Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:07 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €24.54 and €26.74, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 11h 50m over 355 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€24.54 to €26.74
- 58%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Cava de' Tirreni
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:07First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Grimaldi runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this journey
AFerry 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 €38.29Tue15
- about €49.29Wed16
- about €42.14Thu17
- about €48.74Fri18
- about €54.79Sat19
- about €38.84Sun20
- about €36.64Mon21
- about €26.74Tue22
- about €27.84Wed23
- about €35.54Thu24
- about €42.13Fri25
- about €33.34Sat26
- about €37.19Sun27
- about €31.14Mon28
- about €24.54Tue29
- about €28.39Wed30
- about €26.19Thu1
- about €34.99Fri2
- about €26.74Sat3
- about €31.14Sun4
- about €28.39Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The ferry gets you into Ancona. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Ancona for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €33.8990 days
- €26.7460 days
- €28.9445 days
- €26.7430 days
- €28.3921 days
- €31.1414 days
- €36.647 days
- €42.143 days
- €38.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 58 percent. The dearest point is €42.14, 3 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
355 km
338 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
53,130 → 89,994
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 355 km against 338 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 Gragnano. The gap between arriving and leaving is 100 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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.
The fare from AOI into Ancona is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Ancona
Settled in advance, so the ride into Ancona costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Ancona is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Ancona Centrale
Most of the points near Ancona Centrale open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona
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 it take to get from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona?
The fastest journey from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona takes 11h 50m door to door, of which 10h 29m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 12h 26m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona?
The cheapest fare from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona is €24.54, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €34.99. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona?
The cheapest way from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona is by ferry, at €26.74 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 11h 59m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona?
Fares from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €26.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 58 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona, at €26.74. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona, at €19.04 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona?
1 operators sell services from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona across 1 mode: Grimaldi. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona?
50 percent of the services we sell from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona are direct. The rest connect at Gragnano, with about 100 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona use?
Services from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona by ferry leave from Maiori and arrive at ANCONA. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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 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.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cava de' Tirreni to Ancona on 14 September 2026: 355 km of route against 338 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €24.54, and 11h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Ancona a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Ancona and across Italy
Day trips that leave Ancona in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Cava de' Tirreni reaches 39 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 16 to 662 km. Ancona reaches 71 places in 10 countries, from 91 to 1,463 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Cava de' Tirreni
- 39Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Ancona
Leaving Ancona
- 71Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 19Operators