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Genoa to Cannes

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Genoa to Cannes. From €19.97, fastest 5h 11m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Genoa to Cannes runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €19.97 and €28.39, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 11m over 304 km, on services run by 3 operators across 2 modes.

Checked 24 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€19.97 to €28.39

  • 41%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Genoa

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Genoa and Cannes.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €28.22Fri25
  2. about €33.17Sat26
  3. about €25.47Sun27
  4. about €24.37Mon28
  5. about €26.57Tue29
  6. about €26.02Wed30
  7. about €23.27Thu1
  8. about €23.82Fri2
  9. about €23.27Sat3
  10. about €23.27Sun4
  11. about €20.52Mon5
  12. about €22.17Tue6
  13. about €22.72Wed7
  14. about €23.27Thu8
  15. about €23.27Fri9
  16. about €21.62Sat10
  17. about €20.52Sun11
  18. about €21.62Mon12
  19. about €19.97Tue13
  20. about €21.07Wed14
  21. about €23.82Thu15

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The coach gets you into Cannes. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Cannes for the night the coach gets in

Sort by distance from Cannes and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Genoa to Cannes

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

  1. €21.0790 days
  2. €19.9660 days
  3. €21.0745 days
  4. €22.1730 days
  5. €23.8221 days
  6. €23.2714 days
  7. €23.277 days
  8. €25.473 days
  9. €28.221 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.96.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 41 percent. The dearest point is €28.22, 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.
€28.22€19.96137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Genoa to Cannes and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

304 km

181 km as the crow flies, 68% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

580,09774,545

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

ItalyFranceMarseilleMarseilleBolognaBolognaFlorenceFlorenceParmaParmaPratoPratoModenaModenaReggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaToulonToulonLivornoLivornoAix-en-ProvenceAix-en-ProvencePisaPisaLa SpeziaLa SpeziaAlessandriaAlessandriaAvignonAvignonLuccaLuccaAstiAstiGenoaGenoaCannesCannesMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 304 km against 181 km in a straight line, a detour of 68 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Nice, Bastia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

Cannes is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Cannes

Most of the points near Cannes open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Genoa to Cannes

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 it take to get from Genoa to Cannes?

The fastest journey from Genoa to Cannes takes 5h 11m door to door, of which 3h 30m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 10h 36m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Genoa to Cannes?

The cheapest fare from Genoa to Cannes is €19.97, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €28.31. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Genoa to Cannes?

The cheapest way from Genoa to Cannes is by coach, at €19.97 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 24m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

What is the fastest way to get from Genoa to Cannes?

The fastest way from Genoa to Cannes is by coach, at 5h 24m door to door. Only 3h 30m of that is spent moving; the remaining 1h 54m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €19.97.

When should I book Genoa to Cannes?

Fares from Genoa to Cannes bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €19.96. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 41 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Genoa to Cannes?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Genoa to Cannes, at €21.62. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 24 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Genoa to Cannes?

January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Genoa to Cannes, at €19.96 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Genoa to Cannes?

3 operators sell services from Genoa to Cannes across 2 modes: FlixBus, Grimaldi, Moby. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Genoa to Cannes?

0 percent of the services we sell from Genoa to Cannes are direct. The rest connect at Nice, Bastia, with about 47 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Genoa to Cannes produce?

Travelling from Genoa to Cannes by coach produces about 5.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Ferry produces about 9.8 kg, roughly 2 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Genoa to Cannes use?

Services from Genoa to Cannes by coach leave from Genova Autostazione and arrive at Cruise Terminal. Allow about 1h 7m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Genoa to Cannes?

3 of the 3 operators we sell from Genoa to Cannes allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Genoa to Cannes on 24 September 2026: 304 km of route against 181 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €19.97, and 5h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Cannes a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Cannes and across France

Day trips that leave Cannes in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Genoa reaches 150 places in 25 countries on services we hold, over distances from 23 to 8,071 km. Cannes reaches 44 places in 8 countries, from 24 to 1,558 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Genoa

  • 150Places you can leave for
  • 25Countries
  • 32Operators

Arriving in Cannes

Leaving Cannes

  • 44Places you can leave for
  • 8Countries
  • 2Operators

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