Palma to Bilbao ferry
Ferries from Palma to Bilbao start at €42.69 and take 19h 19m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Palma to Bilbao starts at €42.69 and takes 19h 19m door to door, run by 1 operator over 620 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 19h 19mDoor to door
- 17h 49mMoving
- €42.69From
- 71.3 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.
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 | €37.74 | 19h 14m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The trip ends at Bilbao Abando. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Bilbao for the night the ferry gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Palma to Bilbao
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €36.4890 days
- €23.2860 days
- €25.4845 days
- €27.6830 days
- €33.1821 days
- €33.7314 days
- €39.787 days
- €40.883 days
- €62.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 170 percent. The most expensive point is €62.88, 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.
- €39.78Sun
- €34.83Mon
- €34.28Tue
- €39.23Wed
- €49.13Thu
- €33.73Fri
- €43.63Sat
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)
Bilbao
- Bilbao Terminal de Getxo
- Pío Baroja plaza
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 620 km against 620 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 06:11 and the last at 20:18, across 9 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 24m | 1h 14m | 3h 10m | €67.99 | 157.2 kg | 18 |
| Train | 5h | 4h 16m | 44m | €80.09 | 20.5 kg | 9 |
| Coach | 8h 50m | 8h 6m | 44m | €33.73 | 16.7 kg | 9 |
| Ferry | 19h 19m | 17h 49m | 1h 30m | €42.69 | 71.3 kg | 9 |
Questions about Palma to Bilbao
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 Bilbao take?
The Ferry from Palma to Bilbao takes 19h 19m door to door, of which 17h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 620 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 Bilbao cost?
The Ferry from Palma to Bilbao starts at €42.69 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €41.04. 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 Bilbao?
1 operators run the Ferry from Palma to Bilbao: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 9 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 Bilbao use?
The Ferry from Palma to Bilbao leaves from Palma Estacio Maritima and arrives at Bilbao Terminal de Getxo. 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 Bilbao?
Traveling from Palma to Bilbao by Coach costs €33.73 and takes 8h 50m door to door, against 19h 19m 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 Bilbao?
Fares for the Ferry from Palma to Bilbao bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 170 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Palma to Bilbao produce?
The Ferry from Palma to Bilbao produces about 71.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 620 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 Bilbao?
Operators on the Ferry from Palma to Bilbao publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 19h 19m 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 Bilbao on September 11, 2026: 620 km of route against 620 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €42.69, and 19h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Being on the water gives Bilbao a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Bilbao and across Spain
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Bilbao, with free cancellation on most of it.
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