Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €52.04 and €69.08, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 25h 27m over 841 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
€52.04 to €69.08
- 125%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Paignton
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.
- 06:26First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Brittany Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €119.68Wed16
- about €137.84Thu17
- about €119.68Fri18
- about €104.83Sat19
- about €110.33Sun20
- about €90.54Mon21
- about €90.54Tue22
- about €75.69Wed23
- about €78.99Thu24
- about €100.44Fri25
- about €96.03Sat26
- about €77.34Sun27
- about €69.08Mon28
- about €70.73Tue29
- about €63.03Wed30
- about €69.08Thu1
- about €67.43Fri2
- about €71.29Sat3
- about €66.88Sun4
- about €52.04Mon5
- about €53.14Tue6
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 Donostia / San Sebastian. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Donostia / San Sebastian for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €65.7990 days
- €60.8360 days
- €57.5345 days
- €63.5830 days
- €53.1421 days
- €70.7314 days
- €90.547 days
- €119.683 days
- €119.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €53.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 125 percent. The most expensive point is €119.68, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
841 km
801 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
67,520 → 185,357
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 841 km against 801 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 Getxo, Exeter, Irun, Plymouth. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.
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 Hernani
Most of the points near Hernani open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian
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 Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian?
The fastest journey from Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian takes 25h 27m door to door, of which 24h 42m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 27h 13m, 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 Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian?
The cheapest fare from Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian is €52.04, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €78.99. 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 Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian?
The cheapest way from Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian is by ferry, at €69.08 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 26h 12m 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 Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian?
Fares from Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €53.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 125 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian, at €69.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian, at €43.24 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 Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian?
1 operators sell services from Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian 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 Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian?
20 percent of the services we sell from Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian are direct. The rest connect at Getxo, Exeter, Irun, Plymouth, with about 66 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 Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian use?
Services from Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian by ferry leave from Dittisham and arrive at Donostia. 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 Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian 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 Paignton to Donostia / San Sebastian on September 15, 2026: 841 km of route against 801 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €52.04, and 25h 27m 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 Donostia / San Sebastian a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Donostia / San Sebastian and across Spain
Day trips that leave Donostia / San Sebastian in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Paignton reaches 44 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 23 to 801 km. Donostia / San Sebastian reaches 98 places in 4 countries, from 15 to 874 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Paignton
- 44Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Donostia / San Sebastian
Leaving Donostia / San Sebastian
- 98Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 8Operators