Ferries in France

248 routes and 17 operators Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.

Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile, Paris, France.

We sell 248 Ferries routes in France, serving 48 places through 17 operators. 124 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is £10.18 and the median route runs 250 km.

Priced for 26 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

Ferries in France, in numbers

  • £10.18 to £34.69Fare range
  • 248Routes we sell
  • 48Places served
  • 17Operators
  • 124Domestic routes
  • 124Cross border routes
  • 250 kmMedian route
  • 1,600 kmLongest route

£10.18 to £34.69 for one passenger across the 32 routes priced below, all of them on 26 October 2026. A single figure hides which end of that a journey sits at. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Routes

The busiest Ferries routes in France

The routes we sell in France, busiest first, priced over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Marseille to Nice ferry£10.186h 21m159 km
Nice to Marseille ferry£10.186h 21m159 km
Nice to Toulon ferry£10.185h 22m126 km
Toulon to Nice ferry£10.185h 27m126 km
Marseille to Toulon ferry£10.183h 17m48 km
Toulon to Marseille ferry£10.183h 16m48 km
Avignon to Marseille ferry£10.184h 26m86 km
Marseille to Avignon ferry£10.184h 45m86 km
Cannes to Marseille ferry£10.185h 47m135 km
Marseille to Cannes ferry£10.185h 38m135 km
Cannes to Toulon ferry£10.184h 48m100 km
Toulon to Cannes ferry£10.184h 42m100 km
Bastia to Nice ferry£11.137h 43m209 km
Nice to Bastia ferry£11.137h 49m209 km
Avignon to Nice ferry£11.607h 42m199 km
Nice to Avignon ferry£11.607h 57m199 km
Ajaccio to Nice ferry£12.078h 30m232 km
Nice to Ajaccio ferry£12.078h 25m232 km
Ajaccio to Toulon ferry£14.4311h 17m266 km
Toulon to Ajaccio ferry£14.4312h 30m266 km
Ajaccio to Hyères ferry£14.439h 23m252 km
Hyères to Ajaccio ferry£14.439h 26m252 km
Bastia to Toulon ferry£14.9013h 21m291 km
Toulon to Bastia ferry£14.9013h291 km
Bastia to Hyères ferry£14.909h 59m275 km
Hyères to Bastia ferry£14.9010h 7m275 km
Ajaccio to Marseille ferry£15.3710h 41m315 km
Marseille to Ajaccio ferry£15.3710h 40m315 km
Bastia to Marseille ferry£16.7811h 21m338 km
Marseille to Bastia ferry£16.7811h 20m338 km
Algiers to Marseille ferry£34.6923h 8m756 km
Marseille to Algiers ferry£34.6923h 9m756 km

12Go fares in France

These are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.

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Being on the water gives Paris a set of days out that do not start at a station.

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Day trips out of Paris and across France

Day trips that leave Paris in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km11245%Cannes, 26 km
200 to 600 km8835%Bastia, 209 km
600 to 1,500 km4418%Béjaïa, 728 km
Over 1,500 km42%Paris, 1600 km
Across the border

Where France connects to

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Italy3629%
United Kingdom3226%
Morocco1613%
Algeria1210%
Ireland1210%
Spain86%
Tunisia86%
Carriers

Ferry operators

  • Grimaldi
  • Brittany Ferries
  • Grandi Navi Veloci
  • La méridionale
  • Moby
  • DFDS
  • SNCM
  • CMN
  • LD Lines
  • P&O Ferries

Ferry destinations

Common questions about Ferries in France

What Ferries routes are there in France?

We sell 248 Ferries routes in France, serving 48 places run by 17 operators Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.

How much do Ferries tickets in France cost?

The cheapest Ferries fare in France is £10.18 for one passenger, across the 248 routes we sell there. The median route runs 250 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.

Can I travel out of France by Ferries?

124 of the Ferries routes we sell touching France cross a border and 124 stay inside it, reaching 7 other countries including Italy, United Kingdom, Morocco. Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.

Which operators run Ferries services in France?

17 operators run Ferries services on routes we sell in France: Brittany Ferries, CMN, Corsica & Sardinia Ferries, Corsica Ferries, Corsica Linea. Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.

What is the longest Ferries route in France?

The longest Ferries route we sell touching France runs from Paris to Tangier, 1,600 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 250 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Distances

Other ways to travel here

The wider region

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