Cheapest€30.04
- Grimaldi G161006:0714h 49m20:56L'Alguer / AlgheroPalermo Stazione Marittima
Door to door 16h 19mCO2 58.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Alghero to Palermo ferry
Ferries from Alghero to Palermo start at €34.99 and take 16h 19m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Alghero to Palermo starts at €34.99 and takes 16h 19m door to door, run by 1 operator over 512 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 16h 19mDoor to door
- 14h 49mMoving
- €34.99From
- 58.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Lowest CO2€32.79
- Grimaldi G126507:305h 44m13:14L'Alguer / AlgheroCagliari Stazione Marittima
- BlaBlaCar BB817414:085h 9m19:17Cagliari Piazza MatteottiPalermo Autostazione
Changes at Cagliari, with 54 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 12h 54mCO2 30.2 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €30.04 | 16h 15m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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When to book Alghero to Palermo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.4990 days
- €28.3960 days
- €32.2445 days
- €32.2430 days
- €30.0421 days
- €34.9914 days
- €45.447 days
- €51.493 days
- €68.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 141 percent. The most expensive point is €68.54, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €44.89Sun
- €36.09Mon
- €40.49Tue
- €34.99Wed
- €52.04Thu
- €49.84Fri
- €51.49Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Alghero
Ferry
- L'Alguer / Alghero
Palermo
Ferry
- Palermo Stazione Marittima
- Palermo (Liberty Lines)
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 512 km against 512 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Cagliari, Marsala, Porto Torres, Trapani. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Alghero at 06:07 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 16m | 1h 6m | 3h 10m | €60.91 | 129.6 kg | 1 |
| Ferry | 16h 19m | 14h 49m | 1h 30m | €34.99 | 58.9 kg | 5 |
Questions about Alghero to Palermo
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Alghero to Palermo take?
The Ferry from Alghero to Palermo takes 16h 19m door to door, of which 14h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 512 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 Alghero to Palermo cost?
The Ferry from Alghero to Palermo starts at €34.99 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €48.73. 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 Alghero to Palermo?
1 operators run the Ferry from Alghero to Palermo: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 5 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 Alghero to Palermo use?
The Ferry from Alghero to Palermo leaves from L'Alguer / Alghero and arrives at Palermo Stazione Marittima. 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.
Is the Ferry the best way from Alghero to Palermo?
Traveling from Alghero to Palermo by Flight costs €60.91 and takes 4h 16m door to door, against 16h 19m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Ferry from Alghero to Palermo?
Fares for the Ferry from Alghero to Palermo bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.39. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 141 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Alghero to Palermo produce?
The Ferry from Alghero to Palermo produces about 58.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 512 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Alghero to Palermo?
Operators on the Ferry from Alghero to Palermo publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 16h 19m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Alghero to Palermo on September 9, 2026: 512 km of route against 512 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €34.99, and 16h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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