El Puerto de Santa María to Isla Cristina ferry

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Fares and seats move by the day. Price El Puerto de Santa María to Isla Cristina on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.

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• 5h 48mDoor to door
• 4h 18mMoving
• €11.88 to €19.59From
• 06:13 to 07:30First and last departure
• 5Per day
• 2.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€11.88 to €19.59 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.

Operator	From	Fastest	Typical speed	Flexibility	On board
Baleària	€11.88	5h 17m	33 km/h	Changeable	Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms

When to book El Puerto de Santa María to Isla Cristina

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

1. €12.4490 days
2. €11.8860 days
3. €11.8845 days
4. €11.8830 days
5. €12.9921 days
6. €11.8914 days
7. €15.197 days
8. €18.493 days
9. €19.041 days

Cheapest lead time

Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.

How much it moves

The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 60 percent. The most expensive point is €19.04, 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.

1. €12.99Sun
2. €11.88Mon
3. €11.89Tue
4. €12.44Wed
5. €16.29Thu
6. €14.64Fri
7. €14.64Sat

Where you leave from and where you arrive

What the journey 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 123 km against 118 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Where the change is

Connections are made at Aljaraque, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Chiclana de la Frontera, Huelva. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.

If the connection is missed

The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 El Puerto de Santa María at 06:13 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 El Puerto de Santa María to Isla Cristina

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.

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