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Balearia

43 crossings between 26 ports in 5 countries. On 18 they are the only operator on the water; on 3 they are the quickest of several; on 5 a rival is faster.

Sailing with Balearia

Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

1 of 2 services marketed as fast actually average over 45 km/h door to door. The other 1 are fast craft on routes with enough calls that the average comes out at conventional speed.

42% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 18 crossings the question is not who is quicker — it is whether you sail. A comparison site showing one result is not showing you a choice.

5 beaten crossings where another operator is quicker on the same water. Their own site cannot tell you this, and a booking engine sorted by price will not.

21 untimed crossings carry no duration anywhere we can source. They are counted in the 43 and left blank in the bars.

Where they are beaten

8 crossings where a rival is faster or the two are level. This is the section an operator would never publish.

Formentera – Ibiza 20 km Balearia 30 min Trasmapi 30 min 16× daily 4 rivals

Alcudia – Ciutadella 61 km Balearia 1 h 15 Menorca Lines 1 h 15 3× daily 2 rivals

Ibiza – Valencia (Bus Station) 163 km Balearia 6 h 15 Grandi Navi Veloci 5 h 52 daily 2 rivals

Almeria – Melilla 177 km Balearia 7 h 01 Naviera Armas 5 h 30 daily 3 rivals

Barcelona – Palma de Mallorca 206 km Balearia 7 h 15 Grandi Navi Veloci 7 h 15 rate not held 5 rivals

Malaga – Melilla 207 km Balearia 7 h 16 Baleària 6 h 00 daily 1 rival

Palma de Mallorca – Valencia (Bus Station) Balearia 7 h 30 Grandi Navi Veloci 7 h 15 daily 2 rivals

Barcelona – Ibiza 281 km Balearia 8 h 45 Grandi Navi Veloci 8 h 30 rate not held 3 rivals

Where they are the only boat

18 crossings with no other operator on record.

Denia – Ibiza 2 h 15 daily 115 km

Denia – Formentera 3 h 30 daily 114 km

Formentera – Palma de Mallorca 3 h 30 daily

Denia – Palma de Mallorca 5 h 00 rate not held 230 km

Denia – Palma de Mallorca 5 h 15 daily

Barcelona – Formentera 10 h 59 rate not held 300 km

Mostaganem – Valencia (Bus Station) 13 h 30 rate not held 393 km

Algiers – Valencia (Bus Station) 18 h 30 rate not held 420 km

Oran – Valencia (Bus Station) 19 h 30 rate not held 417 km

Denia – Ibiza not held rate not held 104 km

Formentera – Palma de Mallorca not held rate not held 138 km

Sete – Tangier Med not held rate not held 1150 km

Motril – Tangier Med not held rate not held 202 km

Malaga – Tangier Med not held rate not held 136 km

Al Hoceima – Sete not held rate not held 1118 km

Palma de Mallorca – Tarragona not held rate not held 210 km

Denia – San Antonio not held rate not held

Malaga – Tanger Med not held rate not held

Which months they sail

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Balearia crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

Where our records stop

No fares. Every comparison on this page is time and frequency only, and the fast-versus-conventional decision is mostly a price decision.

No departure times. 14 of 43 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

No vessels. We hold a fast/conventional class and no ship names.