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France

450 crossings between 48 ports, run by 58 operators, serving 79 cities. The busiest city is Paris with 487 destinations, and the busiest port is Marseille (Saint-Charles) with 68 crossings. 55 airports carry scheduled service, so most of this network can be left by air as well as by sea.

Cities

79 cities, each showing everything it reaches across every terminal and airport that serves it.

Paris reaches 487 destinations
Marseille reaches 348 destinations
Nice reaches 337 destinations
Lyon reaches 331 destinations
Bordeaux reaches 302 destinations
Nantes reaches 285 destinations
Toulouse reaches 283 destinations
Strasbourg reaches 272 destinations
Montpellier reaches 266 destinations
Beauvais reaches 258 destinations
Brest reaches 245 destinations
Biarritz reaches 240 destinations

Showing the 12 widest-reaching of 79. Every city →

The ports that matter

Ranked by how many crossings each carries. The first is 1.4× the second.

Marseille (Saint-Charles) crossings 68 crossings on record
Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) crossings 50 crossings on record
Bordeaux (Saint-Jean - Paludate) crossings 43 crossings on record
Villefranche-sur-Mer crossings 28 crossings on record
Le Havre (Bus Station) crossings 23 crossings on record
Toulon (Central Bus Station) crossings 23 crossings on record
Nice Airport (Bus Station - Terminal 1) crossings 22 crossings on record
Avignon crossings 16 crossings on record
Dijon (Bus Station) crossings 16 crossings on record
Rouen (Avenue Champlain) crossings 15 crossings on record
Sete crossings 14 crossings on record
Bastia crossings 13 crossings on record
Aix-en-Provence (Krypton) crossings 13 crossings on record
Arles crossings 11 crossings on record

Who runs the boats

58 operators appear in France crossings.

The longest and the shortest

389 of 450 crossings carry a time.

Every crossing we hold

All 450 of them, alphabetically, 25 at a time. Each has its own page.

