Cheapest€37.74
- Grimaldi G499106:0717h 36m23:43Ancona Stazione MarittimaPalermo Stazione Marittima
Door to door 19h 6mCO2 70.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ancona to Palermo ferry
Ferries from Ancona to Palermo start at €43.24 and take 19h 6m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Ancona to Palermo starts at €43.24 and takes 19h 6m door to door, run by 1 operator over 611 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 19h 6mDoor to door
- 17h 36mMoving
- €43.24From
- 70.3 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 | 19h | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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Rooms within reach of Palermo Centrale
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When to book Ancona to Palermo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €39.9490 days
- €28.9460 days
- €36.0945 days
- €38.2930 days
- €49.8421 days
- €47.0914 days
- €69.647 days
- €64.143 days
- €89.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.94.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 211 percent. The most expensive point is €89.99, 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.
- €50.39Sun
- €45.99Mon
- €43.24Tue
- €53.69Wed
- €49.84Thu
- €56.99Fri
- €56.99Sat
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
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
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 611 km against 611 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 Bacoli, Formia, Pozzuoli, Ischia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 17:16, across 7 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 24m | 1h 14m | 3h 10m | €76.84 | 154.7 kg | 2 |
| Ferry | 19h 6m | 17h 36m | 1h 30m | €43.24 | 70.3 kg | 7 |
Questions about Ancona 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 Ancona to Palermo take?
The Ferry from Ancona to Palermo takes 19h 6m door to door, of which 17h 36m is spent moving. The route runs 611 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 Palermo cost?
The Ferry from Ancona to Palermo starts at €43.24 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €51.49. 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 Palermo?
1 operators run the Ferry from Ancona to Palermo: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 7 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 Palermo use?
The Ferry from Ancona to Palermo leaves from Ancona Stazione Marittima 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 Ancona to Palermo?
Traveling from Ancona to Palermo by Flight costs €76.84 and takes 4h 24m door to door, against 19h 6m 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 Palermo?
Fares for the Ferry from Ancona to Palermo bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.94. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 211 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Ancona to Palermo produce?
The Ferry from Ancona to Palermo produces about 70.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 611 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 Palermo?
Operators on the Ferry from Ancona 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 19h 6m 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 Palermo on September 10, 2026: 611 km of route against 611 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €43.24, and 19h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The ferry is the simple part. What you do once you are in Palermo is somebody else's catalog.
What to book in Palermo before you go
Day trips that leave Palermo in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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