Cheapest€34.99
- Grimaldi G798906:0718h 58m01:05Embarque Catamaran Mundo Marino AlteaTerminal Marítima de Tarifa
Door to door 20h 28mCO2 68.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Traveling from Altea to Tarifa costs €34.99 at the cheapest and takes 18h 41m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 2 operators. The route covers 598 km. Cheapest is by Ferry, fastest is by Ferry.
At a glance
- Distance
- 598 km
- Fastest
- 18h 41m
- Average
- 20h 8m
- Services per day
- 6
- Cheapest
- €34.99
- CO2 per passenger
- 68.8 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry | 20h 28m | 18h 58m | 1h 30m | €43.24 | 68.8 kg | 6 |
- 20h 28mFastest, by Ferry
- €43.24Cheapest, by Ferry
- 68.8 kgLowest CO2, by Ferry
- 598 kmDistance traveled
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€56.98
- Baleària B489507:3016h 46m00:16Embarque Catamaran Mundo Marino AlteaAlgeciras Estacion Maritima
- Baleària B493401:3156m02:27Algeciras Estacion MaritimaTerminal Marítima de Tarifa
Changes at Algeciras, with 75 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 20h 27mCO2 68.8 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
No live timetable for this trip yet.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Altea to Tarifa | SatSep 12 | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 | FriSep 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry | €105.39 | €80.08 | €55.34 | €56.98 | €55.34 | €72.93 | €59.74 | €58.64 | €56.43 | €45.44 | €49.29 | €48.19 | €60.83 | €43.24 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €34.99
The ferry gets you into Tarifa. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Tarifa for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Altea to Tarifa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €52.0390 days
- €26.1960 days
- €31.1445 days
- €37.1930 days
- €44.8921 days
- €43.2414 days
- €59.747 days
- €55.343 days
- €105.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 302 percent. The most expensive point is €105.39, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €56.43Sun
- €45.44Mon
- €49.29Tue
- €48.19Wed
- €60.83Thu
- €44.89Fri
- €58.64Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €56.98Sep
- €38.29Oct
- €34.44Nov
- €33.34Dec
- €32.79Jan
- €32.24Feb
The route
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 La Línea de la Concepción, Málaga, Algeciras, Alicante. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 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. 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 Altea 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.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Altea
Rail
- Train station Altea
- Baixador de Cap Negret
Ferry
- Embarque Catamaran Mundo Marino Altea
Tarifa
Bus
- Terminal de Autobuses de Tarifa
Ferry
- Terminal Marítima de Tarifa
Who runs this route
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 59m |
 Grimaldi | €34.99 | 18h 41m |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €30.00 | 86% |
| Taxes | €3.00 | 9% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 6% |
| Total you pay | €34.99 | 100% |
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Somewhere to drop the bags in Tarifa?
Most of the points near Terminal de Autobuses de Tarifa open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Altea to Tarifa
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 it take to get from Altea to Tarifa?
The fastest journey from Altea to Tarifa takes 18h 41m door to door, of which 18h 58m is spent moving, on the Ferry. Most services take around 20h 8m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Altea to Tarifa?
The cheapest fare from Altea to Tarifa is €34.99, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €55.62. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Altea to Tarifa?
The cheapest way from Altea to Tarifa is by Ferry, at €43.24 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 20h 28m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Altea to Tarifa?
Fares from Altea to Tarifa bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €26.19. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 302 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Altea to Tarifa?
Friday is the cheapest day to depart from Altea to Tarifa, at €44.89. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Altea to Tarifa?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Altea to Tarifa, at €32.24 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Altea to Tarifa?
2 operators sell services from Altea to Tarifa across 1 modes: Baleària, Grimaldi. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Altea to Tarifa?
33 percent of the services we sell from Altea to Tarifa are direct. The rest connect at La Línea de la Concepción, Málaga, Algeciras, Alicante, with about 57 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Altea to Tarifa use?
Services from Altea to Tarifa by Ferry leave from Embarque Catamaran Mundo Marino Altea and arrive at Terminal Marítima de Tarifa. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Altea to Tarifa?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Altea to Tarifa allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Altea to Tarifa on September 11, 2026: 598 km of route against 569 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €34.99, and 18h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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