Cheapest€42.69
- Grimaldi G311120:2522h 59m19:24Bilbao Terminal de GetxoEstació Marítima Maó Cos Nou
Door to door 24h 29mCO2 81.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bilbao to Maó ferry
Ferries from Bilbao to Maó start at €48.19 and take 22h 9m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Bilbao to Maó starts at €48.19 and takes 22h 9m door to door, run by 1 operator over 706 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 22h 9mDoor to door
- 20h 39mMoving
- €48.19From
- 81.2 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 | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €42.69 | 21h 39m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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When to book Bilbao to Maó
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €53.1490 days
- €32.2460 days
- €33.8945 days
- €42.6930 days
- €54.7921 days
- €66.8914 days
- €75.147 days
- €75.143 days
- €116.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €32.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 263 percent. The most expensive point is €116.94, 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.
- €56.99Sun
- €52.59Mon
- €48.19Tue
- €55.34Wed
- €65.79Thu
- €66.89Fri
- €66.34Sat
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
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
- 92% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 8% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 706 km against 706 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 Lleida, Ciutadella. The gap between arriving and leaving is 72 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 20:25, across 8 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 30m | 1h 20m | 3h 10m | €74.48 | 178.8 kg | 15 |
| Ferry | 22h 9m | 20h 39m | 1h 30m | €48.19 | 81.2 kg | 8 |
Questions about Bilbao 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 Bilbao to Maó take?
The Ferry from Bilbao to Maó takes 22h 9m door to door, of which 20h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 706 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 Maó cost?
The Ferry from Bilbao to Maó starts at €48.19 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €51.76. 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 Maó?
1 operators run the Ferry from Bilbao to Maó: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 8 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 Maó use?
The Ferry from Bilbao to Maó leaves from Bilbao Terminal de Getxo 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 Bilbao to Maó?
Traveling from Bilbao to Maó by Flight costs €74.48 and takes 4h 30m door to door, against 22h 9m 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 Maó?
Fares for the Ferry from Bilbao to Maó bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €32.24. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 263 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Bilbao to Maó produce?
The Ferry from Bilbao to Maó produces about 81.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 706 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 Maó?
Operators on the Ferry from Bilbao 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 22h 9m 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 Maó on September 11, 2026: 706 km of route against 706 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €48.19, and 22h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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