Barcelona to Mallorca Ferry – Live Timetable 2026

Key facts at a glance

A real day on the route: all five sailings

The live search above always pulls current departures. If you just want a feel for the route before you pick a date, here is one full day in the shoulder season – Thursday, 3 September 2026, with every direct sailing from Barcelona to Palma.

Snapshot taken on 24 August 2026. Prices are per person for two adults travelling with a car – the cheapest fare offered for that sailing at the time. Fares move with demand and season, so treat them as an order of magnitude, not a quote. Four of the five crossings run overnight; only the Margarita Salas sails in daylight.

The three operators, and what actually separates them

Baleària – the only daytime option

Baleària is the one operator running a fast ferry, the Margarita Salas, which covers Barcelona–Palma and Barcelona–Alcúdia in 3.5 hours each. That is the single biggest reason to look past the overnight boats: you keep the night and still land with the afternoon ahead of you. On board there is an outdoor terrace with its own bar, a children’s area, a supervised pet area with pet-friendly seats, and a private Executive Lounge for up to six guests with catering included. Baleària also runs conventional night ferries with private cabins to both Palma and Alcúdia, and quotes fares from €40 (€10 for residents of the islands). The night boat on this run, the Abel Matutes, is powered by LNG rather than heavy fuel oil – the cleanest ship on the route, and a point none of the booking portals will tell you.

Trasmed – the straightforward night crossing

Trasmed sails overnight to Palma in about seven hours with cabins on board. On our sample day the Ciudad de Palma left Barcelona at 22:30 and docked at 05:30 – late enough for dinner in the city beforehand, early enough to be on the road in Mallorca before the morning traffic.

GNV – usually the cheapest ticket

GNV consistently offers the lowest fares on this route and advertises tickets from €15. The trade-off is time: on our sample day the Tenacia took 8.5 hours, the slowest crossing of the five, leaving at 21:30 and arriving at 06:00. GNV itself quotes 6 h 15 for Barcelona–Palma and 6 h 30 on the return, so the sailing time varies noticeably by ship and day – worth checking the individual departure rather than assuming.

Palma or Alcúdia?

Baleària is the only one of the three serving both ports; on the sailings we checked, Trasmed and GNV called at Palma. Palma sits on the south coast and suits the island’s southern and eastern half. Alcúdia is up on the north coast and saves roughly an hour of driving if you are heading for Pollença, the Serra de Tramuntana or the northern beaches – and the fast ferry reaches it in the same 3.5 hours.