Cheapest€42.14
- Grimaldi G700611:4522h 19m10:04Santander Estacion MaritimaPalma Estacio Maritima
Door to door 23h 49mCO2 79.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Santander to Palma ferry
Ferries from Santander to Palma start at €48.74 and take 21h 37m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Santander to Palma starts at €48.74 and takes 21h 37m door to door, run by 1 operator over 690 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 21h 37mDoor to door
- 20h 7mMoving
- €48.74From
- 79.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 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 | €42.14 | 21h 12m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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When to book Santander to Palma
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €44.8990 days
- €32.2460 days
- €40.4945 days
- €43.2430 days
- €55.8921 days
- €52.5914 days
- €78.447 days
- €72.393 days
- €100.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €32.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 213 percent. The most expensive point is €100.99, 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.
- €56.44Sun
- €51.49Mon
- €48.74Tue
- €60.29Wed
- €55.89Thu
- €63.59Fri
- €64.14Sat
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
Palma
Ferry
- Palma Estacio Maritima
- Moll Antic (Palma)
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
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 690 km against 690 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Utebo, Gasteiz / Vitoria, Logroño, Zaragoza. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 06:38 and the last at 16:49, across 4 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 35m | 1h 25m | 3h 10m | €76.84 | 174.9 kg | 2 |
| Ferry | 21h 37m | 20h 7m | 1h 30m | €48.74 | 79.3 kg | 4 |
Questions about Santander to Palma
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 Palma take?
The Ferry from Santander to Palma takes 21h 37m door to door, of which 20h 7m is spent moving. The route runs 690 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 Palma cost?
The Ferry from Santander to Palma starts at €48.74 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €49.29. 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 Palma?
1 operators run the Ferry from Santander to Palma: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 4 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 Palma use?
The Ferry from Santander to Palma leaves from Santander Estacion Maritima and arrives at Palma Estacio 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.
Is the Ferry the best way from Santander to Palma?
Traveling from Santander to Palma by Flight costs €76.84 and takes 4h 35m door to door, against 21h 37m 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 Santander to Palma?
Fares for the Ferry from Santander to Palma bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €32.24. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 213 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Santander to Palma produce?
The Ferry from Santander to Palma produces about 79.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 690 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 Palma?
Operators on the Ferry from Santander to Palma publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 21h 37m 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 Santander to Palma on September 10, 2026: 690 km of route against 690 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €48.74, and 21h 37m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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