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Porto Empedocle to Livorno

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Porto Empedocle to Livorno. From €35.53, fastest 23h 55m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Porto Empedocle to Livorno runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:24 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €35.53, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 23h 55m over 784 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

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

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €35.53, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€35.53

  • 178%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Porto Empedocle

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:24First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Grimaldi 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 €80.64Mon21
  2. about €76.79Tue22
  3. about €89.44Wed23
  4. about €70.19Thu24
  5. about €75.69Fri25
  6. about €74.04Sat26
  7. about €72.94Sun27
  8. about €55.33Mon28
  9. about €47.08Tue29
  10. about €45.98Wed30
  11. about €64.13Thu1
  12. about €61.94Fri2
  13. about €50.94Sat3
  14. about €47.08Sun4
  15. about €37.18Mon5
  16. about €35.53Tue6
  17. about €41.58Wed7
  18. about €54.78Thu8
  19. about €50.38Fri9
  20. about €54.23Sat10
  21. about €53.68Sun11

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

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 Porto Empedocle to Livorno

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

  1. €45.9890 days
  2. €42.1360 days
  3. €34.9845 days
  4. €32.2330 days
  5. €53.6821 days
  6. €47.0814 days
  7. €72.947 days
  8. €89.443 days
  9. €80.641 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €32.23.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 178 percent. The most expensive point is €89.44, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€89.44€32.23137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Porto Empedocle to Livorno and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

784 km

746 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

16,574157,017

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

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
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 784 km against 746 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 Palermo, Portoferraio, Piombino, Civitavecchia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.

Who runs this route

The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Livorno Centrale

Most of the points near Livorno Centrale open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Porto Empedocle 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 it take to get from Porto Empedocle to Livorno?

The fastest journey from Porto Empedocle to Livorno takes 23h 55m door to door, of which 25h 17m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 25h 56m, 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 Porto Empedocle to Livorno?

The cheapest fare from Porto Empedocle to Livorno is €35.53, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €71.84. 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 Porto Empedocle to Livorno?

The cheapest way from Porto Empedocle to Livorno is by ferry, at €35.53 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 26h 47m 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 Porto Empedocle to Livorno?

Fares from Porto Empedocle to Livorno bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €32.23. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 178 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Porto Empedocle to Livorno?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Porto Empedocle to Livorno, at €45.98. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Porto Empedocle to Livorno?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Porto Empedocle to Livorno, at €33.33 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 Porto Empedocle to Livorno?

Grimaldi publish service areas covering both Porto Empedocle and Livorno, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Porto Empedocle to Livorno?

20 percent of the services we sell from Porto Empedocle to Livorno are direct. The rest connect at Palermo, Portoferraio, Piombino, Civitavecchia, with about 52 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 Porto Empedocle to Livorno use?

Services from Porto Empedocle to Livorno by ferry leave from PORTO EMPEDOCLE and arrive at LIVORNO. 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 Porto Empedocle to Livorno?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Porto Empedocle to Livorno 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.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Porto Empedocle to Livorno on September 20, 2026: 784 km of route against 746 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €35.53, and 23h 55m 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 Livorno a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Livorno and across Italy

Day trips that leave Livorno in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Porto Empedocle reaches 40 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 92 to 888 km. Livorno reaches 78 places in 2 countries, from 64 to 849 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Porto Empedocle

  • 40Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in Livorno

Leaving Livorno

  • 78Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 10Operators

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