Alicante to Almería ferry

Ferries from Alicante to Almería start at €16.29 and take 9h 4m at their fastest.

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Skyline de Almería, hacia el norte desde la nueva zona de ocnstrucción de la Vega de Acá

The Ferries from Alicante to Almería starts at €16.29 and takes 9h 4m door to door, run by 2 operators over 254 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 9h 4mDoor to door
  • 7h 34mMoving
  • €19.04 to €48.19From
  • 06:11 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 4Per day
  • 29.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€19.04 to €48.19 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Book your crossing

Grimaldi runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.

Buying this trip

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

  1. about €48.19Fri18
  2. about €38.84Sat19
  3. about €31.69Sun20
  4. about €25.09Mon21
  5. about €27.29Tue22
  6. about €26.74Wed23
  7. about €28.94Thu24
  8. about €22.89Fri25
  9. about €27.84Sat26
  10. about €23.44Sun27
  11. about €21.24Mon28
  12. about €19.04Tue29
  13. about €21.79Wed30
  14. about €21.24Thu1

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€16.29
  1. Grimaldi G437706:117h 34m13:45ALICANTEALMERIA

Door to door 9h 4mCO2 29.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Baleària€17.948h 58m
Grimaldi€16.299h 2m
  • Baleària
  • Grimaldi

The ferry gets you into Almería. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Almería for the night the ferry gets in

Sort by distance from Almeria and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Alicante to Almería

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €16.8490 days
  2. €15.1960 days
  3. €19.0445 days
  4. €18.4930 days
  5. €23.4421 days
  6. €21.2414 days
  7. €28.947 days
  8. €31.693 days
  9. €48.191 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.19.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 217 percent. The most expensive point is €48.19, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €23.44Sun
  2. €21.24Mon
  3. €19.04Tue
  4. €21.79Wed
  5. €23.44Thu
  6. €22.89Fri
  7. €27.84Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Alicante

Ferry
  • ALICANTE
  • Alicante-Isla de Tabarca
  • Cruise Terminal

Almería

Ferry
  • ALMERIA
  • Almeria Estacion Maritima
  • Puerto Comercial de Almería
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 254 km against 242 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 Santa Pola, Murcia, Cartagena, Altea. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Alicante at 06:11 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Ferries against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train2h 39m1h 55m44m€30.598.4 kg3
Ferry9h 4m7h 34m1h 30m€16.2929.2 kg4

Questions about Alicante to Almería

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Ferry from Alicante to Almería take?

The Ferry from Alicante to Almería takes 9h 4m door to door, of which 7h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 254 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Ferry from Alicante to Almería cost?

The Ferry from Alicante to Almería starts at €16.29 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €24.54. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Ferry from Alicante to Almería?

2 operators run the Ferry from Alicante to Almería: Baleària, Grimaldi. Between them they file around 4 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Ferry from Alicante to Almería use?

The Ferry from Alicante to Almería leaves from ALICANTE and arrives at ALMERIA. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Ferry the best way from Alicante to Almería?

Traveling from Alicante to Almería by Train costs €30.59 and takes 2h 39m door to door, against 9h 4m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Ferry from Alicante to Almería?

Fares for the Ferry from Alicante to Almería bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.19. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 217 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Alicante to Almería produce?

The Ferry from Alicante to Almería produces about 29.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 254 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Ferry from Alicante to Almería?

Operators on the Ferry from Alicante to Almería publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 4m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Alicante to Almería on September 17, 2026: 254 km of route against 242 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €16.29, and 9h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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