Our experience accessing the ferry at Civitivecchia was similar to Naples and Palermo. There was no public  transport connection between the railway station and the ferry terminal, we shared a taxi with another passenger who persuaded the reluctant driver to take us the three or four kilometres to the terminal. We checked in,  collected our boarding passes and discovered that it was another three kilometres to the ferry, but hurrah there was a shuttle. Sure enough five minutes later a bus picked us up and took us half way to the boat. The driver pointed to another bus in the distance and told us to walk to that. There was a maze of coned lanes to follow so we picked the one that looked too narrow for cars or lorries and set off. The second bus took us along the pier beyond the ferry and dropped us by a tent which contained the luggage scanner. Once through the scanner we had to walk the length of the ferry, cross the vehicles approaching the ramp and walk onboard.

Once onboard the ferry was similar to the one we took from Naples to Palermo. We found our cabin explored the ship a bit then headed for our bunks. The crossing was smooth and we slept well. At some point during the night we passed between Corsica and Sardinia, I’m sure that would have been interesting in daylight.