Aigues-Mortes – Avignon 120 h 00 CroisiEurope
Aix-en-Provence (Krypton) – Paris City 336 h 00 Tauck River Cruises
Ajaccio – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 12 h 45 Corsica Linea, La Meridionale
Ajaccio – Porto Torres 4 h 15 Corsica Ferries, modern vessels
Ajaccio – Sete 14 h 30 Corsica Ferries
Al Hoceima – Sete not held Balearia
Alcudia – Sete 12 h 22 Corsica Ferries
Alger – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 4 h 00 Algerie Ferries, Corsica Linea
Algiers – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 20 h 34 Algerie Ferries, Corsica Linea, Nouris El Bahr Ferries
Algiers – Sete 23 h 15 Corsica Linea, Grandi Navi Veloci
Amsterdam – Arles 336 h 00 Avalon Waterways
Amsterdam – Avignon 360 h 00 Viking River Cruises
Amsterdam – Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) 168 h 00 Avalon Waterways, Emerald Cruises, Viking River Cruises
Amsterdam – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 360 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Amsterdam – Villefranche-sur-Mer 360 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Annaba – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 19 h 00 Corsica Linea
Annaba – Sete not held Corsica Linea
Arles – Basel 168 h 00 Avalon Waterways
Arles – Bordeaux (Saint-Jean - Paludate) 336 h 00 Avalon Waterways, Uniworld
Arles – Chalon-sur-Saône (Bus Station) 168 h 00 Avalon Waterways
Arles – Dijon (Bus Station) 192 h 00 AmaWaterways
Arles – Istanbul not held Uniworld
Arles – Lisbon (Oriente) 96 h 00 Uniworld
Arles – Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) 168 h 00 AmaWaterways, Avalon Waterways, Scylla VIVA Cruises
Arles – Paris City 168 h 00 Avalon Waterways, Emerald Cruises, Uniworld
Arles – Sete 168 h 00 CroisiEurope
Arles – Villefranche-sur-Mer 72 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Avignon – Basel 168 h 00 Viking River Cruises
Avignon – Bollène (Péage) 35 min FlixBus-eu
Avignon – Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) 2 h 30 AmaWaterways, FlixBus-eu, Riviera Travel
Avignon – Nîmes (Parnasse) 45 min FlixBus-eu
Avignon – Paris City 360 h 00 Scylla Cruises, Viking River Cruises
Avignon – land tour 264 h 00 Riviera Travel, Scylla Cruises
Barcelona – Le Havre (Bus Station) 240 h 00 Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Barcelona – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 24 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises
Barcelona – Rouen (Avenue Champlain) 552 h 00 Windstar Cruises
Barcelona – Villefranche-sur-Mer 120 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages, Aurora Expeditions, Emerald Cruises
Basel – Bordeaux (Saint-Jean - Paludate) 96 h 00 Avalon Waterways, Scenic Cruises
Basel – Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) 240 h 00 Scenic Cruises
Basel – Marseille (Saint-Charles) not held Emerald Cruises
Basel – Nancy 3 h 05 FlixBus-eu
Bastia – Civitavecchia-Rome 3 h 15 Cors'express, Corsica Ferries
Bastia – Genoa (Fanti d'Italia/Principe bus station) 3 h 30 Cors'express, Moby Lines, modern vessels
Bastia – Golfo Aranci not held Corsica Ferries
Bastia – La Spezia (Via Carducci) not held Corsica Ferries
Bastia – Livorno 2 h 15 Cors'express, Corsica Ferries, Moby Lines
Bastia – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 13 h 01 Corsica Linea
Bastia – Piombino 3 h 49 Corsica Ferries
Bastia – Portoferraio 1 h 30 Corsica Ferries, Corsica-Sardinia Ferries
Bastia – Savona (Stazione FS) 7 h 27 Corsica Ferries
Bastia – Sete not held Corsica Ferries
Bastia – Toulon (Central Bus Station) 10 h 53 Corsica Ferries
Bejaia – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 20 h 45 Algerie Ferries, Corsica Linea
Bejaia – Sete 21 h 52 Corsica Linea, Grandi Navi Veloci
Belfort – Besançon 1 h 05 FlixBus-eu
Besançon – Dijon (Bus Station) 1 h 20 CroisiEurope, FlixBus-eu
Besançon – Strasbourg 3 h 00 FlixBus-eu
Biarritz (Airport) – Hendaye 20 min FlixBus-eu
Bonifacio – Santa Teresa 50 min Moby Lines
Bonifacio – Santa Teresa di Gallura not held Ichnusa Lines
Bonifacio – Sardinia not held Moby Lines
Bordeaux (Saint-Jean - Paludate) – Dover 240 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages
Bordeaux (Saint-Jean - Paludate) – Dublin 192 h 00 SeaDream Yacht Club, Windstar Cruises
