Palermo to Formia ferry
Ferries from Palermo to Formia start at €27.29 and take 13h 16m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Palermo to Formia starts at €27.29 and takes 13h 16m door to door, run by 1 operator over 367 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 13h 16mDoor to door
- 11h 46mMoving
- €27.29From
- 42.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €25.64 | 12h 17m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
Formia is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere central works. We still do not sell the room.
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When to book Palermo to Formia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.9790 days
- €23.9960 days
- €19.5945 days
- €26.5730 days
- €29.3221 days
- €31.5214 days
- €38.677 days
- €39.393 days
- €45.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €19.59.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 134 percent. The dearest point is €45.83, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €32.24Sun
- €32.62Mon
- €27.29Tue
- €28.94Wed
- €36.64Thu
- €31.52Fri
- €33.72Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Palermo
- Palermo Stazione Marittima
- Palermo (Liberty Lines)
Formia
- Formia
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 367 km against 350 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Pozzuoli, Bacoli, Naples, Ischia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Palermo at 06:07 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Palermo to Formia
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Ferry from Palermo to Formia take?
The Ferry from Palermo to Formia takes 13h 16m door to door, of which 11h 46m is spent moving. The route runs 367 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Ferry from Palermo to Formia cost?
The Ferry from Palermo to Formia starts at €27.29 for one passenger, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare is €35.81. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Palermo to Formia?
1 operators run the Ferry from Palermo to Formia: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 4 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Ferry from Palermo to Formia use?
The Ferry from Palermo to Formia leaves from Palermo Stazione Marittima and arrives at Formia. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Ferry from Palermo to Formia?
Fares for the Ferry from Palermo to Formia bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €19.59. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 134 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Palermo to Formia produce?
The Ferry from Palermo to Formia produces about 42.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 367 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Palermo to Formia?
Operators on the Ferry from Palermo to Formia publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 13h 16m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Palermo to Formia on 11 September 2026: 367 km of route against 350 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €27.29, and 13h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Being on the water gives Formia a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Anything to book in Formia before you go?
Day trips that leave Formia in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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