There are 9 ways to get from Nice to Istria by plane, shuttle, bus, train, ferry, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane NCE - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Novigrad
7h 34m€70–449Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Nice to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)bus 482 / ...
- Take the bus from Venice Mestre Central Train Station to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus Fils
14h 35m€67–122Train, ferry
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principetrain Re
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Pulaferry
15h 10m€125–272Drive 827.3 km
- Drive from Nice to Pulacar 827.3 km
8h 13m€128–185Fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane NCE - TRS
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Airport to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
7h 58m€114–364Fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane NCE - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor
9h 1m€142–594Fly to Rijeka Airport, bus
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane NCE - RJK
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Pazin, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
10h 8m€171–541Train, line 2 ferry, ferry
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principetrain Re
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Venezia S. Luciatrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"ferry 2 / ...
- Take the ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Pulaferry
15h 21m€157–205Bus, shuttle
- Take the bus from Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1 to Milan Bergamo - Airportbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Orio al Serio Airport to Pula railway Stattion
16h 26m€96–786
Nice to Istria by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nice to Istria is to bus which costs €65 - €130 and takes 14h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Nice to Istria is to fly and shuttle which takes 7h 34m and costs €70 - €450.
No, there is no direct bus from Nice to Istria. However, there are services departing from Nice and arriving at Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor via Venice Mestre Central Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 35m.
The distance between Nice and Istria is 682 km. The road distance is 827.3 km.
The best way to get from Nice to Istria without a car is to bus which takes 14h 35m and costs €65 - €130.
It takes approximately 7h 34m to get from Nice to Istria, including transfers.
Nice to Istria bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Nice station.
Nice to Istria bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) station.
Yes, the driving distance between Nice to Istria is 827 km. It takes approximately 8h 13m to drive from Nice to Istria.
Book your Nice to Istria bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Nice, France and Istria, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Nice to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor via Venice Mestre Central Train Station in around 14h 35m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ljubljana via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ljubljana via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €29–120
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–210
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €350–700
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–28
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Novigrad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–290
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €30–40
- Private
- €160–290
Shuttle from Trieste Airport to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
- 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 Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–150
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €28–100
- Private
- €55–150
Shuttle from Orio al Serio Airport to Pula railway Stattion
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €50–700
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €50–440
- Private
- €390–700
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Nice to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- + 385 (0)52 383 000
- fils@fils.hr
- Website
- fils.hr
Bus from Venice Mestre Central Train Station to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.fils.hr/
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Pazin, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Pazin, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €1–11
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- polet@polet.hr
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Pazin, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €47
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1 to Milan Bergamo - Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +385 52 422 896
- sales@venezialines.com
- Website
- venezialines.com
Ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Pula
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–90
- Website
- https://venezialines.com/
- Phone
- (+39) 041 041
- direzione@actv.it
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- 75 min. Ticket
- €10
- Phone
- +385 91 422 0110
- db.ferry@kompas-travel.com
- Website
- adriatic-lines.com
Ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Pula
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €79
- Website
- https://adriatic-lines.com/
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