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Sorrento to Genoa

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Sorrento to Genoa. From €49.28, fastest 7h 53m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Sorrento to Genoa runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €49.28, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 53m over 631 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 24, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €49.28, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026

€49.28

  • 165%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Sorrento

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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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 €105.93Fri25
  2. about €97.68Sat26
  3. about €120.23Sun27
  4. about €87.23Mon28
  5. about €83.93Tue29
  6. about €79.53Wed30
  7. about €91.08Thu1
  8. about €75.13Fri2
  9. about €71.83Sat3
  10. about €59.18Sun4
  11. about €60.28Mon5
  12. about €58.63Tue6
  13. about €60.83Wed7
  14. about €69.63Thu8
  15. about €55.88Fri9
  16. about €59.73Sat10
  17. about €59.73Sun11
  18. about €49.28Mon12
  19. about €55.88Tue13
  20. about €58.08Wed14
  21. about €62.48Thu15

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

The ferry gets you into Genoa. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Genoa for the night the ferry gets in

Sort by distance from Genova Piazza Principe and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Sorrento to Genoa

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

  1. €61.9390 days
  2. €45.4360 days
  3. €53.6845 days
  4. €60.8330 days
  5. €62.4821 days
  6. €69.6314 days
  7. €91.087 days
  8. €120.233 days
  9. €105.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €45.43.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 165 percent. The most expensive point is €120.23, 3 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.
€120.23€45.43137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Sorrento to Genoa 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

631 km

612 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

14,724 → 580,097

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
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 631 km against 612 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Procida, Naples. The gap between arriving and leaving is 80 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 GOA into Genoa is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Genoa

Settled in advance, so the ride into Genoa 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.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Genova Piazza Principe

Most of the points near Genova Piazza Principe open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Sorrento to Genoa

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 Sorrento to Genoa?

The fastest journey from Sorrento to Genoa takes 7h 53m door to door, of which 5h 23m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 15h 42m, 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 Sorrento to Genoa?

The cheapest fare from Sorrento to Genoa is €49.28, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €86.96. 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 Sorrento to Genoa?

The cheapest way from Sorrento to Genoa is by ferry, at €49.28 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 8h 3m 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 Sorrento to Genoa?

Fares from Sorrento to Genoa bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €45.43. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 165 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Sorrento to Genoa?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Sorrento to Genoa, at €58.63. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 24, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Sorrento to Genoa?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Sorrento to Genoa, at €42.68 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 Sorrento to Genoa?

4 operators sell services from Sorrento to Genoa across 1 mode: Alilauro, Alilauro Gruson, Grimaldi, Trenitalia. 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 Sorrento to Genoa?

0 percent of the services we sell from Sorrento to Genoa are direct. The rest connect at Procida, Naples, with about 80 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 Sorrento to Genoa use?

Services from Sorrento to Genoa by ferry leave from SORRENTO and arrive at Genova Piazza Principe. Allow about 1h 7m 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 Sorrento to Genoa?

4 of the 4 operators we sell from Sorrento to Genoa 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

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 Sorrento to Genoa on September 24, 2026: 631 km of route against 612 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €49.28, and 7h 53m 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 Genoa a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Genoa and across Italy

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

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The two ends, compared

Sorrento reaches 38 places in 10 countries on services we hold, over distances from 9 to 8,662 km. Genoa reaches 150 places in 25 countries, from 23 to 8,071 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Sorrento

  • 38Places you can leave for
  • 10Countries
  • 8Operators

Arriving in Genoa

Leaving Genoa

  • 150Places you can leave for
  • 25Countries
  • 32Operators

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