Genoa to Olbia runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 19:00 and the last around 21:30. One passenger pays between €23.44 and €51.47, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 5m over 392 km, on services run by 4 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€23.44 to €51.47
- 138%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Genoa
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for 17 September 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 19:00First departure
- 21:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Departures on 28 September 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
23:0505:106h 5m
FlixBus N1503FlixBus-eu2 changes
Genoa (Fanti d'Italia/Principe bus station) → Aeroporto di Olbia (OLB)
Reservation required
Book with FlixBus-eu07:2508:2055m
CAG-GOARYANAIRDirect
Aeroporto di Genova (GOA) → Aeroporto di Cagliari (CAG) (ELMAS)
Reservation requiredStep-free
RYANAIR timetable
Sailings on 17 September 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
19:0007:4512h 45m
GRANDI NAVI VELOCIVessel RHAPSODYDirect
GENOA → OLBIA
from €39.00deck €41.00 €96.00
Vehicles carriedPets carried
21:3008:3011h
MOBY LINESVessel MOBY AKIDirect
GENOA → OLBIA
from €64.10deck €69.10 €156.10
E ticketVehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €39.00 to €156.10 on 17 September 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
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 the operator is charging, by departure date.
17 September 2026
€39.00
GRANDI NAVI VELOCI
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 flight gets you into Olbia. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Olbia for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Genoa to Olbia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €32.2490 days
- €24.5460 days
- €22.3445 days
- €20.6930 days
- €28.3921 days
- €33.8914 days
- €40.497 days
- €44.343 days
- €49.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €20.69.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 138 percent. The dearest point is €49.29, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 Genoa to Olbia and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
01:05 → 05:10
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
392 km
390 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
580,097 → 60,345
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
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
- 85% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 15% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 392 km against 390 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Chiavari, Rapallo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 OLB into Olbia is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Olbia
Settled in advance, so the ride into Olbia costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Olbia is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Olbia
Most of the points near Olbia open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Genoa to Olbia
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 Genoa to Olbia?
The fastest journey from Genoa to Olbia takes 4h 5m door to door, of which 58m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 11h 55m, 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 Genoa to Olbia?
The cheapest fare from Genoa to Olbia is €23.44, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €44.34. 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 Genoa to Olbia?
The cheapest way from Genoa to Olbia is by ferry, at €28.94 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 12h 56m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Genoa to Olbia?
The fastest way from Genoa to Olbia is by flight, at 4h 8m door to door. Only 58m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €51.47.
When should I book Genoa to Olbia?
Fares from Genoa to Olbia bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €20.69. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 138 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Genoa to Olbia?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Genoa to Olbia, at €28.94. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Genoa to Olbia?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Genoa to Olbia, at €20.14 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 Genoa to Olbia?
4 operators sell services from Genoa to Olbia across 2 modes: Grandi Navi Veloci, Grimaldi, Moby, VOLOTEA Airways. 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 Genoa to Olbia?
85 percent of the services we sell from Genoa to Olbia are direct. The rest connect at Chiavari, Rapallo, with about 60 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Genoa to Olbia produce?
Travelling from Genoa to Olbia by ferry produces about 44.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 98.6 kg, roughly 2 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Genoa to Olbia use?
Services from Genoa to Olbia by flight leave from Genoa GOA and arrive at Olbia OLB. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Genoa to Olbia?
3 of the 4 operators we sell from Genoa to Olbia 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.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Genoa to Olbia on 13 September 2026: 392 km of route against 390 km in a straight line, 13 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €23.44, and 4h 5m 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 Olbia a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Olbia and across Italy
Day trips that leave Olbia in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Genoa reaches 127 places in 21 countries on services we hold, over distances from 23 to 2,378 km. Olbia reaches 92 places in 18 countries, from 92 to 4,560 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Genoa
- 127Places you can leave for
- 21Countries
- 32Operators
Arriving in Olbia
Leaving Olbia
- 92Places you can leave for
- 18Countries
- 42Operators