Cheapest€34.99
- Grimaldi G798906:0718h 58m01:05Embarque Catamaran Mundo Marino AlteaTerminal Marítima de Tarifa
Door to door 20h 28mCO2 68.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Altea to Tarifa ferry
Ferries from Altea to Tarifa start at €45.44 and take 20h 28m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Altea to Tarifa starts at €45.44 and takes 20h 28m door to door, run by 2 operators over 598 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 20h 28mDoor to door
- 18h 58mMoving
- €45.44From
- 68.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€56.98
- Baleària B489507:3016h 46m00:16Embarque Catamaran Mundo Marino AlteaAlgeciras Estacion Maritima
- Baleària B493401:3156m02:27Algeciras Estacion MaritimaTerminal Marítima de Tarifa
Changes at Algeciras, with 75 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 20h 27mCO2 68.8 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Baleària | €39.39 | 18h 59m |
 Grimaldi | €34.99 | 18h 41m |
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When to book Altea to Tarifa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.7490 days
- €29.4960 days
- €34.9945 days
- €41.0430 days
- €47.0921 days
- €60.8314 days
- €72.937 days
- €80.083 days
- €99.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €29.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 239 percent. The most expensive point is €99.89, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €56.43Sun
- €45.44Mon
- €49.29Tue
- €48.19Wed
- €60.83Thu
- €59.74Fri
- €58.64Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Altea
Ferry
- Embarque Catamaran Mundo Marino Altea
Tarifa
Ferry
- Terminal Marítima de Tarifa
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 598 km against 569 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 La Línea de la Concepción, Málaga, Algeciras, Alicante. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Altea at 06:07 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Altea to Tarifa
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 Altea to Tarifa take?
The Ferry from Altea to Tarifa takes 20h 28m door to door, of which 18h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 598 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 Altea to Tarifa cost?
The Ferry from Altea to Tarifa starts at €45.44 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €50.94. 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 Altea to Tarifa?
2 operators run the Ferry from Altea to Tarifa: Baleària, Grimaldi. Between them they file around 6 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 Altea to Tarifa use?
The Ferry from Altea to Tarifa leaves from Embarque Catamaran Mundo Marino Altea and arrives at Terminal Marítima de Tarifa. 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.
When should I book the Ferry from Altea to Tarifa?
Fares for the Ferry from Altea to Tarifa bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €29.49. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 239 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Altea to Tarifa produce?
The Ferry from Altea to Tarifa produces about 68.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 598 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 Altea to Tarifa?
Operators on the Ferry from Altea to Tarifa publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 20h 28m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Altea to Tarifa on September 10, 2026: 598 km of route against 569 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €45.44, and 20h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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