Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:42 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €28.39 and €32.79, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 12h 14m over 367 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€28.39 to €32.79
- 165%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Les Sables-d'Olonne
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:42First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Brittany Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this trip
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €52.59Mon14
- about €48.74Tue15
- about €54.78Wed16
- about €49.84Thu17
- about €41.59Fri18
- about €45.44Sat19
- about €48.74Sun20
- about €32.79Mon21
- about €32.79Tue22
- about €33.89Wed23
- about €35.54Thu24
- about €44.88Fri25
- about €39.94Sat26
- about €34.99Sun27
- about €27.83Mon28
- about €28.39Tue29
- about €28.93Wed30
- about €32.24Thu1
- about €30.58Fri2
- about €32.24Sat3
- about €31.14Sun4
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 ferry gets you into Cherbourg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Cherbourg for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Cherbourg railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €31.1390 days
- €29.4860 days
- €20.6945 days
- €25.0830 days
- €31.1421 days
- €34.9914 days
- €48.747 days
- €54.783 days
- €52.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €20.69.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 165 percent. The most expensive point is €54.78, 3 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
367 km
350 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
16,105 → 26,655
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
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
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 367 km against 350 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 Couëron, Nantes, Vannes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
Who runs this route
Cherbourg is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Cherbourg railway station
Most of the points near Cherbourg railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg
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 Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg?
The fastest journey from Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg takes 12h 14m door to door, of which 10h 57m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 12h 57m, 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg?
The cheapest fare from Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg is €27.83, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €34.99. 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg?
The cheapest way from Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg is by ferry, at €32.79 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 12h 27m 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg?
Fares from Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €20.69. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 165 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg, at €32.79. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg, at €20.14 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg?
1 operators sell services from Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg across 1 mode: Brittany Ferries. 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg?
25 percent of the services we sell from Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg are direct. The rest connect at Couëron, Nantes, Vannes, with about 50 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg use?
Services from Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg by ferry leave from Quai Guiné 1 and arrive at CHERBOURG. 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 Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg 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
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Les Sables-d'Olonne to Cherbourg on September 13, 2026: 367 km of route against 350 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €27.83, and 12h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Cherbourg a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Cherbourg and across France
Day trips that leave Cherbourg in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Les Sables-d'Olonne reaches 20 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 61 to 362 km. Cherbourg reaches 28 places in 3 countries, from 106 to 684 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Les Sables-d'Olonne
- 20Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Cherbourg
Leaving Cherbourg
- 28Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 2Operators