Cheapest€28.94
- Grimaldi G920106:0714h 53m21:00Embarque Mundo MarinoMalaga Estacion Maritima
Door to door 16h 23mCO2 56.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Xàbia to Málaga ferry
Ferries from Xàbia to Málaga start at €37.19 and take 16h 23m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Xàbia to Málaga starts at €37.19 and takes 16h 23m door to door, run by 2 operators over 487 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 16h 23mDoor to door
- 14h 53mMoving
- €37.19From
- 56.0 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.
Fastest€63.03
- Baleària B686307:302h 35m10:05Embarque Mundo MarinoAlicante-Isla de Tabarca
- Ouigo O457911:362h 44m14:20Alicante TerminalMalaga Maria Zambrano
Changes at Alicante, with 91 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 7h 57mCO2 21.9 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Baleària | €32.79 | 15h 31m |
 Grimaldi | €28.94 | 15h 33m |
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When to book Xàbia to Málaga
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €31.1490 days
- €24.5460 days
- €28.9445 days
- €33.3430 days
- €38.8421 days
- €41.0314 days
- €48.747 days
- €55.893 days
- €70.741 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.54.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 188 percent. The most expensive point is €70.74, 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.
- €44.33Sun
- €37.19Mon
- €40.48Tue
- €39.39Wed
- €41.03Thu
- €57.53Fri
- €48.19Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Javea
Ferry
- Embarque Mundo Marino
Málaga
Ferry
- Malaga Estacion Maritima
- Estación Marítima de Málaga
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 487 km against 464 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 Santa Pola, Altea, Calp, Alicante. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Xàbia at 06:07 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Xàbia to Málaga
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 Xàbia to Málaga take?
The Ferry from Xàbia to Málaga takes 16h 23m door to door, of which 14h 53m is spent moving. The route runs 487 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 Xàbia to Málaga cost?
The Ferry from Xàbia to Málaga starts at €37.19 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €44.61. 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 Xàbia to Málaga?
2 operators run the Ferry from Xàbia to Málaga: Baleària, Grimaldi. Between them they file around 6 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 Xàbia to Málaga use?
The Ferry from Xàbia to Málaga leaves from Embarque Mundo Marino and arrives at Malaga Estacion Maritima. 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 Xàbia to Málaga?
Fares for the Ferry from Xàbia to Málaga bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 188 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Xàbia to Málaga produce?
The Ferry from Xàbia to Málaga produces about 56.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 487 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 Xàbia to Málaga?
Operators on the Ferry from Xàbia to Málaga publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 16h 23m 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 Xàbia to Málaga on September 10, 2026: 487 km of route against 464 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €37.19, and 16h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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