Genoa to Palermo ferry
Ferries from Genoa to Palermo start at €56.99 and take 24h 22m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Genoa to Palermo starts at €56.99 and takes 24h 22m door to door, run by 2 operators over 790 km, with around 11 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 24h 22mDoor to door
- 22h 52mMoving
- €56.99From
- 90.8 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
 Grandi Navi Veloci | €45.44 | 24h 3m |
 Grimaldi | €48.19 | 24h 8m |
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Rooms within reach of Palermo Centrale
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When to book Genoa to Palermo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €35.9390 days
- €29.8860 days
- €33.1845 days
- €34.8330 days
- €43.0821 days
- €45.8314 days
- €54.087 days
- €62.883 days
- €82.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €29.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 175 percent. The most expensive point is €82.13, 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.
- €55.18Sun
- €45.28Mon
- €44.18Tue
- €43.63Wed
- €45.83Thu
- €49.68Fri
- €50.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Genoa
- Genova Stazione Marittima
- GNV Genova
Palermo
- 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
- 82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 790 km against 790 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 Piombino, Livorno, Chiavari, Rapallo. 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. 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 Genoa at 06:07 and the last at 18:39, across 11 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 39m | 1h 29m | 3h 10m | €84.51 | 200.2 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 11h 22m | 10h 38m | 44m | €43.63 | 21.3 kg | 4 |
| Ferry | 24h 22m | 22h 52m | 1h 30m | €56.99 | 90.8 kg | 11 |
Questions about Genoa 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 Genoa to Palermo take?
The Ferry from Genoa to Palermo takes 24h 22m door to door, of which 22h 52m is spent moving. The route runs 790 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 Genoa to Palermo cost?
The Ferry from Genoa to Palermo starts at €56.99 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €56.44. 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 Genoa to Palermo?
2 operators run the Ferry from Genoa to Palermo: Grandi Navi Veloci, Grimaldi. Between them they file around 11 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 Genoa to Palermo use?
The Ferry from Genoa to Palermo leaves from Genova 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 Genoa to Palermo?
Traveling from Genoa to Palermo by Coach costs €43.63 and takes 11h 22m door to door, against 24h 22m 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 Genoa to Palermo?
Fares for the Ferry from Genoa to Palermo bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €29.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 175 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Genoa to Palermo produce?
The Ferry from Genoa to Palermo produces about 90.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 790 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 Genoa to Palermo?
Operators on the Ferry from Genoa to Palermo publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 24h 22m 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 Genoa to Palermo on September 10, 2026: 790 km of route against 790 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €56.99, and 24h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
The ferry is the simple part. What you do once you are in Palermo is somebody else's catalog.
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