Cheapest€28.94
- Brittany Ferries BF115917:2715h 16m08:43Le BrestoâCité du Vin
Door to door 16h 46mCO2 56.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Brest to Bordeaux ferry
Ferries from Brest to Bordeaux start at €38.29 and take 15h 49m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Brest to Bordeaux starts at €38.29 and takes 15h 49m door to door, run by 1 operator over 495 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 15h 49mDoor to door
- 14h 19mMoving
- €38.29From
- 56.9 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 | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brittany Ferries | €28.94 | 15h 47m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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Rooms within reach of Bordeaux Saint Jean
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 Brest to Bordeaux
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €39.3990 days
- €22.8960 days
- €23.9945 days
- €28.9430 days
- €33.8921 days
- €58.0914 days
- €58.087 days
- €53.143 days
- €92.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 303 percent. The most expensive point is €92.19, 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.
- €42.14Sun
- €42.69Mon
- €38.29Tue
- €41.04Wed
- €47.09Thu
- €58.08Fri
- €43.24Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Brest
Ferry
- Le Brestoâ
- Gare Maritime (Molène et Ouessant)
Bordeaux
Ferry
- Cité du Vin
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
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 495 km against 495 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne, Royan, Concarneau, Lorient. 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. 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 Brest at 06:21 and the last at 17:27, across 7 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 15m | 1h 5m | 3h 10m | €59.14 | 125.2 kg | 2 |
| Ferry | 15h 49m | 14h 19m | 1h 30m | €38.29 | 56.9 kg | 7 |
Questions about Brest to Bordeaux
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 Brest to Bordeaux take?
The Ferry from Brest to Bordeaux takes 15h 49m door to door, of which 14h 19m is spent moving. The route runs 495 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 Brest to Bordeaux cost?
The Ferry from Brest to Bordeaux starts at €38.29 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €36.63. 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 Brest to Bordeaux?
1 operators run the Ferry from Brest to Bordeaux: Brittany Ferries. Between them they file around 7 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 Brest to Bordeaux use?
The Ferry from Brest to Bordeaux leaves from Le Brestoâ and arrives at Cité du Vin. 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 Brest to Bordeaux?
Traveling from Brest to Bordeaux by Flight costs €59.14 and takes 4h 15m door to door, against 15h 49m 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 Brest to Bordeaux?
Fares for the Ferry from Brest to Bordeaux bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.89. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 303 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Brest to Bordeaux produce?
The Ferry from Brest to Bordeaux produces about 56.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 495 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 Brest to Bordeaux?
Operators on the Ferry from Brest to Bordeaux publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 15h 49m 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 Brest to Bordeaux on September 11, 2026: 495 km of route against 495 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €38.29, and 15h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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