Marseille to Tunis ferry

Ferries from Marseille to Tunis start at €58.09 and take 25h 43m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Marseille to Tunis starts at €58.09 and takes 25h 43m door to door, run by 1 operator over 827 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 25h 43mDoor to door
  • 24h 13mMoving
  • €58.09 to €117.49From
  • 18:00 to 18:00First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 95.1 kgCO2

First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for 17 September 2026, across 1 services on the day.

€58.09 to €117.49 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Sailings on 17 September 2026

Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.

  1. 18:0015:0021h

    CTNVessel TANITDirect

    MARSEILLETUNIS

    from €151.26business seat €170.76 €170.76 €173.26

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Fares by date

What the operator is charging, by departure date.

17 September 2026

€151.26

CTN

This crossing was checked for one date, and that is the only date we hold a fare for. The operator sells the rest of the season.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€44.34
  1. Ctn C934220:5026h 22m23:12L'EstaqueTUNIS

Door to door 27h 52mCO2 95.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Ctn€44.3425h 4m33 km/hChangeableBar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets

The ferry gets you into Tunis. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

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A room in Tunis for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Marseille to Tunis

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

  1. €53.6990 days
  2. €49.8460 days
  3. €56.9945 days
  4. €40.4930 days
  5. €44.3421 days
  6. €58.0914 days
  7. €74.047 days
  8. €117.493 days
  9. €98.791 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €40.49.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 190 percent. The dearest point is €117.49, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €67.44Sun
  2. €58.09Mon
  3. €61.94Tue
  4. €65.79Wed
  5. €76.24Thu
  6. €71.84Fri
  7. €75.14Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Marseille

Ferry
  • L'Estaque
  • MARSEILLE
  • Marseille Gare Maritime

Tunis

Ferry
  • TUNIS
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 827 km against 827 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Marseille at 06:32 and the last at 20:50, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Ferries against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 39m1h 29m3h 10m€88.05209.6 kg24
Ferry25h 43m24h 13m1h 30m€58.0995.1 kg8

Questions about Marseille to Tunis

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 Tunis take?

The Ferry from Marseille to Tunis takes 25h 43m door to door, of which 24h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 827 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 Tunis cost?

The Ferry from Marseille to Tunis starts at €58.09 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €47.09. 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 Tunis?

1 operators run the Ferry from Marseille to Tunis: Ctn. Between them they file around 8 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 Tunis use?

The Ferry from Marseille to Tunis leaves from L'Estaque and arrives at TUNIS. 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 Tunis?

Travelling from Marseille to Tunis by Flight costs €88.05 and takes 4h 39m door to door, against 25h 43m 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 Tunis?

Fares for the Ferry from Marseille to Tunis bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €40.49. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 190 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Marseille to Tunis produce?

The Ferry from Marseille to Tunis produces about 95.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 827 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 Tunis?

Operators on the Ferry from Marseille to Tunis publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 25h 43m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Marseille to Tunis on 14 September 2026: 827 km of route against 827 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €58.09, and 25h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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