Port of Algeciras

The ferries leave from the Estación Marítima, the ferry terminal, a 12,000 m² building. The ground floor has ticket sales, the ferry companies' offices, shops and the arrivals halls; upstairs are the café, the luggage, passport and ticket checks and the boarding lounges.

The port authority does not say whether there is a bureau de change or left-luggage office in the terminal.

There is a long-stay car park with 810 spaces on three levels, less than five minutes' walk from the ferry terminal, and an express car park right opposite. They are run by a private operator and the port authority does not publish the rates: check them beforehand if you plan to leave the car for several days.

The ground floor of the long-stay car park is open-plan and is used to marshal vehicles for boarding.

The port does not publish a recommendation of its own: the ferry company decides. For Tanger Med, Baleària asks for 60 minutes without a vehicle and 2 hours with one; DFDS recommends 90 minutes; AML, 2 hours, or 3 in very busy periods.

In summer the times change: in its 2026 peak-period notice, Baleària asked for 5 hours and a dated (closed) ticket to enter the boarding area.

Algeciras is the busiest port in the operation: in the first month of the 2026 operation 357,590 passengers and 100,047 vehicles passed through it, of which 250,504 passengers and 75,700 vehicles were on the Tanger Med route.

On critical days the authorities can activate ticket interchangeability, which lets you board the first available ship whatever the company. We explain it in the guide to the Paso del Estrecho.

As well as Tanger Med, the ferries to Ceuta leave from Algeciras and take about an hour. It is a domestic route, and from Ceuta you enter Morocco across the Tarajal land border. See the alternatives via Ceuta and Melilla.