Santander to Valencia ferry

Ferries from Santander to Valencia start at €37.74 and take 17h 42m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Santander to Valencia starts at €37.74 and takes 17h 42m door to door, run by 1 operator over 528 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 17h 42mDoor to door
  • 16h 12mMoving
  • €37.74From
  • 60.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026

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

Cheapest€32.79
  1. Grimaldi G339511:4516h 12m03:57Santander Estacion MaritimaTerminal Baleària

Door to door 17h 42mCO2 60.7 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
Grimaldi€32.7916h 42m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • Grimaldi

Valencia sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Valencia Estaciò Nord

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Santander to Valencia

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

  1. €40.4990 days
  2. €25.6460 days
  3. €25.0945 days
  4. €30.5930 days
  5. €49.8421 days
  6. €41.5914 days
  7. €49.297 days
  8. €48.193 days
  9. €68.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €25.09.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 173 percent. The most expensive point is €68.54, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €43.79Sun
  2. €39.94Mon
  3. €37.74Tue
  4. €46.54Wed
  5. €48.74Thu
  6. €54.79Fri
  7. €49.29Sat
Terminals

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

Valencia

Ferry
  • Terminal Baleària
  • Mundo Marino Catamaranes
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
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 528 km against 528 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 Gasteiz / Vitoria, Portugalete, Bilbao, Santurtzi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 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 06:38 and the last at 16:49, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Ferries against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 18m1h 8m3h 10m€61.50133.6 kg2
Ferry17h 42m16h 12m1h 30m€37.7460.7 kg3

Questions about Santander to Valencia

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 Valencia take?

The Ferry from Santander to Valencia takes 17h 42m door to door, of which 16h 12m is spent moving. The route runs 528 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 Valencia cost?

The Ferry from Santander to Valencia starts at €37.74 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €36.64. 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 Valencia?

1 operators run the Ferry from Santander to Valencia: 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 Valencia use?

The Ferry from Santander to Valencia leaves from Santander Estacion Maritima and arrives at Terminal Baleària. 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 Valencia?

Traveling from Santander to Valencia by Flight costs €61.50 and takes 4h 18m door to door, against 17h 42m 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 Valencia?

Fares for the Ferry from Santander to Valencia bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €25.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 173 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Ferry from Santander to Valencia produces about 60.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 528 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 Valencia?

Operators on the Ferry from Santander to Valencia publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 17h 42m 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 Valencia on September 12, 2026: 528 km of route against 528 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €37.74, and 17h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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