Livorno to Palermo runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 18:30 and the last around 18:30. One passenger pays between €29.88 and €39.39, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 9h 43m over 688 km, on services run by 3 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€29.88 to €39.39
- 263%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Livorno
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for September 21, 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 18:30First departure
- 18:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Departures on September 28, 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
15:2207:1315h 51m
FB 8619TRENITALIA1 change
LIVORNO CENTRALE → PALERMO CENTRALE
Reservation required
TRENITALIA timetable15:2407:1315h 49m
IC 684TRENITALIA3 changes
LIVORNO CENTRALE → PALERMO CENTRALE
Reservation required
TRENITALIA timetable
Sailings on September 21, 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
18:3014:0019h 30m
GRIMALDI LINESVessel MV ZEUS PALACEDirect
LIVORNO → PALERMO
from €31.00deckseat €32.00
E ticketVehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €31.00 to €32.00 on September 21, 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
BlaBlaCar runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Livorno to Palermo on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Grimaldi runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this trip
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What the operator is charging, by departure date.
September 21, 2026
€31.00
GRIMALDI LINES
This crossing was checked for one date, and that is the only date we hold a fare for. The operator sells the rest of the season.
The ferry gets you into Palermo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Palermo for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Livorno to Palermo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €49.1390 days
- €30.9860 days
- €26.5845 days
- €29.3330 days
- €39.7821 days
- €49.1314 days
- €76.637 days
- €60.133 days
- €96.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €26.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 263 percent. The most expensive point is €96.43, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Livorno to Palermo and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
17:22 → 03:05
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
688 km
655 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
157,017 → 648,260
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 688 km against 655 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 Civitavecchia, Anzio, Piombino, Portoferraio. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
The fare from PMO into Palermo is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Palermo
Settled in advance, so the ride into Palermo costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Palermo Centrale
Most of the points near Palermo Centrale open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Livorno 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 it take to get from Livorno to Palermo?
The fastest journey from Livorno to Palermo takes 9h 43m door to door, of which 9h 25m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 18h 40m, 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 Livorno to Palermo?
The cheapest fare from Livorno to Palermo is €29.88, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €60.29. 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 Livorno to Palermo?
The cheapest way from Livorno to Palermo is by coach, at €29.88 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 10h 9m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Livorno to Palermo?
The fastest way from Livorno to Palermo is by coach, at 10h 9m door to door. Only 9h 25m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €29.88.
When should I book Livorno to Palermo?
Fares from Livorno to Palermo bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €26.58. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 263 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Livorno to Palermo?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Livorno to Palermo, at €37.03. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Livorno to Palermo?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Livorno to Palermo, at €28.23 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 Livorno to Palermo?
3 operators sell services from Livorno to Palermo across 2 modes: BlaBlaCar, Grandi Navi Veloci, 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 Livorno to Palermo?
43 percent of the services we sell from Livorno to Palermo are direct. The rest connect at Civitavecchia, Anzio, Piombino, Portoferraio, with about 74 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Livorno to Palermo produce?
Traveling from Livorno to Palermo by coach produces about 18.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Ferry produces about 79.1 kg, roughly 4 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Livorno to Palermo use?
Services from Livorno to Palermo by coach leave from Livorno Autostazione and arrive at Palermo Autostazione. Allow about 44m 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 Livorno to Palermo?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Livorno to Palermo 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
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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Livorno to Palermo on September 19, 2026: 688 km of route against 655 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €29.88, and 9h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Palermo a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Palermo and across Italy
Day trips that leave Palermo in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Livorno reaches 78 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 64 to 849 km. Palermo reaches 136 places in 23 countries, from 68 to 2,382 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Livorno
- 78Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 10Operators
Arriving in Palermo
Leaving Palermo
- 136Places you can leave for
- 23Countries
- 38Operators