Bastia–Nice: what our readings show
On the Bastia–Nice route, our readings of 17 August 2026 cover departures from August to October 2026. For a foot passenger with a reclining seat, the window stretches from a monthly average of €40.49 in September 2026 to €76.84 in August 2026.
A single company on the route
Corsica Ferries is the only company observed on Bastia–Nice. Every price quoted here is its own: for a foot passenger with a reclining seat, the crossing starts from €28.00 and settles at €53.82 on average across the window. No comparison between companies, and no codeshare gap, is possible on this route. The company advertises a duration of between 6 and 8 hours depending on the ship, on crossings that run mostly by day.
August 2026 at the peak, September 2026 at the floor
For a foot passenger with a reclining seat, August 2026 carries the highest monthly average, €76.84, while September 2026 carries the lowest, €40.49. October 2026 slots in between, at €50.20 on average for a monthly floor of €28.00, dated 31 October 2026.
Minimum and average point to the same month this time. September 2026 carries both the lowest monthly average and the lowest price of the whole window, €31.00, recorded on 5 September 2026. August 2026, the dearest on average, never drops below €52.00, its own best price, dated 27 August 2026: that is the highest monthly floor of the three months recorded, above October's (€28.00). The month that is dearest on average is therefore also the one whose best date is the least advantageous.
Thursday costs the most, whatever the package
For a foot passenger with a reclining seat, Saturday comes out at €60.44 on average, the lowest of the week, ahead of Monday at €48.97 and Tuesday at €50.00. Saturday settles at €46.80, Friday at €56.37, and Thursday brings up the rear at €63.00. On the motorised packages, the low point moves to Monday: €144.00 on average for one adult with a car and a cabin, €182.67 for two adults, €239.67 for two adults and two children. Thursday, for its part, remains the dearest day on each of these profiles, at €218.50, €274.00 and €345.00.
Car and cabin: September 2026 at its lowest
With a vehicle, the scale changes but the calendar holds. For one adult with a car and a cabin, August 2026 rises to €235.17 on average while September 2026 comes back to €147.56, with a monthly floor of €113.00. October 2026 settles at €174.60. For two adults, August 2026 shows €295.33 on average and September 2026 comes back to €183.11, for a minimum of €142.00. For two adults and two children, August 2026 tops out at €376.00 and September 2026 comes back to €234.22, minimum €186.00. Across the whole window, these three profiles settle at €180.60, €225.10 and €286.85 on average, for respective floors of €109.00, €133.00 and €171.00.
The cheapest dates
For a foot passenger with a reclining seat, Saturday 31 October 2026 carries the best price, €28.00, ahead of Saturday 5 September 2026 at €31.00 and Monday 14 September 2026 at €32.00. Then comes Friday 4 September 2026 at €32.20, then Saturday 24 October 2026 at €35.00. Sunday 20 September 2026 comes in at €36.00, Sunday 27 September 2026 at €36.30, and Friday 25 September 2026 closes the list at €39.00. September 2026 alone places five dates in this ranking, against two for October and one for August.
On the motorised packages, the best price falls on exactly the same day as for the foot passenger. Saturday 31 October 2026 opens lowest on all three packages: €109.00 for one adult with a car and a cabin, €133.00 for two adults, €171.00 for two adults and two children. A single date therefore carries the floor of all four profiles recorded, from the foot passenger to the motorised family.
On the foot passenger profile, the best return trip recorded pairs an outward crossing on 5 September 2026 at €31.00 with a return on 18 September 2026 at €30.00, or €61.00 for the two legs, with Corsica Ferries from end to end.
Leaving from another port for Nice
To reach Nice from Corsica, Bastia is not the only departure port recorded. Propriano opens lowest, at €26.00 for a departure on 21 October 2026, ahead of L'Île-Rousse at €31.00, Bastia at €28.00, Porto-Vecchio at €31.60 and Ajaccio at €75.00. All these departures are run by Corsica Ferries. On average, the order is reshuffled without changing at the top: Propriano keeps the lowest average, €35.00, ahead of Porto-Vecchio at €31.60 and Bastia at €53.82, while L'Île-Rousse at €58.36 and Ajaccio at €79.33 bring up the rear. L'Île-Rousse, second on the floor, ends up second-to-last on averages: a low floor is no guarantee of the lowest average across all the dates observed.
What these readings cover
Our observations on Bastia–Nice stop at October 2026: beyond that, the window is not recorded on this route. From the foot passenger with a reclining seat to the motorised family in a cabin, the prices quoted are one-way fares, expressed either as a minimum or as an average of the observations. For the foot passenger with a reclining seat, September 2026 brings together the lowest price of the window, €28.00, and the lowest monthly average, €40.49: on this route, the two readings now point to the same month, and to the same departure date.