Cheapest€21.79
- Grimaldi G299306:0711h17:07Catania PortoSalerno Stazione Marittima
Door to door 12h 30mCO2 40.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Catania to Salerno ferry
Ferries from Catania to Salerno start at €26.74 and take 12h 30m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Catania to Salerno starts at €26.74 and takes 12h 30m door to door, run by 1 operator over 355 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 12h 30mDoor to door
- 11hMoving
- €26.74From
- 40.8 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 | €21.79 | 11h 54m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Salerno is not something we sell.
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When to book Catania to Salerno
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €32.7990 days
- €16.2960 days
- €19.0445 days
- €22.8930 days
- €27.2921 days
- €26.7414 days
- €44.897 days
- €33.893 days
- €63.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 287 percent. The most expensive point is €63.03, 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.
- €37.74Sun
- €28.94Mon
- €33.34Tue
- €29.49Wed
- €44.89Thu
- €27.29Fri
- €37.74Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Catania
Ferry
- Catania Porto
Salerno
Ferry
- Salerno Stazione Marittima
- Salerno
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 355 km against 355 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 Reggio Calabria, Messina, Gragnano, Castellammare di Stabia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 14 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. 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 07:30, across 3 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 7m | 57m | 3h 10m | €43.80 | 89.8 kg | 1 |
| Ferry | 12h 30m | 11h | 1h 30m | €26.74 | 40.8 kg | 3 |
Questions about Catania to Salerno
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 Salerno take?
The Ferry from Catania to Salerno takes 12h 30m door to door, of which 11h is spent moving. The route runs 355 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 Salerno cost?
The Ferry from Catania to Salerno starts at €26.74 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €40.48. 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 Salerno?
1 operators run the Ferry from Catania to Salerno: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 3 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 Salerno use?
The Ferry from Catania to Salerno leaves from Catania Porto and arrives at Salerno 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 Catania to Salerno?
Traveling from Catania to Salerno by Flight costs €43.80 and takes 4h 7m door to door, against 12h 30m 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 Salerno?
Fares for the Ferry from Catania to Salerno bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.29. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 287 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Catania to Salerno produce?
The Ferry from Catania to Salerno produces about 40.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 355 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 Salerno?
Operators on the Ferry from Catania to Salerno publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 12h 30m 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 Salerno on September 11, 2026: 355 km of route against 355 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €26.74, and 12h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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