Portoferraio to Formia runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:24 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €21.79, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 11h 32m over 339 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €21.79, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€21.79
- 168%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Portoferraio
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:24First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
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 this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €56.99Fri18
- about €59.19Sat19
- about €37.19Sun20
- about €35.54Mon21
- about €31.14Tue22
- about €32.79Wed23
- about €33.89Thu24
- about €33.89Fri25
- about €32.24Sat26
- about €35.54Sun27
- about €30.04Mon28
- about €28.39Tue29
- about €30.04Wed30
- about €25.09Thu1
- about €31.14Fri2
- about €25.64Sat3
- about €25.09Sun4
- about €23.98Mon5
- about €21.79Tue6
- about €25.09Wed7
- about €26.74Thu8
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The ferry gets you into Formia. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Formia for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Formia-Gaeta railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Portoferraio to Formia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €27.8490 days
- €21.2460 days
- €22.3345 days
- €22.8930 days
- €26.7421 days
- €25.0914 days
- €33.897 days
- €37.193 days
- €56.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 168 percent. The most expensive point is €56.99, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Portoferraio to Formia 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
339 km
323 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
8,296 → 28,521
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
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
- 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 339 km against 323 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 Piombino, Rome, Anzio, Civitavecchia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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
Formia is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Formia-Gaeta railway station
Most of the points near Formia-Gaeta railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Portoferraio to Formia
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 Portoferraio to Formia?
The fastest journey from Portoferraio to Formia takes 11h 32m door to door, of which 10h 21m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 12h 7m, 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 Portoferraio to Formia?
The cheapest fare from Portoferraio to Formia is €21.79, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €32.24. 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 Portoferraio to Formia?
The cheapest way from Portoferraio to Formia is by ferry, at €21.79 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 11h 51m 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 Portoferraio to Formia?
Fares from Portoferraio to Formia bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €21.24. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 168 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Portoferraio to Formia?
Thursday is the cheapest day to depart from Portoferraio to Formia, at €26.74. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Portoferraio to Formia?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Portoferraio to Formia, at €18.49 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 Portoferraio to Formia?
No operator record names Portoferraio to Formia directly. Grimaldi publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Portoferraio to Formia?
20 percent of the services we sell from Portoferraio to Formia are direct. The rest connect at Piombino, Rome, Anzio, Civitavecchia, with about 67 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 Portoferraio to Formia use?
Services from Portoferraio to Formia by ferry leave from Aliscafo and arrive at FORMIA. 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 Portoferraio to Formia?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Portoferraio to Formia 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 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.
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 Portoferraio to Formia on September 17, 2026: 339 km of route against 323 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €21.79, and 11h 32m 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 Formia a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Formia and across Italy
Day trips that leave Formia in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Portoferraio reaches 42 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 21 to 779 km. Formia reaches 39 places in 1 countries, from 61 to 539 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Portoferraio
- 42Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 7Operators
Arriving in Formia
Leaving Formia
- 39Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators