Portugalete to Motril runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:24 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €45.99, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 23h 39m over 768 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €45.99, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€45.99
- 178%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Portugalete
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.
- 06:24First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Grimaldi 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 €116.94Sun20
- about €91.09Mon21
- about €83.94Tue22
- about €71.29Wed23
- about €93.29Thu24
- about €96.03Fri25
- about €86.69Sat26
- about €77.89Sun27
- about €66.88Mon28
- about €61.39Tue29
- about €60.29Wed30
- about €64.69Thu1
- about €84.49Fri2
- about €66.34Sat3
- about €55.89Sun4
- about €51.49Mon5
- about €45.99Tue6
- about €54.24Wed7
- about €57.54Thu8
- about €53.69Fri9
- about €66.34Sat10
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 Motril. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Motril for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Estación de Autobuses de Motril and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Portugalete to Motril
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €63.0490 days
- €42.1460 days
- €43.2345 days
- €46.5430 days
- €66.3421 days
- €66.3414 days
- €86.697 days
- €83.943 days
- €116.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €42.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 178 percent. The most expensive point is €116.94, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Portugalete to Motril 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
768 km
732 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
45,826 → 60,592
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 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 768 km against 732 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 Bermeo, Santander, Toledo, Almería. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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
Motril is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Estación de Autobuses de Motril
Most of the points near Estación de Autobuses de Motril open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Portugalete to Motril
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 Portugalete to Motril?
The fastest journey from Portugalete to Motril takes 23h 39m door to door, of which 25h 20m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 25h 5m, 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 Portugalete to Motril?
The cheapest fare from Portugalete to Motril is €45.99, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €70.19. 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 Portugalete to Motril?
The cheapest way from Portugalete to Motril is by ferry, at €45.99 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 26h 50m 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 Portugalete to Motril?
Fares from Portugalete to Motril bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €42.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 178 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Portugalete to Motril?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Portugalete to Motril, at €60.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Portugalete to Motril?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Portugalete to Motril, at €39.39 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 Portugalete to Motril?
No operator record names Portugalete to Motril directly. Grimaldi publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Portugalete to Motril?
20 percent of the services we sell from Portugalete to Motril are direct. The rest connect at Bermeo, Santander, Toledo, Almería, with about 47 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 Portugalete to Motril use?
Services from Portugalete to Motril by ferry leave from Portugalete and arrive at Estación Marítima de Motril. 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 Portugalete to Motril?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Portugalete to Motril 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 Portugalete to Motril on September 19, 2026: 768 km of route against 732 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €45.99, and 23h 39m 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 Motril a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Motril and across Spain
Day trips that leave Motril in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Portugalete reaches 34 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 27 to 849 km. Motril reaches 53 places in 2 countries, from 80 to 776 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Portugalete
- 34Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Motril
Leaving Motril
- 53Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 3Operators