Poole to Santander ferry

Ferries from Poole to Santander start at €74.04 and take 29h 52m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Poole to Santander starts at €74.04 and takes 29h 52m door to door, run by 1 operator over 858 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 29h 52mDoor to door
  • 28h 22mMoving
  • €74.04From
  • 98.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€58.09
  1. Brittany Ferries BF326307:304h 10m11:40City Cruises PooleShaldon Ferry Landing
  2. Brittany Ferries BF335912:2826h 54m15:22Shaldon Ferry LandingSantander Estacion Maritima

Changes at Torquay, with 48 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 33h 22mCO2 107.5 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€83.38
  1. Brittany Ferries BF738907:3025h 57m09:27City Cruises PooleTerminal de Ferry de Bilbao
  2. Renfe Feve RF265811:0336m11:39Getxo stationSantander

Changes at Getxo, with 96 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 29h 16mCO2 101.5 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Lowest CO2€70.74
  1. Brittany Ferries BF557706:4228h 22m11:04City Cruises PooleSantander Estacion Maritima

Door to door 29h 52mCO2 98.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Brittany Ferries€64.1426h 18m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • Brittany Ferries

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Booking window

When to book Poole to Santander

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €57.5390 days
  2. €45.9960 days
  3. €53.6945 days
  4. €56.9930 days
  5. €61.3821 days
  6. €76.7914 days
  7. €91.097 days
  8. €153.783 days
  9. €146.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €45.99.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 234 percent. The most expensive point is €153.78, 3 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €93.29Sun
  2. €74.04Mon
  3. €74.04Tue
  4. €76.79Wed
  5. €92.19Thu
  6. €85.59Fri
  7. €86.13Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Poole

Ferry
  • City Cruises Poole
  • Poole Ferry Terminal

Santander

Ferry
  • Santander Estacion Maritima
  • Embarcadero de Santander
The journey

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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 858 km against 818 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Torquay, Weymouth, Algorta, Getxo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 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 Poole at 06:42 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Poole 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 Poole to Santander take?

The Ferry from Poole to Santander takes 29h 52m door to door, of which 28h 22m is spent moving. The route runs 858 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 Poole to Santander cost?

The Ferry from Poole to Santander starts at €74.04 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €70.74. 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 Poole to Santander?

1 operators run the Ferry from Poole to Santander: Brittany Ferries. Between them they file around 5 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 Poole to Santander use?

The Ferry from Poole to Santander leaves from City Cruises Poole 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.

When should I book the Ferry from Poole to Santander?

Fares for the Ferry from Poole to Santander bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €45.99. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 234 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Poole to Santander produce?

The Ferry from Poole to Santander produces about 98.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 858 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 Poole to Santander?

Operators on the Ferry from Poole 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 29h 52m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Poole to Santander on September 9, 2026: 858 km of route against 818 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €74.04, and 29h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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