Palma to Barcelona ferry
Ferries from Palma to Barcelona start at €16.84 and take 7h 43m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Palma to Barcelona starts at €16.84 and takes 7h 43m door to door, run by 1 operator over 207 km, with around 11 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 7h 43mDoor to door
- 6h 13mMoving
- €16.84From
- 23.8 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.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
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 | €13.54 | 7h 39m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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When to book Palma to Barcelona
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.3890 days
- €10.6360 days
- €10.0845 days
- €10.6330 days
- €12.8321 days
- €13.9314 days
- €16.687 days
- €15.583 days
- €21.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 109 percent. The most expensive point is €21.08, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €15.58Sun
- €13.38Mon
- €13.93Tue
- €15.03Wed
- €17.23Thu
- €15.58Fri
- €13.93Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Palma
- Palma Estacio Maritima
- Moll Antic (Palma)
Barcelona
- 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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 207 km against 207 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Palma at 06:07 and the last at 21:16, across 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 15m | 1h 31m | 44m | €27.29 | 6.8 kg | 11 |
| Coach | 3h 31m | 2h 47m | 44m | €13.38 | 5.6 kg | 11 |
| Flight | 3h 51m | 41m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 52.4 kg | 32 |
| Ferry | 7h 43m | 6h 13m | 1h 30m | €16.84 | 23.8 kg | 11 |
Questions about Palma 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 Palma to Barcelona take?
The Ferry from Palma to Barcelona takes 7h 43m door to door, of which 6h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 207 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 Palma to Barcelona cost?
The Ferry from Palma to Barcelona starts at €16.84 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €16.84. 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 Palma to Barcelona?
1 operators run the Ferry from Palma to Barcelona: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 11 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 Palma to Barcelona use?
The Ferry from Palma to Barcelona leaves from Palma Estacio Maritima 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 Palma to Barcelona?
Traveling from Palma to Barcelona by Coach costs €13.38 and takes 3h 31m door to door, against 7h 43m 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 Palma to Barcelona?
Fares for the Ferry from Palma to Barcelona bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 109 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Palma to Barcelona produce?
The Ferry from Palma to Barcelona produces about 23.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 207 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 Palma to Barcelona?
Operators on the Ferry from Palma 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 7h 43m 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 Palma to Barcelona on September 12, 2026: 207 km of route against 207 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.84, and 7h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
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