Irun to Bournemouth ferry

Ferries from Irun to Bournemouth start at €67.99 and take 29h 20m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Irun to Bournemouth starts at €67.99 and takes 29h 20m door to door, run by 1 operator over 862 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 29h 20mDoor to door
  • 27h 50mMoving
  • €67.99From
  • 99.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€60.83
  1. Grimaldi G948507:3049m08:19Hendaia - Hondarribia BoatDonostia
  2. Brittany Ferries BF260209:4825h 29m11:17DonostiaMudeford Ferry

Changes at Donostia / San Sebastián, with 89 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 29h 17mCO2 101.3 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€83.93
  1. Brittany Ferries BF266207:3025h 38m09:08Hendaia - Hondarribia BoatPortsmouth International Port
  2. Great Western Railway GW944410:4132m11:13Portsmouth HarbourBournemouth railway station

Changes at Portsmouth, with 93 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 28h 50mCO2 102.3 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Lowest CO2€71.29
  1. Brittany Ferries BF451706:4227h 50m10:32Hendaia - Hondarribia BoatMudeford Ferry

Door to door 29h 20mCO2 99.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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€64.6926h 16m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • Brittany Ferries

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Booking window

When to book Irun to Bournemouth

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

  1. €60.2890 days
  2. €42.1460 days
  3. €47.0945 days
  4. €51.4930 days
  5. €71.2821 days
  6. €67.9914 days
  7. €92.197 days
  8. €109.233 days
  9. €137.291 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €42.14.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 226 percent. The most expensive point is €137.29, 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.
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. €93.28Sun
  2. €74.59Mon
  3. €74.59Tue
  4. €77.34Wed
  5. €71.28Thu
  6. €86.14Fri
  7. €88.33Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Irun

Ferry
  • Hendaia - Hondarribia Boat
  • Hondarribia - Hendaya Boat

Bournemouth

Ferry
  • Mudeford Ferry
  • Hengistbury Head
The journey

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
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 862 km against 821 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 Getxo, Donostia / San Sebastián, Gosport, Portsmouth. 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. 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 Irun at 06:42 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 Irun to Bournemouth

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 Irun to Bournemouth take?

The Ferry from Irun to Bournemouth takes 29h 20m door to door, of which 27h 50m is spent moving. The route runs 862 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 Irun to Bournemouth cost?

The Ferry from Irun to Bournemouth starts at €67.99 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €71.29. 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 Irun to Bournemouth?

1 operators run the Ferry from Irun to Bournemouth: 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 Irun to Bournemouth use?

The Ferry from Irun to Bournemouth leaves from Hendaia - Hondarribia Boat and arrives at Mudeford Ferry. 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 Irun to Bournemouth?

Fares for the Ferry from Irun to Bournemouth bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €42.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 226 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Irun to Bournemouth produce?

The Ferry from Irun to Bournemouth produces about 99.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 862 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 Irun to Bournemouth?

Operators on the Ferry from Irun to Bournemouth publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 29h 20m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

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.

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 Irun to Bournemouth on September 10, 2026: 862 km of route against 821 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €67.99, and 29h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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