Cheapest€26.74
- Grimaldi G544006:0714h 39m20:46Ancona Stazione MarittimaOlbia Isola Bianca
Door to door 16h 9mCO2 51.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ancona to Olbia ferry
Ferries from Ancona to Olbia start at €33.34 and take 15h 58m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Ancona to Olbia starts at €33.34 and takes 15h 58m door to door, run by 1 operator over 445 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 15h 58mDoor to door
- 14h 28mMoving
- €33.34From
- 51.2 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 | €26.74 | 14h 20m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
Olbia is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere downtown works. We still do not sell the room.
Where to stay in Olbia
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When to book Ancona to Olbia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €32.7990 days
- €23.4460 days
- €21.2445 days
- €28.9430 days
- €30.5921 days
- €42.1414 days
- €52.047 days
- €60.843 days
- €75.141 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 254 percent. The most expensive point is €75.14, 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.
- €38.29Sun
- €36.09Mon
- €33.34Tue
- €36.09Wed
- €42.69Thu
- €38.84Fri
- €42.14Sat
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
Olbia
Ferry
- Olbia Isola Bianca
- Molo 9
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
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 445 km against 445 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 Montevarchi, Rome, Piombino, Civitavecchia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Ancona at 06:07 and the last at 14:49, across 6 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 13m | 1h 3m | 3h 10m | €60.91 | 112.7 kg | 1 |
| Ferry | 15h 58m | 14h 28m | 1h 30m | €33.34 | 51.2 kg | 6 |
Questions about Ancona to Olbia
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 Olbia take?
The Ferry from Ancona to Olbia takes 15h 58m door to door, of which 14h 28m is spent moving. The route runs 445 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 Olbia cost?
The Ferry from Ancona to Olbia starts at €33.34 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €39.12. 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 Olbia?
1 operators run the Ferry from Ancona to Olbia: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 6 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 Olbia use?
The Ferry from Ancona to Olbia leaves from Ancona Stazione Marittima and arrives at Olbia Isola Bianca. 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 Olbia?
Traveling from Ancona to Olbia by Flight costs €60.91 and takes 4h 13m door to door, against 15h 58m 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 Olbia?
Fares for the Ferry from Ancona to Olbia bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.24. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 254 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Ancona to Olbia produce?
The Ferry from Ancona to Olbia produces about 51.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 445 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 Olbia?
Operators on the Ferry from Ancona to Olbia publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 15h 58m 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 Olbia on September 12, 2026: 445 km of route against 445 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €33.34, and 15h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Being on the water gives Olbia a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Things to do in Olbia
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Olbia, with free cancellation on most of it.
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