Cheapest€37.74
- Grimaldi G803506:0721h 32m03:39Ancona Stazione MarittimaMozia
Door to door 23h 2mCO2 75.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ancona to Marsala ferry
Ferries from Ancona to Marsala start at €49.29 and take 23h 2m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Ancona to Marsala starts at €49.29 and takes 23h 2m door to door, run by 1 operator over 652 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 23h 2mDoor to door
- 21h 32mMoving
- €49.29From
- 75.0 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.
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 | €37.74 | 20h 10m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The trip ends at Marsala railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Marsala for the night the ferry gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Ancona to Marsala
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €42.6990 days
- €38.2960 days
- €37.7445 days
- €45.4430 days
- €51.4921 days
- €67.9914 days
- €65.797 days
- €76.243 days
- €93.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €37.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 149 percent. The most expensive point is €93.84, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €67.99Sun
- €51.48Mon
- €59.74Tue
- €52.04Wed
- €65.79Thu
- €78.99Fri
- €67.44Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ancona
Ferry
- Ancona Stazione Marittima
- Ancona
Marsala
Ferry
- Mozia
- Mozia imbarcadero storico
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 652 km against 652 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 Anzio, Trapani, Formia, Rome. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Ancona 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 33m | 1h 23m | 3h 10m | €82.74 | 165.3 kg | 1 |
| Ferry | 23h 2m | 21h 32m | 1h 30m | €49.29 | 75.0 kg | 5 |
Questions about Ancona to Marsala
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 Ancona to Marsala take?
The Ferry from Ancona to Marsala takes 23h 2m door to door, of which 21h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 652 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 Ancona to Marsala cost?
The Ferry from Ancona to Marsala starts at €49.29 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €55.89. 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 Ancona to Marsala?
1 operators run the Ferry from Ancona to Marsala: 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 Ancona to Marsala use?
The Ferry from Ancona to Marsala leaves from Ancona Stazione Marittima and arrives at Mozia. 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 Ancona to Marsala?
Traveling from Ancona to Marsala by Flight costs €82.74 and takes 4h 33m door to door, against 23h 2m 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 Ancona to Marsala?
Fares for the Ferry from Ancona to Marsala bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €37.74. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 149 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Ancona to Marsala produce?
The Ferry from Ancona to Marsala produces about 75.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 652 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 Ancona to Marsala?
Operators on the Ferry from Ancona to Marsala publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 23h 2m 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 Ancona to Marsala on September 10, 2026: 652 km of route against 652 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €49.29, and 23h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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