Porto Empedocle to Rapallo runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:11 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €53.69, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 27h 20m over 907 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €53.69, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€53.69
- 245%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Porto Empedocle
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.
- 06:11First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%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 €151.04Fri18
- about €136.74Sat19
- about €119.14Sun20
- about €87.24Mon21
- about €80.64Tue22
- about €83.94Wed23
- about €109.24Thu24
- about €93.29Fri25
- about €82.29Sat26
- about €83.39Sun27
- about €71.84Mon28
- about €69.08Tue29
- about €75.14Wed30
- about €76.24Thu1
- about €76.78Fri2
- about €65.79Sat3
- about €62.48Sun4
- about €53.69Mon5
- about €54.24Tue6
- about €63.59Wed7
- about €67.99Thu8
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 Rapallo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rapallo for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Santa Margherita Ligure-Portofino railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Porto Empedocle to Rapallo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €66.3390 days
- €43.7960 days
- €49.2845 days
- €57.5430 days
- €67.9921 days
- €76.2414 days
- €109.247 days
- €119.143 days
- €151.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €43.79.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 245 percent. The dearest point is €151.04, 1 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Porto Empedocle to Rapallo 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
907 km
864 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
16,574 → 26,993
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 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 907 km against 864 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, Livorno, Piombino, Portoferraio. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 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. 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
Rapallo is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Santa Margherita Ligure-Portofino railway station
Most of the points near Santa Margherita Ligure-Portofino railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Porto Empedocle to Rapallo
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 Porto Empedocle to Rapallo?
The fastest journey from Porto Empedocle to Rapallo takes 27h 20m door to door, of which 27h 22m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 29h 4m, 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 Porto Empedocle to Rapallo?
The cheapest fare from Porto Empedocle to Rapallo is €53.69, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €82.84. 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 Porto Empedocle to Rapallo?
The cheapest way from Porto Empedocle to Rapallo is by ferry, at €53.69 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 28h 52m 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 Porto Empedocle to Rapallo?
Fares from Porto Empedocle to Rapallo bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €43.79. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 245 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Porto Empedocle to Rapallo?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Porto Empedocle to Rapallo, at €69.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Porto Empedocle to Rapallo?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Porto Empedocle to Rapallo, at €45.99 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 Porto Empedocle to Rapallo?
No operator record names Porto Empedocle to Rapallo directly. Grimaldi publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Porto Empedocle to Rapallo?
20 percent of the services we sell from Porto Empedocle to Rapallo are direct. The rest connect at Palermo, Livorno, Piombino, Portoferraio, with about 50 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 Porto Empedocle to Rapallo use?
Services from Porto Empedocle to Rapallo by ferry leave from PORTO EMPEDOCLE and arrive at Ferry Portofino. 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 Porto Empedocle to Rapallo?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Porto Empedocle to Rapallo 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 Porto Empedocle to Rapallo on 17 September 2026: 907 km of route against 864 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €53.69, and 27h 20m 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 Rapallo a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Rapallo and across Italy
Day trips that leave Rapallo in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Porto Empedocle reaches 40 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 92 to 888 km. Rapallo reaches 36 places in 1 countries, from 23 to 867 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Porto Empedocle
- 40Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Rapallo
Leaving Rapallo
- 36Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators