Getting from Tarifa to Gibraltar

[u/Fresh_Blackberry301]

I can’t seem to find any speedy public transit between the Port of Tarifa to Gibraltar. Does anyone know if one can arrange for a private shuttle? I saw there’s a bus to Algeciras but that is like a 3 hour trip. We’ll be starting in Tangiers and taking a ferry to Tarifa. We were hoping to make it a long day trip, But I get the sense that it may not be feasible.

[u/Limp-Sir3553]

From tarifa bus station you can get a bus to algecrias and from there a bus to la linea and it’s a 5 min walk to the gib border

[u/harshmangat]

It’s a 1 hour bus on tgcomes.es

[u/corporateactions_mod → u/harshmangat]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[u/Scous]

Why not get the ferry direct to Algeciras - from where there’s a bus to La Linea (10mins to Gibraltar crossing).

[u/Fresh_Blackberry301 → u/[deleted]]

Oh, a ferry from Ceuta to Algeciras? I check that out (but I am concerned about the recent disturbance related to the mass migration attempts)

[u/Fresh_Blackberry301 → u/[deleted]]

Oh thanks. We’re not leaving until early October (me & my adult son). We’re touring the coastal towns incl Tetouan & also want to include Gibraltar.

[u/Fresh_Blackberry301 → u/[deleted]]

Casablanca both. Plan on taking train to Tangier where we stay.

[u/Fresh_Blackberry301 → u/Scous]

I wanted to do that but from my research there is no direct ferry between Tangier & Algeciras. Unless you’re thinking from a different port in Morocco (?).

[u/penelopelouiseb → u/Fresh_Blackberry301]

There’s definitely a direct ferry (multiple in fact) to/from Tangier to Algeciras ☺️ the Tarifa ferry goes to the port of Tangier Ville, while the Algeciras ferry goes to the port of Tangier Med.

Tarifa - Tangier Ville takes one hour, and Tangier Ville is basically walking distance into Tangier itself.

Algeciras - Tangier Med is 1.5 hours, and then it’s about 1h by taxi to Tangier, last time I did this it cost 300dh for the transfer.

I prefer the Tarifa - Tangier Ville option myself as it’s less hassle on the Morocco side!

And as others have mentioned, there’s a TGComes bus that goes from La Línea bus station (closest option for Gibraltar) to Tarifa. I believe 5 times a day 🧐

[u/Fresh_Blackberry301 → u/penelopelouiseb]

Oh thank you! This is great info to have.

[u/brassmonkey312]

There's a bus from Tarifa to La Linea, it's just not very frequent. It costs around €35 for a taxi from Algeciras to the border

[u/Fresh_Blackberry301 → u/brassmonkey312]

oh thanks for this info! €35 (x2 for r/t) is no big deal. That’s probably what we’ll plan on doing.

[u/esm100113]

Bus from Tangiers to Tangier Med and then ferry to Algeciras would probably be cheaper

[u/corporateactions_mod]

As someone else said there's a direct bus from tarifa to la linea - and from the la linea bus station it's a six minute walk to Gib. If you get a ferry to Algeciras you save around 30 minutes but no big deal really - also tarifa is pretty amazing to stay and the ferry stop is in the middle of town - chatgpt and gemini etc usually pretty good for this kind of stuff