La Spezia to Porto Empedocle runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:24 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €51.49, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 26h over 860 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €51.49, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€51.49
- 197%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving La Spezia
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:24First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Departure times on this route
12Go lists the departures it sells between La Spezia and Porto Empedocle.
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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 €136.74Mon21
- about €93.84Tue22
- about €97.69Wed23
- about €103.74Thu24
- about €98.24Fri25
- about €97.14Sat26
- about €91.64Sun27
- about €76.79Mon28
- about €68.54Tue29
- about €68.53Wed30
- about €72.39Thu1
- about €86.14Fri2
- about €74.04Sat3
- about €70.19Sun4
- about €58.63Mon5
- about €51.49Tue6
- about €59.74Wed7
- about €64.14Thu8
- about €59.74Fri9
- about €70.74Sat10
- about €67.98Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The ferry gets you into Porto Empedocle. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Porto Empedocle for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book La Spezia to Porto Empedocle
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €70.7490 days
- €61.9460 days
- €45.9845 days
- €48.7430 days
- €67.9821 days
- €70.1914 days
- €91.647 days
- €97.693 days
- €136.741 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €45.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 197 percent. The dearest point is €136.74, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to La Spezia to Porto Empedocle 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
860 km
819 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
93,288 → 16,574
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- 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 860 km against 819 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, Piombino, Portoferraio, Livorno. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
Who runs this route
Porto Empedocle is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Porto Empedocle railway station
Most of the points near Porto Empedocle railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about La Spezia to Porto Empedocle
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 La Spezia to Porto Empedocle?
The fastest journey from La Spezia to Porto Empedocle takes 26h door to door, of which 24h 39m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 27h 52m, 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 La Spezia to Porto Empedocle?
The cheapest fare from La Spezia to Porto Empedocle is €51.49, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €78.44. 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 La Spezia to Porto Empedocle?
The cheapest way from La Spezia to Porto Empedocle is by ferry, at €51.49 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 26h 9m 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 La Spezia to Porto Empedocle?
Fares from La Spezia to Porto Empedocle bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €45.98. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 197 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for La Spezia to Porto Empedocle?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from La Spezia to Porto Empedocle, at €68.53. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for La Spezia to Porto Empedocle?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from La Spezia to Porto Empedocle, at €43.79 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 La Spezia to Porto Empedocle?
Grimaldi publish service areas covering both La Spezia and Porto Empedocle, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from La Spezia to Porto Empedocle?
20 percent of the services we sell from La Spezia to Porto Empedocle are direct. The rest connect at Palermo, Piombino, Portoferraio, Livorno, with about 51 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 La Spezia to Porto Empedocle use?
Services from La Spezia to Porto Empedocle by ferry leave from LA SPEZIA and arrive at PORTO EMPEDOCLE. 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 La Spezia to Porto Empedocle?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from La Spezia to Porto Empedocle 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 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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for La Spezia to Porto Empedocle on 20 September 2026: 860 km of route against 819 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €51.49, and 26h 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 Porto Empedocle a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Porto Empedocle and across Italy
Day trips that leave Porto Empedocle in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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The two ends, compared
La Spezia reaches 49 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 857 km. Porto Empedocle reaches 40 places in 1 countries, from 92 to 888 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving La Spezia
- 49Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Porto Empedocle
Leaving Porto Empedocle
- 40Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators