Cheapest€14.64
- Grimaldi G936418:536h 25m01:18Roma Civitavecchia TerminalAncona Stazione Marittima
Door to door 7h 55mCO2 23.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rome to Ancona ferry
Ferries from Rome to Ancona start at €16.84 and take 7h 39m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Rome to Ancona starts at €16.84 and takes 7h 39m door to door, run by 1 operator over 207 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 7h 39mDoor to door
- 6h 9mMoving
- €16.84From
- 23.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 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 | €14.64 | 7h 39m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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When to book Rome to Ancona
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.7490 days
- €11.8860 days
- €12.9945 days
- €15.1930 days
- €18.4921 days
- €17.3914 days
- €20.697 days
- €27.843 days
- €33.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 185 percent. The most expensive point is €33.89, 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.
- €19.59Sun
- €16.84Mon
- €17.94Tue
- €16.84Wed
- €18.49Thu
- €20.69Fri
- €19.59Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Rome
Ferry
- Roma Civitavecchia Terminal
- Sant'Angelo
Ancona
Ferry
- Ancona Stazione Marittima
- Ancona
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
- 76% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 24% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 207 km against 207 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Civitavecchia, Rimini, Anzio, Arezzo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Rome at 06:11 and the last at 18:53, across 4 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 | 3h 51m | 41m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 52.6 kg | 9 |
| Ferry | 7h 39m | 6h 9m | 1h 30m | €16.84 | 23.8 kg | 4 |
Questions about Rome to Ancona
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 Rome to Ancona take?
The Ferry from Rome to Ancona takes 7h 39m door to door, of which 6h 9m is spent moving. The route runs 207 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 Rome to Ancona cost?
The Ferry from Rome to Ancona starts at €16.84 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €16.84. 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 Rome to Ancona?
1 operators run the Ferry from Rome to Ancona: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 4 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 Rome to Ancona use?
The Ferry from Rome to Ancona leaves from Roma Civitavecchia Terminal and arrives at Ancona 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 Rome to Ancona?
Traveling from Rome to Ancona by Flight costs €31.41 and takes 3h 51m door to door, against 7h 39m 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 Rome to Ancona?
Fares for the Ferry from Rome to Ancona bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 185 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Rome to Ancona produce?
The Ferry from Rome to Ancona produces about 23.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 207 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 Rome to Ancona?
Operators on the Ferry from Rome to Ancona publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 39m 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 Rome to Ancona on September 10, 2026: 207 km of route against 207 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.84, and 7h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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