Marseille–L'Île-Rousse: what our readings show
Our readings of 22 August 2026 cover departures from August 2026 to January 2027. The entry price of the window goes to the foot passenger with a reclining seat: €44.10 one way, for a departure on 24 August 2026. Outside the low August dates, €55.10 serves as the marker: it is the floor that recurs from September 2026 to January 2027. Across all dates, the foot-passenger average settles at €61.75.
A single company on the route
Corsica Linea is the only company recorded between Marseille and L'Île-Rousse. There is therefore neither a gap between companies nor a codeshare to arbitrate here. Its averages across all dates rise with the package: €61.75 for the foot passenger with a reclining seat, €184.66 for one adult with a car and a cabin, €231.67 for two adults, €296.54 for two adults and two children. The company announces three departures a week all year round on the route, in a reclining seat or in a private cabin.
August 2026 at the peak, December 2026 at the floor
For the foot passenger with a reclining seat, August 2026 is the dearest month of the window: €67.72 on average. The same month nonetheless carries the lowest price of the whole window, €44.10, on the departure of 24 August 2026: the late-month Sundays break the average without carrying it. The decline then sets in: €67.72 on average in September 2026, €60.37 in October 2026, €58.90 in November 2026, then €58.55 in December 2026, the lowest monthly average recorded. January 2027 closes the window a notch above, at €59.85 on average, with an unchanged floor at €55.10.
Sunday rather than Monday
The day of departure weighs as much here as the month. For the foot passenger with a reclining seat, Sunday is the cheapest, at €52.77 on average; Wednesday follows very closely at €56.50, then Friday at €62.45. Monday is by far the dearest: €71.60 on average. The gap widens with a vehicle: for one adult with a car and a cabin, Sunday falls to €133.15 on average while Monday climbs to €262.07; for two adults, €170.58 against €317.17; for two adults and two children, €228.78 against €391.53. Our readings contain no Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday departure on this route; those three days are therefore not comparable with the others.
November 2026 the lowest with a car and a cabin
The motorised packages follow the same calendar, shifted upward, with a trough that moves from December to November. For one adult with a car and a cabin, August 2026 peaks at €223.00 on average; November 2026 is the lowest, at €161.75 on average and from €133.15. For two adults with a car and a cabin, the average moves from €243.08 in August 2026 to €206.85 in November 2026, where the fare starts at €175.25. For two adults and two children, August 2026 reaches €309.62 on average, then November 2026 comes back to €271.85 on average, from €237.45.
Here again, the absolute floor of each motorised package falls in August 2026, not in November: €107.15 for one adult with a car and a cabin, €140.25 for two adults, €194.45 for two adults and two children, all recorded for the departure of 24 August 2026.
Leaving from another port for L'Île-Rousse
Marseille is the dearest departure port recorded for L'Île-Rousse: €44.10 at the floor with Corsica Linea, €61.75 on average. Four other ports serve the town at a better price, all through Corsica Ferries. Toulon posts the lowest entry price, €28.00, for a departure on 21 September 2026, and €40.25 on average. Savona starts at €29.30 (€36.02 on average), Nice at €31.40 (€38.80) and Sète at €33.00 (€38.50). The ranking changes with the metric: at the floor it is Toulon that leads, on average it is Sète, ahead of Savona.
The cheapest dates
The cheapest crossings for a foot passenger all belong to Corsica Linea. The two lowest fall on Sundays in August: 24 August 2026 at €44.10 and 23 September 2026 at €47.10, followed by Sunday 23 August 2026 at €47.10. The next five all come out at the same price, €47.10: Wednesday 30 September 2026, Sunday 30 August 2026, Friday 25 December 2026, Friday 1 January 2027 and Friday 4 December 2026. The bottom of the ranking is thus split between three August dates and five midweek or end-of-week departures, from November 2026 to January 2027.
A foot passenger return trip assembled from two departures actually recorded comes to €93.11: €44.10 outbound on 24 August 2026 and €56.01 back on 8 September 2026, with Corsica Linea in both directions.