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Sète to Barcelona

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Sète to Barcelona. From €18.49, fastest 9h 27m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Sète to Barcelona costs €18.49 at the cheapest and takes 9h 27m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 270 km. Cheapest is by Ferry, fastest is by Ferry.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 23, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
270 km
Fastest
9h 27m
Average
9h 57m
Services per day
3
Cheapest
€18.49
CO2 per passenger
31.1 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 23, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Ferry10h 43m9h 13m1h 30m€18.4931.1 kg3
  • 10h 43mFastest, by Ferry
  • €18.49Cheapest, by Ferry
  • 31.1 kgLowest CO2, by Ferry
  • 270 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 23, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€18.49
  1. Grimaldi G369106:279h 13m15:40accès ferry marocBarcelona Moll de Barcelona

Door to door 10h 43mCO2 31.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€50.94
  1. Grimaldi G515607:304h 30m12:00accès ferry marocMarseille Gare Maritime
  2. SNCF SN753513:222h 27m15:49Marseille Saint CharlesBarcelona Sants

Changes at Marseille, with 82 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 9h 26mCO2 27.7 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Today's real departures
OperatorServiceDepartsArrivesTakes
Keolis Bassin de Thau2 changes308:5812:323h 44m
Keolis Bassin de Thau4 changes309:5814:485h
Keolis Bassin de Thau2 changes310:5816:405h 52m
Keolis Bassin de Thau3 changes310:5815:394h 51m
Keolis Bassin de Thau5 changes1111:0415:394h 46m
Keolis Bassin de Thau3 changes311:1816:185h 10m

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Sète to Barcelona
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Sète to BarcelonaThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23
Ferry€47.09€41.04€38.84€37.19€29.49€24.54€25.09€26.19€30.59€34.44€24.54€28.39€20.69€18.49

Cheapest day: 2026-09-23 · €18.49

The trip ends at Barcelona Sants. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Barcelona

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Booking window

When to book Sète to Barcelona

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €20.6990 days
  2. €19.5960 days
  3. €22.3445 days
  4. €17.3930 days
  5. €21.7921 days
  6. €18.4914 days
  7. €25.097 days
  8. €38.843 days
  9. €47.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €17.39.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 171 percent. The most expensive point is €47.09, 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.
€47.09€17.391371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €24.54Sun
  2. €28.39Mon
  3. €20.69Tue
  4. €21.79Wed
  5. €26.19Thu
  6. €30.59Fri
  7. €34.44Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €24.54Sep
  2. €22.34Oct
  3. €19.59Nov
  4. €16.84Dec
  5. €16.29Jan
  6. €15.19Feb

The route

SèteSèteBarcelonaBarcelona
The journey

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
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 270 km against 257 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 Marseille, Agde. The gap between arriving and leaving is 82 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Sète at 06:27 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Sète

Rail
  • Gare de Sète
  • Sète
  • St-Pons
Bus
  • Pôle d'échanges multimodal Sète parvis sud
  • Gare routière d'échanges multimodal de Balaruc-le-Vieux
Ferry
  • accès ferry maroc
  • ligne ferry maroc;Corsica Ferris

Barcelona

Rail
  • Barcelona Sants
  • Barcelona-Sagrera
  • Barcelona-El Port station
Bus
  • Barcelona Nord
  • Estació d'Autobusos Barcelona Nord
Air
  • BCN
  • GRO
  • REU
Ferry
  • Barcelona Moll de Barcelona
  • Barcelona

BCN is not in Barcelona, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from BCN into Barcelona?

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Grimaldi€18.499h 27m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • Grimaldi
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Ferry fare we sell on 2026-09-23, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€15.0081%
Taxes€1.508%
Our service fee€1.9911%
Total you pay€18.49100%

We cannot promise Barcelona Sants still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Barcelona?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Sète 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 Sète to Barcelona?

The fastest journey from Sète to Barcelona takes 9h 27m door to door, of which 9h 13m is spent moving, on the Ferry. Most services take around 9h 57m, 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 Sète to Barcelona?

The cheapest fare from Sète to Barcelona is €18.49, checked on September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €25.09. 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 Sète to Barcelona?

The cheapest way from Sète to Barcelona is by Ferry, at €18.49 for one passenger on September 23, 2026. That journey takes 10h 43m 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 Sète to Barcelona?

Fares from Sète to Barcelona bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €17.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 171 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Sète to Barcelona?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Sète to Barcelona, at €20.69. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Sète to Barcelona?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Sète to Barcelona, at €15.19 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 Sète to Barcelona?

1 operators sell services from Sète to Barcelona across 1 modes: 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 Sète to Barcelona?

33 percent of the services we sell from Sète to Barcelona are direct. The rest connect at Marseille, Agde, with about 82 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 Sète to Barcelona use?

Services from Sète to Barcelona by Ferry leave from accès ferry maroc and arrive at Barcelona Moll de 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 Sète to Barcelona?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Sète 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

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.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Sète to Barcelona on September 9, 2026: 270 km of route against 257 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €18.49, and 9h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The ferry is the simple part. What you do once you are in Barcelona is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Barcelona

Day trips that leave Barcelona in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.

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