Cheapest€11.88
- Alilauro Gruson AG789506:0137m06:38SORRENTOPOSITANO
Door to door 2h 7mCO2 1.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Sorrento to Positano ferry
Ferries from Sorrento to Positano start at €11.88 and take 2h 7m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Sorrento to Positano on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Sorrento to Positano starts at €11.88 and takes 2h 7m door to door, run by 5 operators over 10 km, with around 80 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 2h 7mDoor to door
- 37mMoving
- €11.88From
- 08:50 to 19:40First and last departure
- 16Per day
- 1.1 kgCO2
First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for 17 September 2026, across 16 services on the day.
Sailings on 17 September 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
08:5009:3040m
ALILAURO GRUSONVessel ALILAURO GRUSONDirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €20.00deck €23.50
09:0010:251h 25m
NLGVessel NLG JETDirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €21.50 €25.00 €27.00
09:1510:0550m
ALILAURO GRUSONVessel ALILAURO GRUSONDirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €20.00deck €23.50
09:3010:1040m
NLGVessel PICASSODirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €21.50 €25.00 €27.00
10:1011:0050m
SEREMARVessel BENEDETTA IIDirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €20.00deck €23.50
10:3011:0030m
ALILAURO GRUSONVessel ALILAURO GRUSONDirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €20.00deck €23.50
11:0011:3535m
NLGVessel NLG JETDirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €21.50 €25.00 €27.00
12:0512:4035m
SEREMARVessel SEREMARDirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €19.00deck €22.50
12:2513:0540m
NLGVessel PICASSODirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €21.50 €25.00 €27.00
13:0013:5555m
COASTLINESVessel COASTLINESDirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €18.00deck €23.00
14:5515:3540m
ALILAURO GRUSONVessel ALILAURO GRUSONDirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €20.00deck €23.50
15:1515:5540m
NLGVessel PICASSODirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €21.50 €25.00 €27.00
16:1017:351h 25m
NLGVessel NLG JETDirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €21.50 €25.00 €27.00
17:1018:0050m
COASTLINESVessel COASTLINESDirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €18.00deck €23.00
17:3518:1035m
ALILAURO GRUSONVessel ALILAURO GRUSONDirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €20.00deck €23.50
19:4020:2040m
POSITANO JETVessel POSITANOJETDirect
SORRENTO → POSITANO
from €15.00 €18.00 €20.24
Fares by date
What the operator is charging, by departure date.
17 September 2026
€15.00
ALILAURO GRUSON
This crossing was checked for one date, and that is the only date we hold a fare for. The operator sells the rest of the season.
The cheapest and the fastest on 15 September 2026
Ferry operators
| Operator | On board |
|---|---|
| Alilauro Gruson | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
| Coastlines | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
 NLG | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
| Positano Jet | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
| Seremar | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
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When to book Sorrento to Positano
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
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- €11.8830 days
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- €11.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 0 percent. The dearest point is €11.88, 90 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €11.88Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.88Wed
- €11.88Thu
- €11.88Fri
- €11.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Sorrento
Ferry
- SORRENTO
Positano
Ferry
- POSITANO
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 10 km against 9 km in a straight line, a detour of 11 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Sorrento at 06:01 and the last at 21:54, across 80 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Sorrento to Positano
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 Sorrento to Positano take?
The Ferry from Sorrento to Positano takes 2h 7m door to door, of which 37m is spent moving. The route runs 10 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 Sorrento to Positano cost?
The Ferry from Sorrento to Positano starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €11.88. 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 Sorrento to Positano?
5 operators run the Ferry from Sorrento to Positano: Alilauro Gruson, Coastlines, NLG, Positano Jet, Seremar. Between them they file around 80 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 Sorrento to Positano use?
The Ferry from Sorrento to Positano leaves from SORRENTO and arrives at POSITANO. 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 Sorrento to Positano?
Fares for the Ferry from Sorrento to Positano bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 0 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Sorrento to Positano produce?
The Ferry from Sorrento to Positano produces about 1.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 10 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 Sorrento to Positano?
Operators on the Ferry from Sorrento to Positano publish Bar, , Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 7m 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Sorrento to Positano on 14 September 2026: 10 km of route against 9 km in a straight line, 80 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 2h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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