Portsmouth to Caen runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 08:00 and the last around 23:00. One passenger pays €12.99, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 37m over 206 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €12.99, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€12.99
- 171%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Portsmouth
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for September 17, 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 08:00First departure
- 23:00Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Departures on September 28, 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
08:0415:537h 49m
SouthernSouthern4 changes
Portsmouth Harbour → Caen
Bikes carriedStep-free
Book with Southern08:2817:028h 34m
SouthernSouthern4 changes
Portsmouth Harbour → Caen
Bikes carriedStep-free
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Sailings on September 17, 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
08:0015:007h
BRITTANY FERRIESVessel GUILLAUME DE NORMANDIEDirect
PORTSMOUTH → CAEN
from €44.00deck €60.00 €82.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
15:0022:007h
BRITTANY FERRIESVessel MONT ST MICHELDirect
PORTSMOUTH → CAEN
from €44.00deckseat €58.00 €86.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
23:0006:457h 45m
BRITTANY FERRIESVessel GUILLAUME DE NORMANDIEDirect
PORTSMOUTH → CAEN
from €86.00 €155.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €44.00 to €155.00 on September 17, 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
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 the operator is charging, by departure date.
September 17, 2026
€44.00
BRITTANY FERRIES
This crossing was checked for one date, and that is the only date we hold a fare for. The operator sells the rest of the season.
The ferry gets you into Caen. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Caen for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Gare de Caen and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Portsmouth to Caen
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.3990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €12.4445 days
- €15.1930 days
- €20.1421 days
- €19.0414 days
- €25.647 days
- €31.143 days
- €32.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 171 percent. The most expensive point is €32.24, 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.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Portsmouth to Caen and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
09:04 → 17:41
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
206 km
187 km as the crow flies, 10% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
208,100 → 110,624
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 206 km against 187 km in a straight line, a detour of 10 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from CFR into Caen is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Caen
Settled in advance, so the ride into Caen costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
Caen is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Gare de Caen
Most of the points near Gare de Caen open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Portsmouth to Caen
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 Portsmouth to Caen?
The fastest journey from Portsmouth to Caen takes 7h 37m door to door, of which 6h 32m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 8h 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 Portsmouth to Caen?
The cheapest fare from Portsmouth to Caen is €12.99, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €21.79. 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 Portsmouth to Caen?
The cheapest way from Portsmouth to Caen is by ferry, at €12.99 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 8h 2m 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 Portsmouth to Caen?
Fares from Portsmouth to Caen bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 171 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Portsmouth to Caen?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Portsmouth to Caen, at €16.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Portsmouth to Caen?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Portsmouth to Caen, 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 Portsmouth to Caen?
1 operators sell services from Portsmouth to Caen 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 Portsmouth to Caen?
Every service we sell from Portsmouth to Caen is direct, with around 3 departures a day and a fastest journey of 7h 37m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Portsmouth to Caen use?
Services from Portsmouth to Caen by ferry leave from PORTSMOUTH and arrive at CAEN. 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 Portsmouth to Caen?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Portsmouth to Caen 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Portsmouth to Caen on September 17, 2026: 206 km of route against 187 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €12.99, and 7h 37m 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 Caen a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Caen and across France
Day trips that leave Caen in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Portsmouth reaches 79 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 15 to 849 km. Caen reaches 9 places in 2 countries, from 187 to 1,129 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Portsmouth
- 79Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 7Operators
Arriving in Caen
Leaving Caen
- 9Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 3Operators