Cheapest€12.99
- Grimaldi G450506:075h 17m11:24Santander Estacion MaritimaHendaia - Hondarribia Boat
Door to door 6h 47mCO2 19.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Santander to Irun ferry
Ferries from Santander to Irun start at €14.09 and take 6h 47m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Santander to Irun starts at €14.09 and takes 6h 47m door to door, run by 1 operator over 172 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 47mDoor to door
- 5h 17mMoving
- €14.09From
- 19.8 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.
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 | €12.99 | 6h 40m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The ferry gets you into Irun. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Santander to Irun
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.6490 days
- €11.8960 days
- €15.1945 days
- €14.6430 days
- €13.5421 days
- €18.4914 days
- €21.247 days
- €27.843 days
- €30.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 157 percent. The most expensive point is €30.59, 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.
- €16.29Sun
- €18.49Mon
- €14.09Tue
- €14.64Wed
- €18.49Thu
- €20.14Fri
- €22.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Santander
Ferry
- Santander Estacion Maritima
- Embarcadero de Santander
Irun
Ferry
- Hendaia - Hondarribia Boat
- Hondarribia - Hendaya Boat
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 172 km against 163 km in a straight line, a detour of 6 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bermeo, Algorta, Donostia / San Sebastián, Getxo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Santander 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.
Questions about Santander to Irun
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 Santander to Irun take?
The Ferry from Santander to Irun takes 6h 47m door to door, of which 5h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 172 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 Santander to Irun cost?
The Ferry from Santander to Irun starts at €14.09 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €17.38. 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 Santander to Irun?
1 operators run the Ferry from Santander to Irun: 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 Santander to Irun use?
The Ferry from Santander to Irun leaves from Santander Estacion Maritima and arrives at Hendaia - Hondarribia Boat. 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 Santander to Irun?
Fares for the Ferry from Santander to Irun bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.89. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 157 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Santander to Irun produce?
The Ferry from Santander to Irun produces about 19.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 172 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 Santander to Irun?
Operators on the Ferry from Santander to Irun publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 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 Santander to Irun on September 10, 2026: 172 km of route against 163 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €14.09, and 6h 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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