Rosslare to Bilbao runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 23:59 and the last around 23:59. One passenger pays between €69.64 and €84.49, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 33h 54m over 1,138 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
€69.64 to €84.49
- 159%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Rosslare
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for September 25, 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 23:59First departure
- 23:59Last departure
- 1Services 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.
15:0006:0039h
IE ORK-FR ROSBrittany Ferries3 changes
Cork → Bilbao (Bus Station)
Bikes carriedStep-free
Brittany Ferries timetable15:0020:4029h 40m
IE ORK-FR ROSBrittany Ferries4 changes
Cork → Bilbao (Bus Station)
Bikes carriedStep-free
Brittany Ferries timetable
Sailings on September 25, 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
23:5908:0032h 1m
BRITTANY FERRIESVessel SANTONADirect
ROSSLARE → BILBAO
from €110.00seatdeck €194.00 €233.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €110.00 to €233.00 on September 25, 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 25, 2026
€110.00
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 Bilbao. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bilbao for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Rosslare to Bilbao
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €87.7990 days
- €87.7960 days
- €82.2945 days
- €89.9930 days
- €71.2921 days
- €84.4914 days
- €97.697 days
- €132.893 days
- €184.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €71.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 159 percent. The most expensive point is €184.59, 1 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 Rosslare to Bilbao and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
16:00 → 02:54
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
1,138 km
1,034 km as the crow flies, 10% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
1,547 → 347,342
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 actually 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 1,138 km against 1,034 km in a straight line, a detour of 10 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from BIO into Bilbao is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Bilbao
Settled in advance, so the ride into Bilbao 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 Bilbao Abando
Most of the points near Bilbao Abando open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Rosslare to Bilbao
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 Rosslare to Bilbao?
The fastest journey from Rosslare to Bilbao takes 33h 54m door to door, of which 32h 24m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 36h 15m, 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 Rosslare to Bilbao?
The cheapest fare from Rosslare to Bilbao is €69.64, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €103.74. 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 Rosslare to Bilbao?
The cheapest way from Rosslare to Bilbao is by ferry, at €84.49 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 33h 54m 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 Rosslare to Bilbao?
Fares from Rosslare to Bilbao bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €71.29. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 159 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 Rosslare to Bilbao?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Rosslare to Bilbao, at €84.49. 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 Rosslare to Bilbao?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Rosslare to Bilbao, at €57.54 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 Rosslare to Bilbao?
1 operators sell services from Rosslare to Bilbao 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 Rosslare to Bilbao?
Every service we sell from Rosslare to Bilbao is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 33h 54m 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 Rosslare to Bilbao use?
Services from Rosslare to Bilbao by ferry leave from ROSSLARE and arrive at BILBAO. 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 Rosslare to Bilbao?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Rosslare to Bilbao 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 Rosslare to Bilbao on September 15, 2026: 1138 km of route against 1034 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €69.64, and 33h 54m 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 Bilbao a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Bilbao and across Spain
Day trips that leave Bilbao in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Rosslare reaches 4 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 101 to 1,034 km. Bilbao reaches 148 places in 24 countries, from 24 to 3,759 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Rosslare
- 4Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Bilbao
Leaving Bilbao
- 148Places you can leave for
- 24Countries
- 45Operators