Cheapest€41.59
- Grimaldi G933406:0723h 33m05:40Bilbao Terminal de GetxoAlmeria Estacion Maritima
Door to door 25h 3mCO2 82.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bilbao to Almería ferry
Ferries from Bilbao to Almería start at €53.69 and take 24h 10m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Bilbao to Almería starts at €53.69 and takes 24h 10m door to door, run by 2 operators over 715 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 24h 10mDoor to door
- 22h 40mMoving
- €53.69From
- 82.2 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.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €41.59 | 22h 1m |
 La méridionale | €51.49 | 21h 57m |
The ferry gets you into Almería. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Almería
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When to book Bilbao to Almería
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €52.0490 days
- €42.1460 days
- €34.9945 days
- €42.1430 days
- €48.1921 days
- €74.5914 days
- €88.347 days
- €86.693 days
- €110.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €34.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 217 percent. The most expensive point is €110.89, 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.
- €70.19Sun
- €54.79Mon
- €65.24Tue
- €56.99Wed
- €83.39Thu
- €61.39Fri
- €74.59Sat
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
Almería
Ferry
- Almeria Estacion Maritima
- Puerto Comercial de Almería
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
- 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 715 km against 715 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Fuencarral, Ciudad Lineal, Puente de Vallecas, Alcalá de Henares. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 06:07 and the last at 06:43, across 2 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 | 4h 34m | 1h 24m | 3h 10m | €79.79 | 181.3 kg | 1 |
| Ferry | 24h 10m | 22h 40m | 1h 30m | €53.69 | 82.2 kg | 2 |
Questions about Bilbao 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 Bilbao to Almería take?
The Ferry from Bilbao to Almería takes 24h 10m door to door, of which 22h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 715 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 Almería cost?
The Ferry from Bilbao to Almería starts at €53.69 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €46.54. 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 Bilbao to Almería?
2 operators run the Ferry from Bilbao to Almería: Grimaldi, La méridionale. Between them they file around 2 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 Almería use?
The Ferry from Bilbao to Almería leaves from Bilbao Terminal de Getxo and arrives at Almeria 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.
Is the Ferry the best way from Bilbao to Almería?
Traveling from Bilbao to Almería by Flight costs €79.79 and takes 4h 34m door to door, against 24h 10m 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 Bilbao to Almería?
Fares for the Ferry from Bilbao to Almería bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €34.99. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 217 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Bilbao to Almería produce?
The Ferry from Bilbao to Almería produces about 82.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 715 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 Almería?
Operators on the Ferry from Bilbao to Almería publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 24h 10m 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 Bilbao to Almería on September 12, 2026: 715 km of route against 715 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €53.69, and 24h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in Almería
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