Ceuta to Tarifa

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Ceuta to Tarifa. From €11.88, fastest 2h 42m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Ceuta to Tarifa costs €11.88 at the cheapest and takes 2h 42m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 2 operators. The route covers 31 km. Cheapest is by Ferry, fastest is by Ferry.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 11, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
31 km
Fastest
2h 42m
Average
2h 47m
Services per day
6
Cheapest
€11.88
CO2 per passenger
3.6 kg
Door to door

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 11, 2026.

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
Ferry2h 43m1h 13m1h 30m€11.883.6 kg6
  • 2h 43mFastest, by Ferry
  • €11.88Cheapest, by Ferry
  • 3.6 kgLowest CO2, by Ferry
  • 31 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 11, 2026

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

Cheapest€11.88
  1. Baleària B960006:201h 18m07:38Ceuta Estacion MaritimaTerminal Marítima de Tarifa

Door to door 2h 48mCO2 3.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€11.88
  1. Grimaldi G199406:101h 13m07:23Ceuta Estacion MaritimaTerminal Marítima de Tarifa

Door to door 2h 43mCO2 3.6 kgChanges 0Changeable 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 Ceuta to Tarifa
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Ceuta to TarifaFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Ferry€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88

Cheapest day: 2026-09-11 · €11.88

The ferry gets you into Tarifa. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Tarifa for the night the ferry gets in

Sort by distance from Terminal de Autobuses de Tarifa and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Ceuta to Tarifa

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

  1. €11.8890 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €11.8814 days
  7. €11.887 days
  8. €11.883 days
  9. €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.
€11.88€11.881371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 1 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.

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. €11.88Sun
  2. €11.88Mon
  3. €11.88Tue
  4. €11.88Wed
  5. €11.88Thu
  6. €11.88Fri
  7. €11.88Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €11.88Sep
  2. €11.88Oct
  3. €11.88Nov
  4. €11.88Dec
  5. €11.88Jan
  6. €11.88Feb

The route

CeutaCeutaTarifaTarifa
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
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 31 km against 29 km in a straight line, a detour of 7 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Chiclana de la Frontera, Marbella, La Línea de la Concepción, Algeciras. The gap between arriving and leaving is 72 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Ceuta at 06:10 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.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Ceuta

Rail
  • Ceuta-Barco
Ferry
  • Ceuta Estacion Maritima
  • Estacion Maritima de Ceuta

Tarifa

Bus
  • Terminal de Autobuses de Tarifa
Ferry
  • Terminal Marítima de Tarifa
Carriers

Who runs this route

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.
OperatorFastest
Baleària2h 43m
Grimaldi2h 42m
  • Baleària
  • Grimaldi
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Ferry fare we sell on 2026-09-11, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€8.9976%
Taxes€0.908%
Our service fee€1.9917%
Total you pay€11.88100%

The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

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 Ceuta 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 Ceuta to Tarifa?

The fastest journey from Ceuta to Tarifa takes 2h 42m door to door, of which 1h 13m is spent moving, on the Ferry. Most services take around 2h 47m, 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 Ceuta to Tarifa?

The cheapest fare from Ceuta to Tarifa is €11.88, checked on September 11, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. 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 Ceuta to Tarifa?

The cheapest way from Ceuta to Tarifa is by Ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 11, 2026. That journey takes 2h 43m 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 Ceuta to Tarifa?

Fares from Ceuta to Tarifa bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 0 percent, measured on September 11, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Ceuta to Tarifa?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Ceuta to Tarifa, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 11, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Ceuta to Tarifa?

September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Ceuta to Tarifa, at €11.88 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 Ceuta to Tarifa?

2 operators sell services from Ceuta 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 Ceuta to Tarifa?

33 percent of the services we sell from Ceuta to Tarifa are direct. The rest connect at Chiclana de la Frontera, Marbella, La Línea de la Concepción, Algeciras, with about 72 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 Ceuta to Tarifa use?

Services from Ceuta to Tarifa by Ferry leave from Ceuta Estacion Maritima 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 Ceuta to Tarifa?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Ceuta 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 Ceuta to Tarifa on September 10, 2026: 31 km of route against 29 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 2h 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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