Rome to Catania ferry
Ferries from Rome to Catania start at €36.64 and take 16h 54m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Rome to Catania starts at €36.64 and takes 16h 54m door to door, run by 1 operator over 536 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 16h 54mDoor to door
- 15h 24mMoving
- €36.64From
- 61.6 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 | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €31.69 | 16h 53m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The ferry gets you into Catania. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Catania
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Rome to Catania
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.9390 days
- €20.5360 days
- €23.2845 days
- €24.9330 days
- €30.4321 days
- €32.0814 days
- €37.587 days
- €41.983 days
- €55.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 171 percent. The most expensive point is €55.73, 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.
- €34.83Sun
- €32.08Mon
- €28.78Tue
- €31.53Wed
- €32.08Thu
- €38.13Fri
- €36.48Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Rome
- Roma Civitavecchia Terminal
- Sant'Angelo
Catania
- Catania Porto
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 536 km against 536 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Rome at 06:07 and the last at 20:41, across 12 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 17m | 1h 7m | 3h 10m | €59.14 | 135.8 kg | 48 |
| Coach | 7h 44m | 7h | 44m | €28.78 | 14.5 kg | 12 |
| Ferry | 16h 54m | 15h 24m | 1h 30m | €36.64 | 61.6 kg | 12 |
Questions about Rome to Catania
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 Catania take?
The Ferry from Rome to Catania takes 16h 54m door to door, of which 15h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 536 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 Catania cost?
The Ferry from Rome to Catania starts at €36.64 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €40.77. 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 Catania?
1 operators run the Ferry from Rome to Catania: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 12 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 Catania use?
The Ferry from Rome to Catania leaves from Roma Civitavecchia Terminal and arrives at Catania Porto. 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 Catania?
Traveling from Rome to Catania by Coach costs €28.78 and takes 7h 44m door to door, against 16h 54m 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 Catania?
Fares for the Ferry from Rome to Catania bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.53. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 171 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Rome to Catania produce?
The Ferry from Rome to Catania produces about 61.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 536 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 Catania?
Operators on the Ferry from Rome to Catania publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 16h 54m 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 Catania on September 10, 2026: 536 km of route against 536 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €36.64, and 16h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Catania afterward does not belong to us.
Things to do in Catania
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
See Catania on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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