Cheapest€53.69
- La méridionale L423906:4428h 39m11:23Bilbao Terminal de GetxoAlgeciras Estacion Maritima
Door to door 30h 9mCO2 99.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bilbao to Algeciras ferry
Ferries from Bilbao to Algeciras start at €61.39 and take 30h 2m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Bilbao to Algeciras starts at €61.39 and takes 30h 2m door to door, run by 2 operators over 863 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 30h 2mDoor to door
- 28h 32mMoving
- €61.39From
- 99.2 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 |
|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €57.54 | 26h 46m |
 La méridionale | €53.69 | 26h 4m |
The ferry gets you into Algeciras. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Algeciras
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Bilbao to Algeciras
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €60.8490 days
- €52.0460 days
- €44.3445 days
- €52.0430 days
- €62.4921 days
- €78.4414 days
- €115.847 days
- €89.993 days
- €136.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €44.34.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 207 percent. The most expensive point is €136.19, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €74.04Sun
- €65.79Mon
- €61.39Tue
- €64.14Wed
- €81.74Thu
- €93.28Fri
- €78.44Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Bilbao
Ferry
- Bilbao Terminal de Getxo
- Pío Baroja plaza
Algeciras
Ferry
- Algeciras Estacion Maritima
- Estación Marítima de Algeciras
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 863 km against 822 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 Córdoba, Marbella, Sevilla, Toledo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 14 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. 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 Bilbao 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.
Questions about Bilbao to Algeciras
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 Bilbao to Algeciras take?
The Ferry from Bilbao to Algeciras takes 30h 2m door to door, of which 28h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 863 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 Bilbao to Algeciras cost?
The Ferry from Bilbao to Algeciras starts at €61.39 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €60.56. 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 Bilbao to Algeciras?
2 operators run the Ferry from Bilbao to Algeciras: Grimaldi, La méridionale. 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 Bilbao to Algeciras use?
The Ferry from Bilbao to Algeciras leaves from Bilbao Terminal de Getxo and arrives at Algeciras Estacion Maritima. 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 Bilbao to Algeciras?
Fares for the Ferry from Bilbao to Algeciras bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €44.34. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 207 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Bilbao to Algeciras produce?
The Ferry from Bilbao to Algeciras produces about 99.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 863 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 Bilbao to Algeciras?
Operators on the Ferry from Bilbao to Algeciras publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 30h 2m 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 Bilbao to Algeciras on September 12, 2026: 863 km of route against 822 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €61.39, and 30h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Algeciras afterward does not belong to us.
Things to do in Algeciras
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
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