Cheapest€15.74
- Grimaldi G756306:117h 19m13:30Barcelona Moll de BarcelonaEstació Marítima Maó Cos Nou
Door to door 8h 49mCO2 28.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Barcelona to Maó ferry
Ferries from Barcelona to Maó start at €19.04 and take 8h 48m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Barcelona to Maó starts at €19.04 and takes 8h 48m door to door, run by 1 operator over 244 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 8h 48mDoor to door
- 7h 18mMoving
- €19.04From
- 28.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €15.74 | 8h 41m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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When to book Barcelona to Maó
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.0490 days
- €12.9960 days
- €12.9945 days
- €12.9930 days
- €18.4921 days
- €25.6414 days
- €27.847 days
- €28.393 days
- €43.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 233 percent. The most expensive point is €43.24, 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.
- €21.79Sun
- €19.04Mon
- €20.14Tue
- €19.59Wed
- €23.44Thu
- €27.29Fri
- €25.64Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Barcelona
Ferry
- Barcelona Moll de Barcelona
- Barcelona
Maó
Ferry
- Estació Marítima Maó Cos Nou
- Illa del Rei
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
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 244 km against 244 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Calvià, Alcúdia, Palma, Ciutadella. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Barcelona at 06:11 and the last at 19:46, across 9 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 3h 54m | 44m | 3h 10m | €33.18 | 61.7 kg | 8 |
| Ferry | 8h 48m | 7h 18m | 1h 30m | €19.04 | 28.1 kg | 9 |
Questions about Barcelona to Maó
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 Barcelona to Maó take?
The Ferry from Barcelona to Maó takes 8h 48m door to door, of which 7h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 244 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 Barcelona to Maó cost?
The Ferry from Barcelona to Maó starts at €19.04 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €20.14. 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 Barcelona to Maó?
1 operators run the Ferry from Barcelona to Maó: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 9 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 Barcelona to Maó use?
The Ferry from Barcelona to Maó leaves from Barcelona Moll de Barcelona and arrives at Estació Marítima Maó Cos Nou. 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 Barcelona to Maó?
Traveling from Barcelona to Maó by Flight costs €33.18 and takes 3h 54m door to door, against 8h 48m 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 Barcelona to Maó?
Fares for the Ferry from Barcelona to Maó bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.99. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 233 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Barcelona to Maó produce?
The Ferry from Barcelona to Maó produces about 28.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 244 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 Barcelona to Maó?
Operators on the Ferry from Barcelona to Maó publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 48m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Barcelona to Maó on September 12, 2026: 244 km of route against 244 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €19.04, and 8h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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What to book in Maó before you go
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
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