Olbia to Livorno ferry

Ferries from Olbia to Livorno start at €18.49 and take 10h 18m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Olbia to Livorno starts at €18.49 and takes 10h 18m door to door, run by 2 operators over 299 km, with around 11 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 10h 18mDoor to door
  • 8h 48mMoving
  • €21.79 to €39.94From
  • 06:22 to 18:08First and last departure
  • 11Per day
  • 6.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€21.79 to €39.94 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Olbia and Livorno.

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Moby runs this service and does not sell it here. Direct Ferries takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Direct Ferries holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €39.94Mon21
  2. about €32.24Tue22
  3. about €35.54Wed23
  4. about €36.09Thu24
  5. about €33.34Fri25
  6. about €34.99Sat26
  7. about €31.14Sun27
  8. about €23.44Mon28
  9. about €21.79Tue29
  10. about €22.89Wed30
  11. about €26.74Thu1
  12. about €25.09Fri2
  13. about €25.09Sat3
  14. about €24.54Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€18.49
  1. Moby M634218:0710h 6m04:13Molo 9LIVORNO

Door to door 11h 36mCO2 6.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Grimaldi€19.04
Moby€18.49
  • Grimaldi
  • Moby

The ferry gets you into Livorno. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Livorno for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Olbia to Livorno

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €25.0990 days
  2. €19.5960 days
  3. €15.7445 days
  4. €15.7430 days
  5. €20.1421 days
  6. €24.5414 days
  7. €31.147 days
  8. €35.543 days
  9. €39.941 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.74.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 154 percent. The most expensive point is €39.94, 1 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €24.54Sun
  2. €23.44Mon
  3. €21.79Tue
  4. €22.89Wed
  5. €26.74Thu
  6. €25.09Fri
  7. €25.09Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Olbia

Ferry
  • Molo 9
  • OLBIA
  • Olbia Isola Bianca

Livorno

Ferry
  • LIVORNO
  • Livorno Porto Mediceo
  • Toremar
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 299 km against 299 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Florence, Piombino, Portoferraio, La Maddalena. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 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 Olbia at 06:22 and the last at 18:08, across 11 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Olbia to Livorno

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 Olbia to Livorno take?

The Ferry from Olbia to Livorno takes 10h 18m door to door, of which 8h 48m is spent moving. The route runs 299 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 Olbia to Livorno cost?

The Ferry from Olbia to Livorno starts at €18.49 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €22.89. 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 Olbia to Livorno?

2 operators run the Ferry from Olbia to Livorno: Grimaldi, Moby. 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 Olbia to Livorno use?

The Ferry from Olbia to Livorno leaves from Molo 9 and arrives at LIVORNO. 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.

When should I book the Ferry from Olbia to Livorno?

Fares for the Ferry from Olbia to Livorno bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.74. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 154 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Olbia to Livorno produce?

The Ferry from Olbia to Livorno produces about 6.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 299 km, which works out at roughly 23 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 Olbia to Livorno?

Operators on the Ferry from Olbia to Livorno publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 18m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Olbia to Livorno on September 20, 2026: 299 km of route against 299 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €18.49, and 10h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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