Formia to Catania

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Formia to Catania. From €28.38, fastest 14h 46m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Formia to Catania costs €28.38 at the cheapest and takes 14h 46m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 459 km. Cheapest is by Ferry, fastest is by Ferry.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
459 km
Fastest
14h 46m
Average
15h 39m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€28.38
CO2 per passenger
52.8 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 30, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Ferry16h14h 30m1h 30m€32.7852.8 kg5
  • 16hFastest, by Ferry
  • €32.78Cheapest, by Ferry
  • 52.8 kgLowest CO2, by Ferry
  • 459 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€28.38
  1. Grimaldi G712907:302h 40m10:10FormiaNapoli Molo Beverello
  2. BlaBlaCar BB872711:305h 2m16:32Napoli Metropark CentraleCatania Autostazione

Changes at Naples, with 80 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 10h 9mCO2 18.9 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Formia to Catania
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Formia to CataniaFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Ferry€48.74€48.74€38.83€42.68€36.63€46.53€43.24€39.93€41.03€37.73€33.33€33.89€34.99€32.78

Cheapest day: 2026-09-30 · €28.38

Arriving in September changes what you want from a room in Catania. It is not a thing we sell, so here is who does.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Catania

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Booking window

When to book Formia to Catania

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

  1. €33.8890 days
  2. €23.9860 days
  3. €32.7845 days
  4. €33.3330 days
  5. €33.3421 days
  6. €32.7814 days
  7. €43.247 days
  8. €38.833 days
  9. €48.741 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.98.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 103 percent. The most expensive point is €48.74, 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.
€48.74€23.981371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

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. €37.73Sun
  2. €33.33Mon
  3. €33.89Tue
  4. €34.99Wed
  5. €33.34Thu
  6. €39.93Fri
  7. €41.03Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €36.63Sep
  2. €32.78Oct
  3. €29.48Nov
  4. €27.29Dec
  5. €26.19Jan
  6. €23.98Feb

The route

FormiaFormiaCataniaCatania
The journey

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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 459 km against 437 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Pozzuoli, Bacoli, Naples, Ischia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Formia at 06:38 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Formia

Rail
  • Formia-Gaeta railway station
  • Formia
  • Itri
Bus
  • Terminal degli Autobus Formia
Ferry
  • Formia

Catania

Rail
  • Catania Centrale
  • Catania Borgo railway station
  • Catania Ognina railway station
Bus
  • Catania Autostazione
  • Catania
Air
  • CTA
Ferry
  • Catania Porto

The fare from CTA into Catania is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from CTA into Catania

Settled in advance, so the ride into Catania costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Grimaldi€31.6914h 46m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • Grimaldi
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Ferry fare we sell on 2026-09-30, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€23.9985%
Taxes€2.408%
Our service fee€1.997%
Total you pay€28.38100%

We cannot promise Catania Centrale still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Catania

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Formia 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 it take to get from Formia to Catania?

The fastest journey from Formia to Catania takes 14h 46m door to door, of which 14h 30m is spent moving, on the Ferry. Most services take around 15h 39m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Formia to Catania?

The cheapest fare from Formia to Catania is €28.38, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €40.49. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Formia to Catania?

The cheapest way from Formia to Catania is by Ferry, at €32.78 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 16h door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Formia to Catania?

Fares from Formia to Catania bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €23.98. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 103 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Formia to Catania?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Formia to Catania, at €33.33. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 30, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Formia to Catania?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Formia to Catania, at €23.98 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Formia to Catania?

1 operators sell services from Formia to Catania across 1 modes: Grimaldi. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Formia to Catania?

20 percent of the services we sell from Formia to Catania are direct. The rest connect at Pozzuoli, Bacoli, Naples, Ischia, with about 61 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Formia to Catania use?

Services from Formia to Catania by Ferry leave from Formia and arrive at Catania Porto. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Formia to Catania?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Formia to Catania allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Formia to Catania on September 10, 2026: 459 km of route against 437 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €28.38, and 14h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Catania afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Catania

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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