Marseille to Nice ferry
Ferries from Marseille to Nice start at €12.44 and take 6h 25m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Marseille to Nice starts at €12.44 and takes 6h 25m door to door, run by 2 operators over 159 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 25mDoor to door
- 4h 55mMoving
- €12.44From
- 18.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
The ferry gets you into Nice. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to sleep in Nice
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When to book Marseille to Nice
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €11.1821 days
- €13.3814 days
- €16.137 days
- €17.233 days
- €22.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 126 percent. The dearest point is €22.73, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €12.28Sun
- €11.73Mon
- €11.18Tue
- €11.73Wed
- €13.38Thu
- €12.83Fri
- €12.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Marseille
- Marseille Gare Maritime
- L'Estaque
Nice
- Nice Ferry Terminal
- Gare Maritime
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 159 km against 159 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Marseille at 06:11 and the last at 17:29, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 57m | 1h 13m | 44m | €22.89 | 5.2 kg | 3 |
| Coach | 2h 54m | 2h 10m | 44m | €11.18 | 4.3 kg | 15 |
| Flight | 3h 48m | 38m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 40.1 kg | 4 |
| Ferry | 6h 25m | 4h 55m | 1h 30m | €12.44 | 18.3 kg | 6 |
Questions about Marseille to Nice
The questions people actually ask about this journey, 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 the Ferry from Marseille to Nice take?
The Ferry from Marseille to Nice takes 6h 25m door to door, of which 4h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 159 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Ferry from Marseille to Nice cost?
The Ferry from Marseille to Nice starts at €12.44 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €13.82. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Marseille to Nice?
2 operators run the Ferry from Marseille to Nice: Grimaldi, Sardinia Ferries. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Ferry from Marseille to Nice use?
The Ferry from Marseille to Nice leaves from Marseille Gare Maritime and arrives at Nice Ferry Terminal. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Ferry the best way from Marseille to Nice?
Travelling from Marseille to Nice by Coach costs €11.18 and takes 2h 54m door to door, against 6h 25m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Ferry from Marseille to Nice?
Fares for the Ferry from Marseille to Nice bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 126 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Marseille to Nice produce?
The Ferry from Marseille to Nice produces about 18.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 159 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Marseille to Nice?
Operators on the Ferry from Marseille to Nice publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 25m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Marseille to Nice on 10 September 2026: 159 km of route against 159 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €12.44, and 6h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
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Things to do in Nice
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Nice, with free cancellation on most of it.
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