Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa ferry

Ferries from Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa start at €15.74 and take 8h 44m at their fastest.

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The Rabbit islet (Isola dei Conigli) located close to the Lampedusa island in the central part of the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Italian Pelagie Islands.

The Ferries from Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa starts at €15.74 and takes 8h 44m door to door, run by 1 operator over 226 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 11 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 44mDoor to door
  • 7h 14mMoving
  • €17.39 to €36.09From
  • 06:26 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 5.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 11 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€17.39 to €36.09 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Siremar runs this service and does not sell it here. Direct Ferries takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Direct Ferries holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €32.79Mon21
  2. about €34.99Tue22
  3. about €27.29Wed23
  4. about €33.89Thu24
  5. about €36.09Fri25
  6. about €36.09Sat26
  7. about €27.29Sun27
  8. about €17.39Mon28
  9. about €17.39Tue29
  10. about €25.09Wed30
  11. about €26.74Thu1
  12. about €25.64Fri2
  13. about €25.64Sat3
  14. about €23.44Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 11 October 2026

Cheapest€15.74
  1. Siremar S156906:267h 14m13:40PORTO EMPEDOCLELAMPEDUSA

Door to door 8h 44mCO2 5.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€39.38
  1. Grimaldi G269407:303h 6m10:36PORTO EMPEDOCLEPALERMO
  2. DAT Danish Air Transport DA395511:5749m12:46Falcone-Borsellino Airport PMOLampedusa Airport LMP

Changes at Palermo, with 81 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 7h 36mCO2 66.4 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Siremar€15.748h 13m33 km/hChangeableBar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets

The ferry gets you into Lampedusa. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Lampedusa for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €18.4990 days
  2. €15.7460 days
  3. €16.2945 days
  4. €16.2930 days
  5. €15.7421 days
  6. €23.4414 days
  7. €27.297 days
  8. €27.293 days
  9. €32.791 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.74.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 108 percent. The dearest point is €32.79, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €23.44Sun
  2. €17.39Mon
  3. €17.39Tue
  4. €25.09Wed
  5. €26.74Thu
  6. €25.64Fri
  7. €25.64Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Porto Empedocle

Ferry
  • PORTO EMPEDOCLE
  • Porto Empedocle

Lampedusa

Ferry
  • LAMPEDUSA
  • Lampedusa
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 226 km against 215 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 Palermo, Catania. The gap between arriving and leaving is 81 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Porto Empedocle at 06:26 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa

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 Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa take?

The Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa takes 8h 44m door to door, of which 7h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 226 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 Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa cost?

The Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa starts at €15.74 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €39.38. 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 Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa?

1 operators run the Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa: Siremar. Between them they file around 3 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 Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa use?

The Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa leaves from PORTO EMPEDOCLE and arrives at LAMPEDUSA. 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 Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa?

Fares for the Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.74. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 108 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa produce?

The Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa produces about 5.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 226 km, which works out at roughly 23 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 Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa?

Operators on the Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 44m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa on 20 September 2026: 226 km of route against 215 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €15.74, and 8h 44m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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