Bordeaux (Saint-Jean - Paludate) – Lisbon (Oriente) 168 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages, Ponant Cruises, Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection
Bordeaux (Saint-Jean - Paludate) – London-Tilbury 192 h 00 Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection, Scenic Cruises, Windstar Cruises
Bordeaux (Saint-Jean - Paludate) – Oslo 312 h 00 SeaDream Yacht Club
Bordeaux (Saint-Jean - Paludate) – Paris City 168 h 00 Avalon Waterways, Scenic Cruises, Tauck River Cruises
Boulogne – Dover not held P&O Ferries
Bridgetown – Villefranche-sur-Mer 696 h 00 Star Clippers
Buenos Aires – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 528 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises
Caen (central bus station) – England not held Brittany Ferries
Calais (P&O Ferry) – Dover 1 h 25 DFDS, DFDS Seaways, FlixBus-eu
Calais (P&O Ferry) – Folkestone (Eurotunnel) 30 min Eurotunnel, FlixBus-eu
Calais (P&O Ferry) – Lille 1 h 25 FlixBus-eu
Cannes (Le Cannet) – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 2 h 25 FlixBus-eu, MSC Cruises
Cartagena Colombia – Villefranche-sur-Mer not held Silversea Cruises
Carteret – Sark not held Manche Iles Express
Chausey – Granville not held Vedettes Jolie France
Cherbourg – Dublin 19 h 15 Irish Ferries
Cherbourg – England 4 h 15 Brittany Ferries
Cherbourg – Portsmouth 5 h 30 Brittany Ferries
Cherbourg – Rosslare 17 h 42 Brittany Ferries, Stena Line
Civitavecchia-Rome – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 48 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys
Civitavecchia-Rome – Villefranche-sur-Mer 120 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages, Azamara Cruises, Emerald Cruises
Copenhagen Busterminal – Le Havre (Bus Station) 264 h 00 Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Cork – Honfleur (Central Bus Station) 192 h 00 Ponant Cruises
Cork – Roscoff 14 h 07 Brittany Ferries
Corsica – Nice Airport (Bus Station - Terminal 1) 4 h 05 Corsica-Sardinia Ferries
Corsica – Toulon (Central Bus Station) 5 h 30 Corsica-Sardinia Ferries
Dieppe (Central bus station) – Newhaven 4 h 24 DFDS, DFDS Seaways
Dijon (Bus Station) – Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) 2 h 20 AmaWaterways, FlixBus-eu
Dover – Dunkerque 2 h 00 FlixBus-eu
Dover – Dunkirk 2 h 00 DFDS, DFDS Seaways
Dublin – Rouen (Avenue Champlain) not held Windstar Cruises
Dubrovnik – Villefranche-sur-Mer 360 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Dunkerque – England not held DFDS
Dunkerque – Lille 1 h 05 FlixBus-eu
Dunkirk – England not held DFDS
Dunkirk – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 264 h 00 Ambassador Cruise Line
Dunkirk – Pointe-a-Pitre 408 h 00 Ambassador Cruise Line
Dunkirk – Rosslare not held DFDS
Düsseldorf central bus station – Nancy 192 h 00 Scylla VIVA Cruises
East New York – Le Havre (Bus Station) 192 h 00 Cunard, Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises
England – Le Havre (Bus Station) not held Brittany Ferries
England – Roscoff not held Brittany Ferries
Epinal (Bus Station) – Nancy 1 h 00 FlixBus-eu
Fort-de-France – Le Havre (Bus Station) 384 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises
Fort-de-France – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 360 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises
Golfo Aranci – Nice Airport (Bus Station - Terminal 1) not held Corsica Ferries, Corsica-Sardinia Ferries
Golfo Aranci – Porto Vecchio not held Corsica Ferries, Corsica-Sardinia Ferries
Granville – Sark not held Manche Iles Express
Groix – Lorient (Bus Station) 45 min Breizhgo Oceane
Hoedic – Quiberon 1 h 15 Breizhgo Oceane
Houat – Quiberon 40 min Breizhgo Oceane
Ile Rousse – Livorno not held Corsica Ferries
Ile Rousse – Savona (Stazione FS) 6 h 00 Corsica Ferries
Ile Rousse – Sete not held Corsica Ferries
La Romana – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 384 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises
Le Havre (Bus Station) – Lisbon (Oriente) 264 h 00 Oceania Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Le Havre (Bus Station) – Piraeus-Athens 1032 h 00 Oceania Cruises
Le Havre (Bus Station) – Portsmouth 6 h 30 Brittany Ferries
Le Havre (Bus Station) – Rosslare not held Brittany Ferries
