Cheapest€13.54
- Baleària B175706:136h 17m12:30Terminal Marítima RotaMalaga Estacion Maritima
Door to door 7h 47mCO2 20.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rota to Málaga ferry
Ferries from Rota to Málaga start at €16.29 and take 7h 47m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Rota to Málaga starts at €16.29 and takes 7h 47m door to door, run by 1 operator over 182 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 7h 47mDoor to door
- 6h 17mMoving
- €16.29From
- 20.9 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.
Fastest€18.47
- Baleària B207907:304h 26m11:56Terminal Marítima RotaFerry to Marbella
- Network of Metropolitan Transport Consortiums of Andalusia NM382812:4945m13:34Estación de autobuses de MarbellaMalaga Muelle Heredia
Changes at Marbella, with 53 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 7h 11mCO2 17.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Baleària | €13.54 | 7h 3m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The ferry gets you into Málaga. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Rota to Málaga
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.0990 days
- €14.0960 days
- €16.8445 days
- €15.1930 days
- €14.6421 days
- €17.3914 days
- €20.687 days
- €32.243 days
- €31.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €14.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 129 percent. The most expensive point is €32.24, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €19.04Sun
- €16.29Mon
- €16.29Tue
- €17.39Wed
- €25.08Thu
- €21.23Fri
- €19.04Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Rota
Ferry
- Terminal Marítima Rota
Málaga
Ferry
- Malaga Estacion Maritima
- Estación Marítima de Málaga
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 182 km against 173 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 Marbella, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, La Línea de la Concepción, Chiclana de la Frontera. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Rota at 06:13 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 Rota to Málaga
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 Rota to Málaga take?
The Ferry from Rota to Málaga takes 7h 47m door to door, of which 6h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 182 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 Rota to Málaga cost?
The Ferry from Rota to Málaga starts at €16.29 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €21.77. 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 Rota to Málaga?
1 operators run the Ferry from Rota to Málaga: Baleària. 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 Rota to Málaga use?
The Ferry from Rota to Málaga leaves from Terminal Marítima Rota and arrives at Malaga 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 Rota to Málaga?
Fares for the Ferry from Rota to Málaga bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €14.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 129 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Rota to Málaga produce?
The Ferry from Rota to Málaga produces about 20.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 182 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 Rota to Málaga?
Operators on the Ferry from Rota to Málaga publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 47m 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.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Rota to Málaga on September 9, 2026: 182 km of route against 173 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.29, and 7h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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