Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne ferry

Ferries from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne start at €32.79 and take 13h 13m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne starts at €32.79 and takes 13h 13m door to door, run by 1 operator over 367 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 13h 13mDoor to door
  • 11h 43mMoving
  • €32.79 to €52.59From
  • 06:21 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 4Per day
  • 42.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€32.79 to €52.59 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 €52.59Mon14
  2. about €48.74Tue15
  3. about €45.99Wed16
  4. about €49.84Thu17
  5. about €44.34Fri18
  6. about €52.03Sat19
  7. about €45.99Sun20
  8. about €32.79Mon21
  9. about €32.79Tue22
  10. about €33.89Wed23
  11. about €35.54Thu24
  12. about €43.24Fri25
  13. about €43.79Sat26
  14. about €34.43Sun27

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 September 29, 2026

Cheapest€27.29
  1. Brittany Ferries BF564407:307h 27m14:57CHERBOURGBéluré
  2. Brittany Ferries BF840916:215h 23m21:44BéluréQuai Guiné 1

Changes at Vannes, with 84 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 15h 44mCO2 46.5 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€28.39
  1. Brittany Ferries BF232306:2111h 43m18:04CHERBOURGQuai Guiné 1

Door to door 13h 13mCO2 42.2 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€28.3912h 27m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • Brittany Ferries

The ferry gets you into Les Sables-d'Olonne. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Les Sables-d'Olonne for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne

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

  1. €37.1990 days
  2. €31.1460 days
  3. €20.6945 days
  4. €25.0830 days
  5. €29.4921 days
  6. €34.4314 days
  7. €45.997 days
  8. €45.993 days
  9. €52.591 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €20.69.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 154 percent. The most expensive point is €52.59, 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.
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. €34.43Sun
  2. €32.79Mon
  3. €32.79Tue
  4. €33.89Wed
  5. €35.54Thu
  6. €43.24Fri
  7. €43.79Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Cherbourg

Ferry
  • CHERBOURG
  • Passerelle Cherbourg 2
  • Passerelle Cherbourg 4

Les Sables-d'Olonne

Ferry
  • Quai Guiné 1
  • Port Olona
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 367 km against 350 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 Couëron, Vannes, Nantes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 06:21 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 Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne

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 Les Sables-d'Olonne take?

The Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne takes 13h 13m door to door, of which 11h 43m is spent moving. The route runs 367 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne cost?

The Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne starts at €32.79 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €28.38. 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne?

1 operators run the Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne: Brittany Ferries. 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 Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne use?

The Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne leaves from CHERBOURG and arrives at Quai Guiné 1. 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne?

Fares for the Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €20.69. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 154 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne produce?

The Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne produces about 42.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 367 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne?

Operators on the Ferry from Cherbourg to Les Sables-d'Olonne publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 13h 13m 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne on September 13, 2026: 367 km of route against 350 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 13h 13m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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