How to get to the island of Lampedusa: all useful information

For your next holiday in Sicily, you have a very simple desire: to visit the island of Lampedusa. Don’t you know how to get there? Below you will find all the information you need.

Porto Empedocle

Ferries to Lampedusa leave from Porto Empedocle. Porto Empedocle is located along the southern coast of Sicily, in the territory of the province of Agrigento. In this city you can get there:

• By car: from Palermo, just take the state roads SS 186 and SSS 624 first, then the SS 115;
• By plane: the two nearest airports are the Falcone and Borsellino of Palermo and the Fontanarossa of Catania, in both cases it takes two hours to arrive in Porto Empedocle;
• By bus: Porto Empedocle is connected by several bus lines with the main Sicilian towns, such as Palermo.

Booking

Booking the ferry trip from Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa is very simple. All you have to do is use the online booking system that you can find here. Once you have specified the route, the day of departure and the day of return, the number and the age of the passengers, the system will allow you to compare all the prices offered by the different companies in a single screen. always at the lowest cost. And all this from the comfort of your home: the tickets, in fact, will be sent directly by email, with a great saving of time. Furthermore, you can check the actual availability in real time. The ferry trip takes about eight hours, while the hydrofoil takes about four hours.

Conigli beach

There are so many reasons to visit the island of Lampedusa. But we want to suggest one in particular that could be considered as the most important: see the Conigli beach, which is not by chance one of the most beautiful in Sicily. It is located at a short distance from Capo Ponente and the final stretch of the trail can only be walked on foot.

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