Cheapest€11.88
- Grimaldi G289406:274h 38m11:05accès ferry marocMarseille Gare Maritime
Door to door 6h 8mCO2 16.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Traveling from Sète to Marseille costs €11.88 at the cheapest and takes 5h 53m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 2 operators. The route covers 144 km. Cheapest is by Ferry, fastest is by Ferry.
At a glance
- Distance
- 144 km
- Fastest
- 5h 53m
- Average
- 6h 12m
- Services per day
- 6
- Cheapest
- €11.88
- CO2 per passenger
- 16.6 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 23, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry | 5h 54m | 4h 24m | 1h 30m | €11.88 | 16.6 kg | 6 |
- 5h 54mFastest, by Ferry
- €11.88Cheapest, by Ferry
- 16.6 kgLowest CO2, by Ferry
- 144 kmDistance traveled
The cheapest and the fastest on September 23, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€11.88
- Sardinia Ferries SF580206:334h 24m10:57accès ferry marocMarseille Gare Maritime
Door to door 5h 54mCO2 16.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
| Operator | Service | Departs | Arrives | Takes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keolis Bassin de Thau2 changes | 8 | 08:38 | 12:20 | 3h 53m |
| Keolis Bassin de Thau3 changes | 8 | 08:38 | 11:59 | 3h 32m |
| Keolis Bassin de Thau3 changes | 11 | 08:39 | 12:20 | 3h 52m |
| Keolis Bassin de Thau4 changes | 11 | 08:39 | 11:59 | 3h 31m |
| Keolis Bassin de Thau3 changes | 3 | 08:58 | 12:48 | 4h |
| Keolis Bassin de Thau3 changes | 3 | 10:38 | 13:34 | 3h 6m |
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Sète to Marseille | ThuSep 10 | FriSep 11 | SatSep 12 | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry | €26.19 | €22.89 | €17.94 | €20.69 | €16.84 | €14.09 | €14.64 | €15.19 | €17.39 | €15.19 | €14.09 | €14.64 | €11.89 | €11.88 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-23 · €11.88
Marseille sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.
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 Sète to Marseille
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8945 days
- €11.8830 days
- €12.4421 days
- €11.8814 days
- €14.647 days
- €17.943 days
- €26.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 120 percent. The most expensive point is €26.19, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €14.09Sun
- €14.64Mon
- €11.89Tue
- €12.44Wed
- €15.19Thu
- €17.39Fri
- €15.19Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €14.09Sep
- €11.88Oct
- €11.88Nov
- €11.88Dec
- €11.88Jan
- €11.88Feb
The route
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 144 km against 137 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Avignon, Lattes, Agde, Martigues. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Sète at 06:27 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Sète
Rail
- Gare de Sète
- Sète
- St-Pons
Bus
- Pôle d'échanges multimodal Sète parvis sud
- Gare routière d'échanges multimodal de Balaruc-le-Vieux
Ferry
- accès ferry maroc
- ligne ferry maroc;Corsica Ferris
Marseille
Rail
- Marseille Saint Charles
- Marseille St-Charles
- Marseille-Blancarde
Bus
- Marseille Saint Charles
- Gare Routière Marseille-Saint-Charles
Air
- MRS
Ferry
- Marseille Gare Maritime
- L'Estaque
MRS is not in Marseille, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.
Getting from MRS into Marseille?
A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.
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Who runs this route
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | Fastest |
|---|---|
 Grimaldi | 5h 53m |
| Sardinia Ferries | 5h 54m |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €8.99 | 76% |
| Taxes | €0.90 | 8% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 17% |
| Total you pay | €11.88 | 100% |
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Marseille Saint Charles
Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.
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Questions about Sète 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 it take to get from Sète to Marseille?
The fastest journey from Sète to Marseille takes 5h 53m door to door, of which 4h 24m is spent moving, on the Ferry. Most services take around 6h 12m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Sète to Marseille?
The cheapest fare from Sète to Marseille is €11.88, checked on September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €15.19. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Sète to Marseille?
The cheapest way from Sète to Marseille is by Ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 23, 2026. That journey takes 5h 54m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Sète to Marseille?
Fares from Sète to Marseille bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 120 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Sète to Marseille?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Sète to Marseille, at €11.89. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Sète to Marseille?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Sète to Marseille, at €11.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Sète to Marseille?
2 operators sell services from Sète to Marseille across 1 modes: Grimaldi, Sardinia Ferries. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Sète to Marseille?
33 percent of the services we sell from Sète to Marseille are direct. The rest connect at Avignon, Lattes, Agde, Martigues, with about 55 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Sète to Marseille use?
Services from Sète to Marseille by Ferry leave from accès ferry maroc and arrive at Marseille Gare Maritime. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Sète to Marseille?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Sète to Marseille allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Sète to Marseille on September 9, 2026: 144 km of route against 137 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 5h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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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