Cheapest€11.88
- Grimaldi G225506:212h 28m08:49Embarcadero de SantanderPortugalete
Door to door 3h 58mCO2 7.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Santander to Portugalete ferry
Ferries from Santander to Portugalete start at €11.88 and take 3h 58m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Santander to Portugalete on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Santander to Portugalete starts at €11.88 and takes 3h 58m door to door, run by 1 operator over 69 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 3h 58mDoor to door
- 2h 28mMoving
- €11.88 to €12.44From
- 06:21 to 07:30First and last departure
- 3Per day
- 7.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 15, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€11.88 to €12.44 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €11.88Tue15
- about €11.88Wed16
- about €11.88Thu17
- about €11.88Fri18
- about €12.44Sat19
- about €11.88Sun20
- about €11.88Mon21
- about €11.88Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €11.88Thu24
- about €11.88Fri25
- about €11.88Sat26
- about €11.88Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on September 15, 2026
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €11.88 | 3h 46m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The ferry gets you into Portugalete. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Portugalete for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Santander to Portugalete
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €11.883 days
- €11.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 0 percent. The most expensive point is €11.88, 90 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €11.88Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.88Wed
- €11.88Thu
- €11.88Fri
- €11.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Santander
Ferry
- Embarcadero de Santander
- SANTANDER
- Santander Estacion Maritima
Portugalete
Ferry
- Portugalete
- Embarcadero Getxo
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 69 km against 65 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, Donostia / San Sebastián, Gijón, Irun. 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 06:21 and the last at 07:30, across 3 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 18m | 34m | 44m | €11.88 | 2.3 kg | 3 |
| Ferry | 3h 58m | 2h 28m | 1h 30m | €11.88 | 7.9 kg | 3 |
Questions about Santander to Portugalete
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 Portugalete take?
The Ferry from Santander to Portugalete takes 3h 58m door to door, of which 2h 28m is spent moving. The route runs 69 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 Portugalete cost?
The Ferry from Santander to Portugalete starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €24.53. 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 Portugalete?
1 operators run the Ferry from Santander to Portugalete: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 3 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 Portugalete use?
The Ferry from Santander to Portugalete leaves from Embarcadero de Santander and arrives at Portugalete. 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 Portugalete?
Traveling from Santander to Portugalete by Train costs €11.88 and takes 1h 18m door to door, against 3h 58m 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 Portugalete?
Fares for the Ferry from Santander to Portugalete bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 0 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Santander to Portugalete produce?
The Ferry from Santander to Portugalete produces about 7.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 69 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 Portugalete?
Operators on the Ferry from Santander to Portugalete publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 58m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Santander to Portugalete on September 14, 2026: 69 km of route against 65 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 3h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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