Cheapest€15.74
- Grimaldi G577606:117h 32m13:43Estació Marítima Maó Cos NouBarcelona Moll de Barcelona
Door to door 9h 2mCO2 28.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Maó to Barcelona ferry
Ferries from Maó to Barcelona start at €19.04 and take 8h 53m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Maó to Barcelona starts at €19.04 and takes 8h 53m door to door, run by 1 operator over 244 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 8h 53mDoor to door
- 7h 23mMoving
- €19.04From
- 28.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Lowest CO2€34.43
- Grimaldi G636407:304h 38m12:08Estació Marítima Maó Cos NouPalma Estacio Maritima
- Renfe R362213:301h 34m15:04Palma IntermodalBarcelona Sants
Changes at Palma, with 82 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 8h 41mCO2 23.3 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 | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €15.74 | 8h 42m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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When to book Maó to Barcelona
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.0490 days
- €12.9960 days
- €12.9945 days
- €12.9930 days
- €18.4921 days
- €25.6414 days
- €27.847 days
- €28.393 days
- €43.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 233 percent. The most expensive point is €43.24, 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.
- €21.79Sun
- €19.04Mon
- €20.14Tue
- €19.59Wed
- €23.44Thu
- €27.29Fri
- €25.64Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Maó
Ferry
- Estació Marítima Maó Cos Nou
- Illa del Rei
Barcelona
Ferry
- Barcelona Moll de Barcelona
- Barcelona
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
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 244 km against 244 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Alcúdia, Palma, Calvià, Ciutadella. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Maó at 06:11 and the last at 19:46, across 10 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 | 3h 54m | 44m | 3h 10m | €33.18 | 61.7 kg | 8 |
| Ferry | 8h 53m | 7h 23m | 1h 30m | €19.04 | 28.1 kg | 10 |
Questions about Maó to Barcelona
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 Maó to Barcelona take?
The Ferry from Maó to Barcelona takes 8h 53m door to door, of which 7h 23m is spent moving. The route runs 244 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 Maó to Barcelona cost?
The Ferry from Maó to Barcelona starts at €19.04 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €20.69. 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 Maó to Barcelona?
1 operators run the Ferry from Maó to Barcelona: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 10 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 Maó to Barcelona use?
The Ferry from Maó to Barcelona leaves from Estació Marítima Maó Cos Nou and arrives at Barcelona Moll de Barcelona. 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 Maó to Barcelona?
Traveling from Maó to Barcelona by Flight costs €33.18 and takes 3h 54m door to door, against 8h 53m 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 Maó to Barcelona?
Fares for the Ferry from Maó to Barcelona bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.99. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 233 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Maó to Barcelona produce?
The Ferry from Maó to Barcelona produces about 28.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 244 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 Maó to Barcelona?
Operators on the Ferry from Maó to Barcelona publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 53m 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 Maó to Barcelona on September 12, 2026: 244 km of route against 244 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €19.04, and 8h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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