Catania to Naples ferry
Ferries from Catania to Naples start at €28.39 and take 12h 32m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Catania to Naples starts at €28.39 and takes 12h 32m door to door, run by 1 operator over 380 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 12h 32mDoor to door
- 11h 2mMoving
- €28.39From
- 43.7 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.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
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 | €22.89 | 12h 30m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The ferry gets you into Naples. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Catania to Naples
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.8890 days
- €15.0360 days
- €17.7845 days
- €18.8830 days
- €22.7321 days
- €23.8314 days
- €27.687 days
- €31.533 days
- €39.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 161 percent. The most expensive point is €39.23, 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.
- €25.48Sun
- €24.38Mon
- €21.08Tue
- €23.28Wed
- €23.83Thu
- €28.78Fri
- €28.23Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Catania
- Catania Porto
Naples
- Napoli Molo Beverello
- Naples Cruise Port
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 380 km against 380 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Catania at 06:07 and the last at 20:41, across 12 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 4m | 54m | 3h 10m | €44.39 | 96.2 kg | 40 |
| Coach | 5h 44m | 5h | 44m | €21.08 | 10.3 kg | 12 |
| Ferry | 12h 32m | 11h 2m | 1h 30m | €28.39 | 43.7 kg | 12 |
Questions about Catania to Naples
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 Catania to Naples take?
The Ferry from Catania to Naples takes 12h 32m door to door, of which 11h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 380 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 Catania to Naples cost?
The Ferry from Catania to Naples starts at €28.39 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €28.94. 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 Catania to Naples?
1 operators run the Ferry from Catania to Naples: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 12 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 Catania to Naples use?
The Ferry from Catania to Naples leaves from Catania Porto and arrives at Napoli Molo Beverello. 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 Catania to Naples?
Traveling from Catania to Naples by Coach costs €21.08 and takes 5h 44m door to door, against 12h 32m 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 Catania to Naples?
Fares for the Ferry from Catania to Naples bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 161 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Catania to Naples produce?
The Ferry from Catania to Naples produces about 43.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 380 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 Catania to Naples?
Operators on the Ferry from Catania to Naples publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 12h 32m 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 Catania to Naples on September 10, 2026: 380 km of route against 380 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €28.39, and 12h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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