Cheapest€13.54
- Grimaldi G493416:536h 31m23:24Nice Ferry TerminalGare Maritime Nord
Door to door 8h 1mCO2 24.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Nice to Bastia ferry
Ferries from Nice to Bastia start at €16.29 and take 7h 53m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Nice to Bastia starts at €16.29 and takes 7h 53m door to door, run by 2 operators over 209 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 7h 53mDoor to door
- 6h 23mMoving
- €16.29From
- 24.0 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.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €13.54 |
| Sardinia Ferries | €14.09 |
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When to book Nice to Bastia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.5490 days
- €12.4460 days
- €14.0945 days
- €12.9930 days
- €15.1921 days
- €16.8414 days
- €20.697 days
- €30.043 days
- €35.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 186 percent. The most expensive point is €35.54, 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.
- €17.94Sun
- €16.84Mon
- €16.29Tue
- €16.84Wed
- €24.54Thu
- €19.04Fri
- €19.59Sat
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
Bastia
Ferry
- Gare Maritime Nord
- Gare Maritime Terminal Sud
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 209 km against 209 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 Saint-Raphaël, Ajaccio, Cannes, Hyères. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 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 Nice at 06:11 and the last at 19:46, 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 51m | 41m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 52.9 kg | 4 |
| Ferry | 7h 53m | 6h 23m | 1h 30m | €16.29 | 24.0 kg | 16 |
Questions about Nice to Bastia
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 Bastia take?
The Ferry from Nice to Bastia takes 7h 53m door to door, of which 6h 23m is spent moving. The route runs 209 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 Bastia cost?
The Ferry from Nice to Bastia starts at €16.29 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €18.22. 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 Bastia?
2 operators run the Ferry from Nice to Bastia: 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 Bastia use?
The Ferry from Nice to Bastia leaves from Nice Ferry Terminal and arrives at Gare Maritime Nord. 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 Bastia?
Traveling from Nice to Bastia by Flight costs €31.41 and takes 3h 51m door to door, against 7h 53m 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 Bastia?
Fares for the Ferry from Nice to Bastia bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.44. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 186 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Nice to Bastia produce?
The Ferry from Nice to Bastia produces about 24.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 209 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 Bastia?
Operators on the Ferry from Nice to Bastia publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 53m 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 Bastia on September 9, 2026: 209 km of route against 209 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.29, and 7h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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