Motril to Barcelona runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €63.58, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 24h 45m over 755 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €63.58, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€63.58
- 202%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Motril
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.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
No sea route
There is no ferry between Motril and Barcelona. Both are ports, and the carriers that sell sailings from each of them connect neither to the other. The land options above are how this journey is actually made.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €129.04Mon14
- about €104.84Tue15
- about €85.04Wed16
- about €112.54Thu17
- about €90.54Fri18
- about €101.54Sat19
- about €96.04Sun20
- about €65.23Mon21
- about €65.79Tue22
- about €63.58Wed23
- about €90.54Thu24
- about €76.79Fri25
- about €76.24Sat26
- about €66.89Sun27
- about €54.23Mon28
- about €60.84Tue29
- about €52.58Wed30
- about €64.68Thu1
- about €55.88Fri2
- about €66.34Sat3
- about €50.94Sun4
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 Barcelona. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Barcelona for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Barcelona Sants and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Motril to Barcelona
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €58.0890 days
- €58.0960 days
- €49.2945 days
- €42.6830 days
- €50.9421 days
- €66.8914 days
- €96.047 days
- €85.043 days
- €129.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €42.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 202 percent. The most expensive point is €129.04, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Motril to Barcelona 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
755 km
711 km as the crow flies, 6% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
60,592 → 1,686,208
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
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 755 km against 711 km in a straight line, a detour of 6 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Gandia, Salou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 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.
Barcelona is large, and the road in from BCN can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Barcelona
Settled in advance, so the ride into Barcelona costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Barcelona Sants
Most of the points near Barcelona Sants open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Motril to Barcelona
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 Motril to Barcelona?
The fastest journey from Motril to Barcelona takes 24h 45m door to door, of which 22h 45m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 26h 7m, 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 Motril to Barcelona?
The cheapest fare from Motril to Barcelona is €50.94, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €72.94. 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 Motril to Barcelona?
The cheapest way from Motril to Barcelona is by ferry, at €63.58 for one passenger on October 4, 2026. That journey takes 25h 11m 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 Motril to Barcelona?
Fares from Motril to Barcelona bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €42.68. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 202 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 Motril to Barcelona?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Motril to Barcelona, at €63.58. 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 Motril to Barcelona?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Motril to Barcelona, at €40.49 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 Motril to Barcelona?
2 operators sell services from Motril to Barcelona across 1 mode: 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 Motril to Barcelona?
0 percent of the services we sell from Motril to Barcelona are direct. The rest connect at Gandia, Salou, with about 56 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 Motril to Barcelona use?
Services from Motril to Barcelona by ferry leave from Estación Marítima de Motril and arrive at BARCELONA. 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 Motril to Barcelona?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Motril to Barcelona 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 Motril to Barcelona on September 13, 2026: 755 km of route against 711 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €50.94, and 24h 45m 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 Barcelona a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Barcelona and across Spain
Day trips that leave Barcelona in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Motril reaches 53 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 80 to 776 km. Barcelona reaches 296 places in 61 countries, from 82 to 11,157 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Motril
- 53Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Barcelona
Leaving Barcelona
- 296Places you can leave for
- 61Countries
- 117Operators