Le Havre (Bus Station) – Southampton 24 h 00 MSC Cruises, Oceania Cruises
Le Havre (Bus Station) – Stockholm (St Eriksplan) 360 h 00 Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Le Verdon – Royan not held TransGironde
Lisbon (Oriente) – Villefranche-sur-Mer 240 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Silversea Cruises, Star Clippers
Livorno – Porto Vecchio not held Corsica Ferries, Corsica-Sardinia Ferries
Livorno – Villefranche-sur-Mer 144 h 00 Ponant Cruises
Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) – Madrid 168 h 00 Scenic Cruises
Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) – Marseille (Saint-Charles) 3 h 45 Emerald Cruises, FlixBus-eu, Scenic Cruises
Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) – Paris City 48 h 00 Avalon Waterways, Emerald Cruises, Scenic Cruises
Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) – Porto-Leixoes 168 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Scenic Cruises
Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) – Villefranche-sur-Mer 72 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Scenic Cruises
Lyon (Gerland Bus Station) – land tour 72 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Riviera Travel, Scylla Cruises
Malaga – Villefranche-sur-Mer 144 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages, CroisiEurope, Emerald Cruises
Marseille (Saint-Charles) – Oran 25 h 30 Algerie Ferries
Marseille (Saint-Charles) – Palma de Mallorca 192 h 00 AIDA Cruises, MSC Cruises
Marseille (Saint-Charles) – Paris City 240 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Tauck River Cruises
Marseille (Saint-Charles) – Santos 432 h 00 Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises
Marseille (Saint-Charles) – Skikda 20 h 40 Algerie Ferries, Corsica Linea
Marseille (Saint-Charles) – Tunis 21 h 27 CTN Ferries, Corsica Linea
Marseille (Saint-Charles) – Villefranche-sur-Mer 72 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Scenic Cruises
Marseille (Saint-Charles) – Zarzis 39 h 00 CTN Ferries, Corsica Linea
Melilla – Sete 40 h 45 Balearia, Grandi Navi Veloci
Miami – Villefranche-sur-Mer 3192 h 00 Silversea Cruises
Monte Carlo – Villefranche-sur-Mer 192 h 00 Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection
Nancy – Saint-Dizier 1 h 15 FlixBus-eu
Nancy – Strasbourg 1 h 55 FlixBus-eu
Nancy – Thionville 1 h 00 FlixBus-eu
Nancy – Vittel (péage A31) 55 min FlixBus-eu
Naples (FS Park Stazione Centrale) – Villefranche-sur-Mer 192 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages, Small Cruise Lines
Nice Airport (Bus Station - Terminal 1) – Sardinia not held Corsica-Sardinia Ferries
Palermo – Villefranche-sur-Mer 192 h 00 Ponant Cruises
Palma de Mallorca – Villefranche-sur-Mer 144 h 00 Hapag Lloyd Cruises, Scenic Cruises, Silversea Cruises
Paris City – Villefranche-sur-Mer 72 h 00 Emerald Cruises, Scenic Cruises
Piombino – Porto Vecchio not held Corsica-Sardinia Ferries
Piraeus-Athens – Villefranche-sur-Mer 216 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages, Azamara Cruises, Ponant Cruises
Plymouth Coach Station – Roscoff 6 h 10 Brittany Ferries
Porto Torres – Porto Vecchio 4 h 45 Corsica, Corsica Ferries
Porto Torres – Propriano not held La Meridionale
Porto Vecchio – Sardinia 2 h 30 Corsica-Sardinia Ferries
Porto-Leixoes – Villefranche-sur-Mer 168 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Propriano – Sardinia not held La Meridionale
Rome City – Villefranche-sur-Mer 192 h 00 Aurora Expeditions, Emerald Cruises, Scenic Cruises
Roscoff – Rosslare 4 h 00 Irish Ferries
San Juan – Villefranche-sur-Mer 576 h 00 Silversea Cruises
Sardinia – Toulon (Central Bus Station) not held Corsica-Sardinia Ferries
Sete – Skikda not held Corsica Linea
Sete – Tangier Med not held Balearia
Seville – Villefranche-sur-Mer 408 h 00 Emerald Cruises
Valletta – Villefranche-sur-Mer 144 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages, Emerald Cruises, Ponant Cruises
Venice Mestre (Stazione FS) – Villefranche-sur-Mer 264 h 00 Azamara Cruises, Emerald Cruises, Ponant Cruises
Villefranche-sur-Mer – land tour 288 h 00 Emerald Cruises

Which months these run

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for France ferry crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.