Cheapest€35.54
- Grimaldi G725906:0719h 16m01:23Catania PortoOlbia Isola Bianca
Door to door 20h 46mCO2 70.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Catania to Olbia ferry
Ferries from Catania to Olbia start at €45.44 and take 20h 17m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Catania to Olbia starts at €45.44 and takes 20h 17m door to door, run by 1 operator over 613 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 20h 17mDoor to door
- 18h 47mMoving
- €45.44From
- 70.5 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 | €35.54 | 19h 4m | 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 Catania to Olbia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €44.8990 days
- €36.6460 days
- €30.5945 days
- €34.4430 days
- €44.8921 days
- €45.4414 days
- €51.497 days
- €71.843 days
- €70.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €30.59.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 135 percent. The most expensive point is €71.84, 3 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.
- €45.44Sun
- €48.74Mon
- €45.44Tue
- €49.29Wed
- €58.64Thu
- €53.14Fri
- €57.54Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Catania
Ferry
- Catania Porto
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 613 km against 613 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 Palermo, Marsala, Mazara del Vallo, 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 Catania at 06:07 and the last at 14:49, 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 24m | 1h 14m | 3h 10m | €65.04 | 155.2 kg | 1 |
| Ferry | 20h 17m | 18h 47m | 1h 30m | €45.44 | 70.5 kg | 5 |
Questions about Catania 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 Catania to Olbia take?
The Ferry from Catania to Olbia takes 20h 17m door to door, of which 18h 47m is spent moving. The route runs 613 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 Olbia cost?
The Ferry from Catania to Olbia starts at €45.44 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €54.24. 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 Olbia?
1 operators run the Ferry from Catania to Olbia: 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 Catania to Olbia use?
The Ferry from Catania to Olbia leaves from Catania Porto 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 Catania to Olbia?
Traveling from Catania to Olbia by Flight costs €65.04 and takes 4h 24m door to door, against 20h 17m 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 Olbia?
Fares for the Ferry from Catania to Olbia bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €30.59. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 135 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Catania to Olbia produce?
The Ferry from Catania to Olbia produces about 70.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 613 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 Olbia?
Operators on the Ferry from Catania 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 20h 17m 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 Olbia on September 13, 2026: 613 km of route against 613 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €45.44, and 20h 17m 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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