Nice to Marseille ferry
Ferries from Nice to Marseille start at €12.44 and take 6h 20m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Nice to Marseille starts at €12.44 and takes 6h 20m door to door, run by 2 operators over 159 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 6h 20mDoor to door
- 4h 50mMoving
- €12.44From
- 18.3 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.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | Fastest |
|---|---|
 Grimaldi | 6h 18m |
| Sardinia Ferries | 6h 19m |
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Rooms within reach of Marseille Saint Charles
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Nice to Marseille
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0821 days
- €11.7314 days
- €13.387 days
- €18.333 days
- €21.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 115 percent. The most expensive point is €21.63, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €12.28Sun
- €11.73Mon
- €11.18Tue
- €11.73Wed
- €13.38Thu
- €12.83Fri
- €12.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Nice
- Nice Ferry Terminal
- Gare Maritime
Marseille
- Marseille Gare Maritime
- L'Estaque
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 159 km against 159 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Nice at 06:11 and the last at 17:29, across 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 56m | 1h 12m | 44m | €22.89 | 5.2 kg | 3 |
| Coach | 2h 54m | 2h 10m | 44m | €11.18 | 4.3 kg | 15 |
| Flight | 3h 48m | 38m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 40.1 kg | 4 |
| Ferry | 6h 20m | 4h 50m | 1h 30m | €12.44 | 18.3 kg | 6 |
Questions about Nice 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 Ferry from Nice to Marseille take?
The Ferry from Nice to Marseille takes 6h 20m door to door, of which 4h 50m is spent moving. The route runs 159 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 Marseille cost?
The Ferry from Nice to Marseille starts at €12.44 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €13.82. 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 Marseille?
2 operators run the Ferry from Nice to Marseille: Grimaldi, Sardinia Ferries. Between them they file around 6 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 Marseille use?
The Ferry from Nice to Marseille leaves from Nice Ferry Terminal and arrives at Marseille Gare Maritime. 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 Marseille?
Traveling from Nice to Marseille by Coach costs €11.18 and takes 2h 54m door to door, against 6h 20m 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 Marseille?
Fares for the Ferry from Nice to Marseille bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 115 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Nice to Marseille produce?
The Ferry from Nice to Marseille produces about 18.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 159 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 Marseille?
Operators on the Ferry from Nice to Marseille publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 20m 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 Marseille on September 9, 2026: 159 km of route against 159 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €12.44, and 6h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Being on the water gives Marseille a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
What to book in Marseille before you go
Day trips that leave Marseille in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.
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