | 28 | 7 |
| Croatia | 180 | 33 | 12 |
| Poland | 156 | 26 | 7 |
| Netherlands | 120 | 26 | 9 |
| Albania | 104 | 16 | 5 |
| Lithuania | 88 | 23 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 84 | 22 | 8 |
| Russia | 48 | 15 | 3 |
| Estonia | 40 | 7 | 3 |
| Austria | 32 | 8 | 4 |
| Portugal | 32 | 7 | 2 |
| Ireland | 28 | 9 | 3 |
| Slovakia | 24 | 5 | 2 |
| Belgium | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Montenegro | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Czechia | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Latvia | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Malta | 4 | 2 | 1 |
When to book in Europe
The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in Europe.
- €11.883 days
- €11.887 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8884 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Across the routes we sampled the typical fare is lowest around 3 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 0 percent. At the dearest point the typical fare is €11.88, 3 days out.
How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell by Ferries, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 6,816 | 37% | Maiori, 1 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 9,124 | 49% | Agde, 200 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 2,608 | 14% | Anglet, 600 km |
Ferry operators
The carriers with the largest networks inside Europe.
Ferry destinations
Other ways to travel across Europe
Common questions about Ferries across Europe
How many Ferries routes does Orlero sell across Europe?
18,548 of them, across 28 countries reaching 539 places through 175 operators
How much does travelling by Ferries cost in Europe?
On the 16 busiest Ferries corridors in Europe, priced on 8 October 2026, the lowest fare is €11.88 and the median is €17.12.
Is Ferries the fastest way across Europe?
On the corridors we priced, ferry takes a median of 8h 8m door to door, against 4h by Train. Both figures include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end.
Which countries in Europe have Ferries routes we sell?
Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Greece, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Norway, Croatia, Poland, Netherlands, Albania, Lithuania, Switzerland, Russia, Estonia, Austria, Portugal, Ireland, Slovakia, Belgium, Montenegro, Czechia, Isle of Man, Latvia, Malta.
Who runs the Ferries services in Europe?
Grimaldi, Brittany Ferries, Baleària, Blue Star, Strömma Turism & Sjöfart, Hellenic Seaways, among 175 carriers we sell across Europe.
How far apart are the places we sell in Europe?
The median route runs 277 km in a straight line and the shortest is 1 km. The longest we sell is 1,308 km, from Huelva to Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
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.
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
- Regions
- A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
- The sample
- Fares, journey times and carbon are measured on the 16 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.