Bastia–Nice: what our readings show
On the Bastia–Nice route, our readings of 14 September 2026 cover departures from September to October 2026. For a foot passenger with a reclining seat, the window stretches from a monthly average of €37.75 in December 2026 to €53.80 in October 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 €23.26 and settles at €46.20 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.
October 2026 at the peak, September 2026 at the floor
For a foot passenger with a reclining seat, October 2026 carries the highest monthly average, €53.80, while December 2026 carries the lowest, €37.75. These two months share the whole of the recorded window on this profile.
Minimum and average point to the same month here. September 2026 carries both the lowest monthly average and the lowest price of the whole window, €32.00, recorded on 25 September 2026. October 2026, the dearest on average, never drops below €44.00, its own best price, dated 5 October 2026: that is also the highest monthly floor of the two months recorded. The month that is dearest on average therefore also carries the highest floor.
Sunday at the low point, whatever the package
For a foot passenger with a reclining seat, Sunday comes out at €37.20 on average, the lowest of the week, well ahead of Friday at €46.08 and Saturday at €45.32. Monday brings up the rear at €54.43; no departure is recorded from Tuesday to Thursday on this profile. On the motorised packages, Sunday keeps the low point, at €98.50 on average for one adult with a car and a cabin, €129.00 for two adults, €197.00 for two adults and two children. The dearest day, for its part, changes place: it is Friday that moves to the top on each of these profiles, at €188.25, €227.25 and €282.25, whereas Monday costs the most for the foot passenger with a reclining seat.
Car and cabin: September 2026 at its lowest
With a vehicle, the scale changes but the calendar holds: September 2026 stays the cheapest month on average, whatever the package. For one adult with a car and a cabin, the average works out at €127.83 in September 2026 against €205.60 in October 2026, with a monthly floor of €89.00. For two adults, €164.67 against €251.80, for a minimum of €116.00. For two adults and two children, €224.67 against €313.40, minimum €158.00. Across the whole window, these three profiles settle at €159.58, €198.22 and €255.38 on average, for respective floors of €89.00, €116.00 and €158.00.
The cheapest dates
For a foot passenger with a reclining seat, Saturday 5 December 2026 carries the best price, €23.26, ahead of Friday 25 September 2026 at €32.00 and Friday 18 September 2026 at €32.30. Then comes Sunday 20 September 2026 at €37.00, then Sunday 27 September 2026 at €37.40. Monday 14 September 2026 comes in at €40.00, Saturday 26 December 2026 at €40.00, and Monday 5 October 2026 closes the list at €44.00. September 2026 alone places five dates in this ranking, against three for October.
On the motorised packages, the best price does not fall on the same day as for the foot passenger. Sunday 20 September 2026 opens lowest for one adult with a car and a cabin, €89.00, as it does for two adults, €116.00. For two adults and two children, the floor, €158.00, moves to Sunday 20 September 2026, a date that also carries the second-best value of the first two profiles, €95.00 and €123.00. The foot passenger's floor falls on yet another date, Saturday 5 December 2026.
On the foot passenger profile, the best return trip recorded pairs an outward crossing on 5 December 2026 at €23.26 with a return on 12 December 2026 at €26.26, or €49.52 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 €33.00 for a departure on 21 October 2026, ahead of Bastia at €23.26, then L'Île-Rousse at €39.00 and Porto-Vecchio at €39.70. All these departures are run by Corsica Ferries. On average, Propriano keeps the lead at €40.00, ahead of Porto-Vecchio at €39.70, whose floor and average merge into one on the dates recorded; Bastia follows at €46.20 and L'Île-Rousse brings up the rear at €46.65. Bastia, second on the floor, therefore drops one rank on the average: a low entry fare is no guarantee of the lowest price across all the dates observed. Ajaccio does not feature in this comparison: no departure towards Nice on this profile was recorded there at this snapshot.
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, €23.26, and the lowest monthly average, €37.75: on this route, the two readings now point to the same month, and to the same departure date.