Cheapest€11.88
- Grimaldi G256106:245h 7m11:31PORTO EMPEDOCLEPANTELLERIA
Door to door 6h 37mCO2 3.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Porto Empedocle to Pantelleria ferry
Ferries from Porto Empedocle to Pantelleria start at €11.88 and take 6h 37m at their fastest.
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The Ferries from Porto Empedocle to Pantelleria starts at €11.88 and takes 6h 37m door to door, run by 1 operator over 157 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 6h 37mDoor to door
- 5h 7mMoving
- €14.09 to €29.49From
- 06:24 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 3.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€14.09 to €29.49 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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Book your crossing
Grimaldi 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
- about €29.49Mon21
- about €18.49Tue22
- about €19.59Wed23
- about €20.69Thu24
- about €25.09Fri25
- about €19.59Sat26
- about €21.24Sun27
- about €17.39Mon28
- about €14.09Tue29
- about €15.74Wed30
- about €14.64Thu1
- about €19.59Fri2
- about €15.19Sat3
- about €17.39Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €11.88 | 6h 17m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
The ferry gets you into Pantelleria. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Pantelleria for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Porto Empedocle to Pantelleria
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.6490 days
- €12.9960 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €15.1921 days
- €17.3914 days
- €21.247 days
- €19.593 days
- €29.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 148 percent. The dearest point is €29.49, 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.
- €17.39Sun
- €17.39Mon
- €14.09Tue
- €15.74Wed
- €14.64Thu
- €19.59Fri
- €15.74Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Porto Empedocle
Ferry
- PORTO EMPEDOCLE
- Porto Empedocle
Pantelleria
Ferry
- PANTELLERIA
- Pantelleria
What the journey looks like
- 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 157 km against 149 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, Mazara del Vallo, Trapani, Marsala. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Porto Empedocle at 06:24 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Porto Empedocle to Pantelleria
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 Pantelleria take?
The Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Pantelleria takes 6h 37m door to door, of which 5h 7m is spent moving. The route runs 157 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 Pantelleria cost?
The Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Pantelleria starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €21.77. 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 Pantelleria?
1 operators run the Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Pantelleria: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 5 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 Pantelleria use?
The Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Pantelleria leaves from PORTO EMPEDOCLE and arrives at PANTELLERIA. 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 Pantelleria?
Fares for the Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Pantelleria bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 148 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 Pantelleria produce?
The Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Pantelleria produces about 3.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 157 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 Pantelleria?
Operators on the Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Pantelleria publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 37m 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.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
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 Pantelleria on 20 September 2026: 157 km of route against 149 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 6h 37m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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