Nice to Ajaccio ferry

Ferries from Nice to Ajaccio start at €17.39 and take 8h 26m at their fastest.

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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.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 26mDoor to door
  • 6h 56mMoving
  • €17.39From
  • 26.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€14.64
  1. Grimaldi G277809:297h 5m16:34Nice Ferry TerminalGare maritime d'Ajaccio

Door to door 8h 35mCO2 26.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry 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.
OperatorFrom
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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Booking window

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.

  1. €14.6490 days
  2. €13.5460 days
  3. €15.1945 days
  4. €14.6430 days
  5. €16.2921 days
  6. €18.4914 days
  7. €22.897 days
  8. €32.793 days
  9. €39.391 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 191 percent. The most expensive point is €39.39, 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.
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. €20.14Sun
  2. €18.49Mon
  3. €17.39Tue
  4. €18.49Wed
  5. €26.74Thu
  6. €21.24Fri
  7. €21.79Sat
Terminals

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
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
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.
The alternatives

Ferries 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
Flight3h 54m44m3h 10m€31.4158.8 kg4
Ferry8h 26m6h 56m1h 30m€17.3926.7 kg16

Questions about Nice to Ajaccio

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 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 September 29, 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?

Traveling 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 €13.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 191 percent, measured on September 29, 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 kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, 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, Restrooms. 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 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 Nice to Ajaccio on September 9, 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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