Cheapest€14.64
- Grimaldi G277809:297h 5m16:34Nice Ferry TerminalGare maritime d'Ajaccio
Door to door 8h 35mCO2 26.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Nice to Ajaccio ferry
Ferries from Nice to Ajaccio start at €17.39 and take 8h 26m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Nice to Ajaccio starts at €17.39 and takes 8h 26m door to door, run by 2 operators over 232 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 8h 26mDoor to door
- 6h 56mMoving
- €17.39From
- 26.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €14.64 |
| Sardinia Ferries | €15.19 |
Ajaccio sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.
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When to book Nice to Ajaccio
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.7490 days
- €11.8960 days
- €14.6445 days
- €15.1930 days
- €18.4921 days
- €22.3414 days
- €32.797 days
- €30.593 days
- €38.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 222 percent. The dearest point is €38.29, 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.
- €20.14Sun
- €18.49Mon
- €17.39Tue
- €18.49Wed
- €22.34Thu
- €21.24Fri
- €21.79Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Nice
Ferry
- Nice Ferry Terminal
- Gare Maritime
Ajaccio
Ferry
- Gare maritime d'Ajaccio
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 80% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 20% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 232 km against 232 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Hyères, Saint-Raphaël, Bastia, Cannes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Nice at 06:07 and the last at 20:11, across 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 3h 54m | 44m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 58.8 kg | 4 |
| Ferry | 8h 26m | 6h 56m | 1h 30m | €17.39 | 26.7 kg | 16 |
Questions about Nice to Ajaccio
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 Nice to Ajaccio take?
The Ferry from Nice to Ajaccio takes 8h 26m door to door, of which 6h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 232 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 Nice to Ajaccio cost?
The Ferry from Nice to Ajaccio starts at €17.39 for one passenger, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare is €20.14. 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 Nice to Ajaccio?
2 operators run the Ferry from Nice to Ajaccio: Grimaldi, Sardinia Ferries. Between them they file around 16 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 Nice to Ajaccio use?
The Ferry from Nice to Ajaccio leaves from Nice Ferry Terminal and arrives at Gare maritime d'Ajaccio. 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 Nice to Ajaccio?
Travelling from Nice to Ajaccio by Flight costs €31.41 and takes 3h 54m door to door, against 8h 26m 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 Nice to Ajaccio?
Fares for the Ferry from Nice to Ajaccio bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.89. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 222 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Nice to Ajaccio produce?
The Ferry from Nice to Ajaccio produces about 26.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 232 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 Nice to Ajaccio?
Operators on the Ferry from Nice to Ajaccio publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 26m 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 Nice to Ajaccio on 10 September 2026: 232 km of route against 232 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €17.39, and 8h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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