There are 9 ways to get from Nice to Lipari by plane, ferry, train, bus, car ferry, shuttle, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
best- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane NCE - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipariferry
9h 32m€118–235Bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Nice to Bologna Centralebus 482
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Milazzo Via dei Millebus
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Vulcanoferry
- Take the ferry from Vulcano to Lipariferry
25h 6m€83–143Train, ferry
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principetrain Ic
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Reggio Calabria C.Letrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipariferry
23h 13m€160–370Train, car ferry, ferry
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principetrain Ic
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
- Take the ferry from Palermo to Lipariferry
30h 27m€169–308Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Palermo Airport, ferry
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane NCE - PMO
- Take the ferry from Palermo to Lipariferry
10h€116–310Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane NCE - CTA
- Take a shuttle bus from Catania Airport to Milazzo - Porto
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Vulcanoferry
- Take the ferry from Vulcano to Lipariferry
11h 15m€98–249Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane NCE - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Reggio Calabria Lidotrain
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipariferry
11h 16m€122–322Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Savonatrain
- Take the train from Savona to Torino Lingottotrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane TRN - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipariferry
12h 55m€114–299Train, night train, ferry
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principetrain Ic
- Take the night train from Genova P.Za Principe to Messina Centralenighttrain Ini
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Lipariferry
22h 58m€147–313
Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nice to Lipari is to bus and ferry which costs €80 - €150 and takes 25h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Nice to Lipari is to fly and ferry which takes 9h 32m and costs €110 - €240.
The distance between Nice and Lipari is 1063 km.
The best way to get from Nice to Lipari without a car is to train and ferry which takes 23h 13m and costs €160 - €370.
It takes approximately 9h 32m to get from Nice to Lipari, including transfers.
There are 220+ hotels available in Lipari.
What companies run services between Nice, France and Lipari, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Nice to Lipari. However, you can take the train to Saint-Laurent-du-Var, walk to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) airport, fly to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG), walk to Reggio di Calabria - Airport, take the line 27 bus to Reggio di Calabria - Ponte Libertà, walk to Reggio di Calabria, then take the ferry to Lipari. Alternatively, you can take a train from Nice-Ville to Lipari via Ventimiglia, Genova P.Za Principe, Reggio Calabria C.Le, Reggio di Calabria - Piazza Garibaldi, Reggio di Calabria - Ponte Libertà, and Reggio di Calabria in around 23h 13m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Ajaccio, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Bastia, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–140
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- 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
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Reggio Calabria C.Le
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ventimiglia to Savona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Reggio Calabria Lido
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ventimiglia to Savona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Genova P.Za Principe to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 54m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Nice to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Milazzo Via dei Mille
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 3312844763
- info@giardinatour.it
- Website
- giardinatour.it
Shuttle from Catania Airport to Milazzo - Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–28
- Schedules at
- giardinatour.it
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- callcenter@libertylines.it
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Milazzo to Vulcano
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Vulcano to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Palermo to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
- Phone
- +39.090.57.37
- servizioclienti@siremar.it
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Ferry from Milazzo to Vulcano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–22
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Phone
- 800 250000
- servizioclienti@carontetourist.it
- Website
- ngi-spa.it
Ferry from Milazzo to Vulcano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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