Florence to Marseille bus

Buses from Florence to Marseille start at €26.58 and take 7h 6m at their fastest.

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Skyline de Marseille depuis le fort Saint-Jean, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

The Buses from Florence to Marseille starts at €26.58 and takes 7h 6m door to door, run by 1 operator over 476 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 6mDoor to door
  • 6h 22mMoving
  • €26.58From
  • 12.9 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€23.28
  1. FlixBus FB454206:506h 22m13:12Firenze Villa CostanzaMarseille Saint Charles

Door to door 7h 6mCO2 12.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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
FlixBus€23.286h 58m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Marseille is not something we sell.

A hotel room

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Booking window

When to book Florence to Marseille

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

  1. €23.2890 days
  2. €23.2860 days
  3. €21.6345 days
  4. €23.8330 days
  5. €27.6821 days
  6. €29.8814 days
  7. €34.837 days
  8. €43.633 days
  9. €54.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 153 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.
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. €42.53Sun
  2. €26.58Mon
  3. €30.43Tue
  4. €35.38Wed
  5. €29.88Thu
  6. €41.98Fri
  7. €38.13Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Florence

Bus
  • Firenze Villa Costanza
  • Hub Vittorio Veneto

Marseille

Bus
  • Marseille Saint Charles
  • Gare Routière Marseille-Saint-Charles
The journey

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
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 476 km against 476 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, Genoa, Modena, Nice. 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Florence 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.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

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 17m1h 7m3h 10m€66.81120.5 kg1
Coach7h 6m6h 22m44m€26.5812.9 kg3

Questions about Florence 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 Florence to Marseille take?

The Coach from Florence to Marseille takes 7h 6m door to door, of which 6h 22m is spent moving. The route runs 476 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 Florence to Marseille cost?

The Coach from Florence to Marseille starts at €26.58 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €30.43. 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 Florence to Marseille?

1 operators run the Coach from Florence 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 Florence to Marseille use?

The Coach from Florence to Marseille leaves from Firenze Villa Costanza 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 Florence to Marseille?

Traveling from Florence to Marseille by Flight costs €66.81 and takes 4h 17m door to door, against 7h 6m 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 Florence to Marseille?

Fares for the Coach from Florence to Marseille bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 153 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Florence to Marseille produce?

The Coach from Florence to Marseille produces about 12.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 476 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 Florence to Marseille?

Operators on the Coach from Florence 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 6m 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 Florence to Marseille on September 10, 2026: 476 km of route against 476 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €26.58, and 7h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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