Cherbourg to Bayonne ferry

Ferries from Cherbourg to Bayonne start at €59.19 and take 22h 53m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Cherbourg to Bayonne starts at €59.19 and takes 22h 53m door to door, run by 1 operator over 718 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 22h 53mDoor to door
  • 21h 23mMoving
  • €59.19 to €118.04From
  • 06:26 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 82.6 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€59.19 to €118.04 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €108.69Tue15
  2. about €94.39Wed16
  3. about €118.04Thu17
  4. about €81.74Fri18
  5. about €89.99Sat19
  6. about €91.09Sun20
  7. about €77.34Mon21
  8. about €59.19Tue22
  9. about €64.69Wed23
  10. about €67.99Thu24
  11. about €83.39Fri25
  12. about €78.44Sat26
  13. about €61.39Sun27
  14. about €59.74Mon28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€43.79
  1. Brittany Ferries BF708707:309h 19m16:49CHERBOURGGachet
  2. Brittany Ferries BF959717:3413h 6m06:40GachetCale de Boucau

Changes at Nantes, with 45 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 24h 40mCO2 82.6 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€44.89
  1. Brittany Ferries BF889606:2621h 23m03:49CHERBOURGCale de Boucau

Door to door 22h 53mCO2 82.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Brittany Ferries€44.8921h 59m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • Brittany Ferries

The ferry gets you into Bayonne. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Bayonne for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Cherbourg to Bayonne

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €58.6490 days
  2. €40.4960 days
  3. €53.1445 days
  4. €36.6430 days
  5. €43.7921 days
  6. €59.7414 days
  7. €77.347 days
  8. €118.043 days
  9. €108.691 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €36.64.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 222 percent. The most expensive point is €118.04, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €61.39Sun
  2. €59.74Mon
  3. €59.19Tue
  4. €64.69Wed
  5. €67.99Thu
  6. €81.74Fri
  7. €78.44Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Cherbourg

Ferry
  • CHERBOURG
  • Passerelle Cherbourg 2
  • Passerelle Cherbourg 4

Bayonne

Ferry
  • Cale de Boucau
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 718 km against 684 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 Nantes, La Rochelle, Couëron, Les Sables-d'Olonne. 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 Cherbourg at 06:26 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Cherbourg to Bayonne

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 Cherbourg to Bayonne take?

The Ferry from Cherbourg to Bayonne takes 22h 53m door to door, of which 21h 23m is spent moving. The route runs 718 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 Cherbourg to Bayonne cost?

The Ferry from Cherbourg to Bayonne starts at €59.19 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €44.89. 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 Cherbourg to Bayonne?

1 operators run the Ferry from Cherbourg to Bayonne: Brittany Ferries. Between them they file around 5 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 Cherbourg to Bayonne use?

The Ferry from Cherbourg to Bayonne leaves from CHERBOURG and arrives at Cale de Boucau. 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 Cherbourg to Bayonne?

Fares for the Ferry from Cherbourg to Bayonne bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €36.64. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 222 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Cherbourg to Bayonne produce?

The Ferry from Cherbourg to Bayonne produces about 82.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 718 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 Cherbourg to Bayonne?

Operators on the Ferry from Cherbourg to Bayonne publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 22h 53m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

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.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Cherbourg to Bayonne on September 14, 2026: 718 km of route against 684 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €59.19, and 22h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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