Cheapest€23.83
- FlixBus FB336406:506h 41m13:31Bologna AutostazioneMarseille Saint Charles
Door to door 7h 25mCO2 13.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bologna to Marseille bus
Buses from Bologna to Marseille start at €27.68 and take 7h 25m at their fastest.
The Buses from Bologna to Marseille starts at €27.68 and takes 7h 25m door to door, run by 1 operator over 495 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 7h 25mDoor to door
- 6h 41mMoving
- €27.68From
- 13.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €23.83 | 7h 13m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Marseille is not something we sell.
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When to book Bologna to Marseille
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.4390 days
- €19.4360 days
- €18.8845 days
- €22.1830 days
- €28.2321 days
- €33.1814 days
- €39.237 days
- €35.383 days
- €54.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €18.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 189 percent. The most expensive point is €54.63, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €44.18Sun
- €27.68Mon
- €30.98Tue
- €37.03Wed
- €35.93Thu
- €40.33Fri
- €33.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Bologna
Bus
- Bologna Autostazione
- Bologna Autostazione Centrale
Marseille
Bus
- Marseille Saint Charles
- Gare Routière Marseille-Saint-Charles
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
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 495 km against 495 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 Parma, Prato, Nice, Genoa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 71 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Bologna at 06:50 and the last at 14:08, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses 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 | 4h 15m | 3h 31m | 44m | €42.69 | 16.3 kg | 5 |
| Flight | 4h 19m | 1h 9m | 3h 10m | €65.04 | 125.5 kg | 1 |
| Coach | 7h 25m | 6h 41m | 44m | €27.68 | 13.4 kg | 3 |
Questions about Bologna to Marseille
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Bologna to Marseille take?
The Coach from Bologna to Marseille takes 7h 25m door to door, of which 6h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 495 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 Coach from Bologna to Marseille cost?
The Coach from Bologna to Marseille starts at €27.68 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €31.53. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Bologna to Marseille?
1 operators run the Coach from Bologna to Marseille: FlixBus. Between them they file around 3 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 Coach from Bologna to Marseille use?
The Coach from Bologna to Marseille leaves from Bologna Autostazione and arrives at Marseille Saint Charles. Allow about 44m 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 Coach the best way from Bologna to Marseille?
Traveling from Bologna to Marseille by Train costs €42.69 and takes 4h 15m door to door, against 7h 25m by Coach. 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 Coach from Bologna to Marseille?
Fares for the Coach from Bologna to Marseille bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €18.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 189 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Bologna to Marseille produce?
The Coach from Bologna to Marseille produces about 13.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 495 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Bologna to Marseille?
Operators on the Coach from Bologna to Marseille publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 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 modeled 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 Bologna to Marseille on September 12, 2026: 495 km of route against 495 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €27.68, and 7h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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