There are 11 ways to get from Istria to Nice by shuttle, plane, car ferry, ferry, train, bus, car, or train (Trenitalia)
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Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
best- Take a shuttle bus from Novigrad to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane VCE - NCE
7h 29m€66–457Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take the bus from Trieste to Nice Airportbus N482
15h 27m€60–109Car ferry, line 2 ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Venicecarferry
- Take the ferry from Tronchetto "B" to Ferrovia "B"ferry 2 / ...
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Genova P.Za Principetrain Fr
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimigliatrain Ic
13h 37m€158–257Drive 828.2 km
- Drive from Pula to Nicecar 828.2 km
8h 14m€126–182Shuttle to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Airport
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane TRS - NCE
7h 45m€103–415Shuttle, shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centrale
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane LJU - NCE
9h 8m€135–571Bus to Rijeka Airport, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Take the bus from Pazin, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijekabus
- Fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane RJK - NCE
9h€117–540Shuttle to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Airport
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane TRS - LIN
- Take the train from Pavia to Ventimigliatrain
10h 41m€135–457Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Venicecarferry
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Ventimigliatrain Ic
13h 40m€137–271Train
- Take the train from Pula to Divacatrain
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Ventimigliatrain Ic
16h 51m€87–219Shuttle, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Pula railway Stattion to Orio al Serio Airport
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo - Airport to Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1bus BlaBlaCar Bus
16h 33m€85–751
Istria to Nice by car ferry, ferry, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istria to Nice is to bus which costs €55 - €110 and takes 15h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Istria to Nice is to shuttle and fly which takes 7h 29m and costs €65 - €460.
No, there is no direct bus from Istria to Nice. However, there are services departing from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor and arriving at Congrès / Promenade via Trieste and Aéroport / Promenade. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 27m.
No, there is no direct train from Istria to Nice. However, there are services departing from Pula and arriving at Nice-Ville via Divaca, Villa Opicina, Trieste Centrale, Milano Centrale and Ventimiglia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 51m.
The distance between Istria and Nice is 686 km. The road distance is 828.2 km.
The best way to get from Istria to Nice without a car is to car ferry and line 2 ferry and train which takes 13h 37m and costs €150 - €260.
It takes approximately 7h 29m to get from Istria to Nice, including transfers.
Istria to Nice bus services, operated by Brioni Pula d.o.o., depart from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor station.
Istria to Nice train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), depart from Pula station.
The best way to get from Istria to Nice is to bus which takes 15h 27m and costs €55 - €110. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €85 - €220 and takes 16h 51m.
What companies run services between Istria, Croatia and Nice, France?
You can take a bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Congrès / Promenade via Trieste, Autostazione, Trieste, Nice Airport, and Aéroport / Promenade in around 15h 27m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Pula to Nice-Ville via Divaca, Villa Opicina, Trieste Centrale, Milano Centrale, and Ventimiglia in around 16h 51m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–150
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Ljubljana to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Ljubljana to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–120
Flights from Ljubljana to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €24–200
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €320–750
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pavia to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pavia to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €40–60
- Smart Flex
- €45–60
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Pula to Divaca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Novigrad to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–300
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €30–40
- Private
- €160–300
Shuttle from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €32–200
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €32–36
- Private
- €100–200
Shuttle from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–150
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €28–100
- Private
- €55–150
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €50–750
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €50–440
- Private
- €390–750
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
Bus from Pazin, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Trieste to Nice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Pazin, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €1–10
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- polet@polet.hr
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Pazin, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €47
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milan Bergamo - Airport to Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +385 52 451 200
- db.ferry@kompas-travel.com
- Website
- adriatic-lines.com
Car ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €79
- Website
- https://adriatic-lines.com/
- Phone
- (+39) 041 041
- direzione@actv.it
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Ferry from Tronchetto "B" to Ferrovia "B"
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- 75 min. Ticket
- €10
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More Questions & Answers
Istria to Nice bus services, operated by Brioni Pula d.o.o., arrive at Trieste, Autostazione station.
Istria to Nice train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), arrive at Divaca station.
Yes, the driving distance between Istria to Nice is 828 km. It takes approximately 8h 14m to drive from Istria to Nice.
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