Cheapest€44.89
- Grimaldi G399006:0724h 33m06:40Estació Marítima Maó Cos NouSantander Estacion Maritima
Door to door 26h 3mCO2 89.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Maó to Santander ferry
Ferries from Maó to Santander start at €58.64 and take 26h 3m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Maó to Santander starts at €58.64 and takes 26h 3m door to door, run by 1 operator over 779 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 26h 3mDoor to door
- 24h 33mMoving
- €58.64From
- 89.6 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.
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 | €44.89 | 23h 44m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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When to book Maó to Santander
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €69.6490 days
- €33.3460 days
- €39.9445 days
- €47.6430 days
- €57.5421 days
- €66.8914 days
- €120.247 days
- €88.893 days
- €161.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.34.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 384 percent. The most expensive point is €161.48, 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.
- €80.64Sun
- €61.39Mon
- €70.74Tue
- €61.94Wed
- €96.59Thu
- €66.89Fri
- €80.09Sat
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
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
- 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 779 km against 779 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 Lleida, Gasteiz / Vitoria, Ciutadella, Bilbao. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 14 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 Maó at 06:07 and the last at 07:30, across 2 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 39m | 1h 29m | 3h 10m | €93.36 | 197.3 kg | 4 |
| Ferry | 26h 3m | 24h 33m | 1h 30m | €58.64 | 89.6 kg | 2 |
Questions about Maó 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 Maó to Santander take?
The Ferry from Maó to Santander takes 26h 3m door to door, of which 24h 33m is spent moving. The route runs 779 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 Santander cost?
The Ferry from Maó to Santander starts at €58.64 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €58.91. 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 Santander?
1 operators run the Ferry from Maó to Santander: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 2 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 Santander use?
The Ferry from Maó to Santander leaves from Estació Marítima Maó Cos Nou 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 Maó to Santander?
Traveling from Maó to Santander by Flight costs €93.36 and takes 4h 39m door to door, against 26h 3m 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 Santander?
Fares for the Ferry from Maó to Santander bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.34. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 384 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Maó to Santander produce?
The Ferry from Maó to Santander produces about 89.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 779 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 Santander?
Operators on the Ferry from Maó 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 26h 3m 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 Santander on September 11, 2026: 779 km of route against 779 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €58.64, and 26h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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