Cheapest€34.99
- Grimaldi G513706:0717h 38m23:45Terminal Marítima de TarifaEmbarque Catamaran Mundo Marino Altea
Door to door 19h 8mCO2 68.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Tarifa to Altea ferry
Ferries from Tarifa to Altea start at €45.44 and take 18h 52m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Tarifa to Altea starts at €45.44 and takes 18h 52m door to door, run by 2 operators over 598 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 18h 52mDoor to door
- 17h 22mMoving
- €45.44From
- 68.8 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.
Fastest€42.14
- Baleària B660906:1617h 22m23:38Terminal Marítima de TarifaEmbarque Catamaran Mundo Marino Altea
Door to door 18h 52mCO2 68.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Lowest CO2€55.33
- Baleària B613007:301h 14m08:44Terminal Marítima de TarifaFRS Terminal
- Baleària B445410:2116h 55m03:16FRS TerminalEmbarque Catamaran Mundo Marino Altea
Changes at La Línea de la Concepción, with 97 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 21h 16mCO2 68.7 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 |
|---|---|---|
 Baleària | €39.39 | 18h 42m |
 Grimaldi | €34.99 | 19h 3m |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Altea is not something we sell.
Where to stay in Altea
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Tarifa to Altea
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.7490 days
- €29.4960 days
- €34.9945 days
- €41.0430 days
- €47.0921 days
- €49.8414 days
- €59.747 days
- €67.993 days
- €86.691 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €29.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 194 percent. The most expensive point is €86.69, 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.
- €53.14Sun
- €45.44Mon
- €47.09Tue
- €48.19Wed
- €49.84Thu
- €61.93Fri
- €58.64Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Tarifa
Ferry
- Terminal Marítima de Tarifa
Altea
Ferry
- Embarque Catamaran Mundo Marino Altea
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
- 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 598 km against 569 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 Alicante, Algeciras, La Línea de la Concepción, Málaga. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Tarifa at 06:07 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Tarifa to Altea
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 Tarifa to Altea take?
The Ferry from Tarifa to Altea takes 18h 52m door to door, of which 17h 22m is spent moving. The route runs 598 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 Tarifa to Altea cost?
The Ferry from Tarifa to Altea starts at €45.44 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €51.49. 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 Tarifa to Altea?
2 operators run the Ferry from Tarifa to Altea: Baleària, Grimaldi. Between them they file around 6 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 Tarifa to Altea use?
The Ferry from Tarifa to Altea leaves from Terminal Marítima de Tarifa and arrives at Embarque Catamaran Mundo Marino Altea. 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 Tarifa to Altea?
Fares for the Ferry from Tarifa to Altea bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €29.49. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 194 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Tarifa to Altea produce?
The Ferry from Tarifa to Altea produces about 68.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 598 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 Tarifa to Altea?
Operators on the Ferry from Tarifa to Altea publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 18h 52m 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 Tarifa to Altea on September 10, 2026: 598 km of route against 569 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €45.44, and 18h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Being on the water gives Altea a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Things to do in Altea
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Altea, with free cancellation on most of it.
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