L'Île-Rousse–Toulon: what our readings show
On the L'Île-Rousse–Toulon route, our readings of 14 September 2026 cover departures from September to October 2026. The lowest price of the window goes to the foot passenger with a reclining seat: €26.60 for a departure on 18 September 2026, with Corsica Ferries. The same profile costs €40.53 on average in October 2026, the highest month of the window.
A single company on the route
Corsica Ferries is the only company recorded here. Neither a gap between companies nor a codeshare to weigh up: the price turns on the departure date and the package. For the foot passenger with a reclining seat, the company average across all dates settles at €40.10, its floor at €26.60. According to Corsica Ferries, the crossing takes 7 to 8 hours by day depending on the ship and about 7 hours by night, with several departures a week in season; boarding is 30 minutes before departure on foot, one hour with a vehicle.
September 2026 at the peak, October 2026 at the floor
For the foot passenger with a reclining seat, the window reads in two months. September 2026 sits at the top on average, at €40.53, but also carries the window's absolute floor: €26.60, recorded on 18 September 2026. October 2026 closes the window at the lowest average, €39.60, with a less favourable entry price: €31.90 on 24 October 2026. Minimum and average therefore do not point to the same month.
The ranking of the eight cheapest dates splits across the window's two months: five fall in September 2026, three in October 2026. Friday 18 September 2026 opens at €26.60, ahead of Saturday 24 October 2026 at €31.90 and Monday 19 October 2026 at €34.60. Saturday 19 September 2026 follows at €37.00, then Sunday 18 October 2026 at €37.60. Then come Wednesday 21 October 2026 at €40.00, Wednesday 16 September 2026 at €40.30 and Friday 25 September 2026 at €40.70.
Friday rather than Wednesday
Tuesday and Thursday carry no recorded departure on this route. For the foot passenger with a reclining seat, Friday comes out at €33.65 on average, ahead of Monday (€34.60), Sunday (€42.30) and Wednesday (€43.10). Wednesday breaks away from the rest of the week entirely, at €43.10 on average. Foot passenger and motorised packages agree this time on the cheapest day: all of them put Friday first, at €129.50 on average for one adult with a car and a cabin, €156.50 for two adults and €199.50 for two adults and two children. They diverge, though, on the dearest day: it is Sunday that brings up the rear for the foot passenger and the first two motorised packages, at €173.50 and €208.50, but Sunday that costs the most for the family, at €259.50.
Car and cabin: the trough sits between September and October 2026
With a vehicle, the same shape repeats for one adult and for two: October 2026 carries the highest average — €162.29 for one adult, €197.14 for two — but also the absolute floor of both packages, €105.00 on 18 September 2026 for one adult, €126.00 on 18 September 2026 for two. September 2026, cheaper on average (€143.17 and €176.67), only drops as far as €144.00 and €173.00, both recorded on 19 October 2026. The package averages across all dates work out at €153.46 for one adult and €187.69 for two.
The family package — two adults, two children, a car and a cabin — flips this pattern, but only by a hair: September 2026 becomes the cheapest month on average, at €227.00, against €248.57 for October 2026 — a gap of a few cents. The floor, though, follows the same logic as the other packages: €162.00 on 18 September 2026, against €219.00 on 19 October 2026. Across all dates, the average for this package settles at €238.62.
Leaving from another port for Toulon
Every Corsican port recorded towards Toulon is served by Corsica Ferries: Ajaccio, Bastia, Propriano, Porto-Vecchio and L'Île-Rousse. On the entry price, Bastia comes out ahead with €22.86 for a departure on 21 November 2026, followed by L'Île-Rousse at €26.60 on 18 September 2026, Ajaccio at €29.00 on 10 December 2026 and Propriano at €30.00 on 21 September 2026; Porto-Vecchio brings up the rear on the floor, at €39.40 on 19 September 2026. On average, the table is reshuffled: Ajaccio keeps the lead (€41.76), but Porto-Vecchio, last on the floor, climbs back to second place (€39.40) — its floor and average merge on the single date recorded. Propriano follows (€41.48), ahead of Bastia (€42.76); L'Île-Rousse, second on the entry price, closes the list this time, at €40.10. For a foot passenger who can choose the port of embarkation, the departure point is therefore not neutral.
What these readings cover
These prices are one-way fares, expressed as the basket total for the package, recorded on 14 September 2026 for departures from September to October 2026; no departure in November 2026 or beyond is recorded from L'Île-Rousse towards Toulon. A foot passenger return trip assembled from two departures actually recorded comes to €62.90: €26.60 outbound on 18 September 2026 and €36.30 back on 10 October 2026, with Corsica Ferries in both directions. The opposite direction, Toulon–L'Île-Rousse, is the subject of separate readings.