Cheapest€45.44
- Grimaldi G768911:4522h 26m10:11Malaga Estacion MaritimaSantander Estacion Maritima
Door to door 23h 56mCO2 86.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Málaga to Santander ferry
Ferries from Málaga to Santander start at €52.59 and take 23h 56m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Málaga to Santander starts at €52.59 and takes 23h 56m door to door, run by 1 operator over 752 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 23h 56mDoor to door
- 22h 26mMoving
- €52.59From
- 86.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €45.44 | 23h 1m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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When to book Málaga to Santander
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €44.8990 days
- €39.3960 days
- €44.8945 days
- €45.4430 days
- €45.4421 days
- €65.2414 days
- €74.597 days
- €109.243 days
- €138.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €39.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 251 percent. The most expensive point is €138.39, 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.
- €61.39Sun
- €55.89Mon
- €52.59Tue
- €65.24Wed
- €85.59Thu
- €69.64Fri
- €69.64Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Málaga
Ferry
- Malaga Estacion Maritima
- Estación Marítima de Málaga
Santander
Ferry
- Santander Estacion Maritima
- Embarcadero de Santander
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
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 752 km against 752 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Alcorcón, Toledo, Móstoles, Fuenlabrada. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Málaga at 06:38 and the last at 16:49, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 41m | 1h 31m | 3h 10m | €88.05 | 190.4 kg | 2 |
| Ferry | 23h 56m | 22h 26m | 1h 30m | €52.59 | 86.5 kg | 4 |
Questions about Málaga to Santander
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 Málaga to Santander take?
The Ferry from Málaga to Santander takes 23h 56m door to door, of which 22h 26m is spent moving. The route runs 752 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 Málaga to Santander cost?
The Ferry from Málaga to Santander starts at €52.59 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €53.42. 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 Málaga to Santander?
1 operators run the Ferry from Málaga to Santander: Grimaldi. 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 Málaga to Santander use?
The Ferry from Málaga to Santander leaves from Malaga Estacion Maritima and arrives at Santander 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.
Is the Ferry the best way from Málaga to Santander?
Traveling from Málaga to Santander by Flight costs €88.05 and takes 4h 41m door to door, against 23h 56m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Ferry from Málaga to Santander?
Fares for the Ferry from Málaga to Santander bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €39.39. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 251 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Málaga to Santander produce?
The Ferry from Málaga to Santander produces about 86.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 752 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 Málaga to Santander?
Operators on the Ferry from Málaga to Santander publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 23h 56m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Málaga to Santander on September 9, 2026: 752 km of route against 752 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €52.59, and 23h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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