There are 10 ways to get from Istria to Nice by bus, train, car, plane, car ferry, ferry, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, train
best- Take the bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centralebus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Ventimigliatrain Ic
13h 28m€148–454Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
cheapest- 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€76–628Bus
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centralebus
- Take the bus from Trieste to Nice Airportbus
15h 22m€118–406Drive 828.1 km
- Drive from Pula to Nicecar 828.1 km
8h 14m€128–185Fly from Pula Airport
- Fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane PUY - NCE
9h 23m€104–327Car 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 34m€168–257Car ferry, line 2 ferry, train via Milan
- 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 Santa Lucia to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Ventimigliatrain Ic
13h 55m€158–237Bus via Milan Bergamo Airport (BGY)
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo - Airport to Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1bus
17h 33m€403–1,161Bus to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Airportbus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane TRS - NCE
7h 45m€107–513Bus to Rijeka Airport, fly
- 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 20m€148–650
Istria to Nice by car ferry, ferry, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istria to Nice is to drive which costs €120 - €190 and takes 8h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Istria to Nice is to shuttle and fly which takes 7h 29m and costs €75 - €650.
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 Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor, Trieste and Aéroport / Promenade. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 22m.
The distance between Istria and Nice is 848 km. The road distance is 828.1 km.
The best way to get from Istria to Nice without a car is to bus and train which takes 13h 28m and costs €140 - €460.
It takes approximately 13h 28m to get from Istria to Nice, including transfers.
Istria to Nice bus services, operated by GoOpti, depart from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor station.
The best way to get from Istria to Nice is to bus which takes 15h 22m and costs €110 - €410. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €100 - €330 and takes 9h 23m.
Istria to Nice bus services, operated by GoOpti, arrive at Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor station.
Yes, the driving distance between Istria to Nice is 828 km. It takes approximately 8h 14m to drive from Istria to Nice.
What companies run services between Istria, Croatia and Nice, France?
You can take a bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Congrès / Promenade via Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor, Trieste, Nice Airport, and Aéroport / Promenade in around 15h 22m. Alternatively, Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and three other airlines fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) 6 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- 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 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–330
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–190
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €330–750
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Santa Lucia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €36–220
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €36
- Private
- €122
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €21
- Private
- €117
Bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €100
- Private
- €148
Bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €376–950
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €376
- Private
- €478
Shuttle from Novigrad to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €33–450
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €33
- Private
- €182
Bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €36–290
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €36
- Private
- €122
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €1–10
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Trieste to Nice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Pazin, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- polet@polet.hr
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Pazin, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €47
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- 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 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- 75 min. Ticket
- €10
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