Ferries across Europe
NaN routes and 173 operators across 28 countries Fares and travel times below come from the same engine that answers the search box.
16,348 Ferries routes run across Europe, reaching 506 places in 28 countries through 173 operators On the 16 busiest of them, priced on October 6, 2026, the cheapest fare is €11.88 and the fastest trip is 2h 9m door to door. A median route runs 277 km.
Ferries in Europe, in numbers
What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.
- 16,348Routes we sell
- 4,087Corridors
- 506Places served
- 28Countries
- 173Operators
- 14,136Domestic routes
- 1,740Cross border routes
- 472Routes out of the region
- 277 kmMedian route
- 1,308 kmLongest route
How the modes compare across Europe
Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in Europe, priced on October 6, 2026 for one passenger.
The corridors that matter in Europe
Ranked by how much service actually runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positano to Amalfi ferry | €11.88 | 2h 9m | 10 km |
| Playa Blanca to Corralejo ferry | €11.88 | 2h 19m | 15 km |
| San Sebastián de la Gomera to Santa Cruz de Tenerife ferry | €11.88 | 4h 44m | 94 km |
| Mykonos to Rafína ferry | €11.88 | 5h 57m | 133 km |
| Andros to Mykonos ferry | €11.88 | 3h 33m | 56 km |
| East Cowes to Southampton ferry | €11.88 | 2h 24m | 18 km |
| Catania to Palermo ferry | €13.54 | 6h 39m | 165 km |
| Turku to Stockholm ferry | €16.29 | 9h 19m | 265 km |
| Ajaccio to Marseille ferry | €17.94 | 10h 41m | 315 km |
| Heraklion to Piraeus ferry | €19.59 | 11h 17m | 320 km |
| Alicante to Valencia ferry | €21.77 | 5h 16m | 126 km |
| Toulon to Marseille ferry | €21.77 | 5h 47m | 48 km |
| Le Havre to Bordeaux ferry | €33.89 | 18h 31m | 520 km |
| Rimini to Cagliari ferry | €39.94 | 19h 22m | 608 km |
| Bilbao to Málaga ferry | None | None | 739 km |
| Bilbao to Barcelona ferry | None | None | 467 km |
Countries in Europe
Every country in Europe we sell in, most routes first.
| Country | Routes | Places | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 4,676 | 83 | 16 |
| United Kingdom | 3,508 | 93 | 13 |
| Italy | 3,084 | 114 | 44 |
| Sweden | 1,708 | 65 | 21 |
| France | 1,660 | 78 | 18 |
| Greece | 1,356 | 73 | 49 |
| Denmark | 468 | 42 | 8 |
| Germany | 340 | 61 | 16 |
| Finland | 216 | 19 | 5 |
| Norway | 192 | 28 | 7 |
| Poland | 152 | 25 | 7 |
| Croatia | 140 | 29 | 11 |
| Netherlands | 124 | 27 | 9 |
| Albania | 104 | 16 | 5 |
| Lithuania | 88 | 23 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 84 | 22 | 8 |
| Russia | 48 | 15 | 3 |
| Austria | 32 | 8 | 4 |
| Ireland | 28 | 9 | 3 |
| Slovakia | 24 | 5 | 2 |
| Estonia | 20 | 6 | 3 |
| Belgium | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Montenegro | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Czechia | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Isle of Man | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Latvia | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Malta | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Portugal | 4 | 2 | 1 |
When to book in Europe
The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in Europe.
- €21.243 days
- €16.567 days
- €14.0921 days
- €14.3645 days
- €14.0984 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €14.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 34 percent. The most expensive point is €21.24, 3 days out.
How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell by Ferries, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 6,088 | 37% | Maiori, 1 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 7,800 | 48% | Agde, 200 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 2,460 | 15% | Anglet, 600 km |
Ferry operators
The carriers with the largest networks inside Europe.
Ferry destinations
Other ways to travel across Europe
Common questions about Ferries across Europe
How many Ferries routes does Orlero sell across Europe?
16,348 of them, across 28 countries reaching 506 places through 173 operators
How much does travelling by Ferries cost in Europe?
On the 16 busiest Ferries corridors in Europe, priced on October 6, 2026, the lowest fare is €11.88 and the median is €14.92.
Is Ferries the fastest way across Europe?
On the corridors we priced, ferry takes a median of 5h 52m door to door, against 4h 9m by Train. Both figures include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end.
Which countries in Europe have Ferries routes we sell?
Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden, France, Greece, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Norway, Poland, Croatia, Netherlands, Albania, Lithuania, Switzerland, Russia, Austria, Ireland, Slovakia, Estonia, Belgium, Montenegro, Czechia, Isle of Man, Latvia, Malta, Portugal.
Who runs the Ferries services in Europe?
Grimaldi, Brittany Ferries, Baleària, Strömma Turism & Sjöfart, Blue Star, Hellenic Seaways, among 173 carriers we sell across Europe.
When should I book travel across Europe?
Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 21 days before departure. Booking then rather than 3 days ahead was 34 percent cheaper on this sample.
How far apart are the places we sell in Europe?
The median route runs 277 km in a straight line and the shortest is 1 km. The longest we sell is 1,308 km, from Huelva to Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
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.
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
- Regions
- A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
- The sample
- Fares, travel times and carbon are measured on the 16 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.