There are 9 ways to get from Nice to Rab by train, bus, ferry, shuttle, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus, ferry
best- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principetrain Ic
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centraletrain Re
- Take the bus from Trieste to Rijeka bus stationbus 406 / ...
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
16h 45m€122–260Bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Nice to Sanremobus
- Take the bus from Sanremo to Rijeka bus stationbus 406
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
19h 44m€90–156Bus, shuttle, ferry
- Take the bus from Piazza Colombo - Sanremo to Bologna - Piazza Xx Settembrebus
- Take a shuttle bus from Bologna Centrale to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
18h 39m€439–989Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, ferry
- 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 Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
11h 29m€170–748Train, bus, ferry via Milan
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Milano Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centraletrain Re
- Take the bus from Trieste to Rijeka bus stationbus 406 / ...
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
17h 3m€111–236Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Rijeka Airport, ferry
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane NCE - RJK
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
11h 42m€124–600Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane NCE - TRS
- Take the bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
11h 37m€106–243Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Pula Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Pula Airport (PUY)plane NCE - PUY
- Take the bus from Labin, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
12h 53m€121–336Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Zadar Airport, shuttle, line 9309 ferry
- Take the train from Nice Ville to Aix En Provence Tgvtrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane MRS - ZAD
- Take a shuttle bus from Zadar Airport to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Take the ferry from Novalja to Rabferry
12h 47m€145–329
Nice to Rab by train, bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nice to Rab is to bus and ferry which costs €85 - €160 and takes 19h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Nice to Rab is to fly and shuttle and ferry which takes 11h 29m and costs €170 - €750.
The distance between Nice and Rab is 931 km.
The best way to get from Nice to Rab without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 16h 45m and costs €120 - €260.
It takes approximately 16h 45m to get from Nice to Rab, including transfers.
There are 4446+ hotels available in Rab.
What companies run services between Nice, France and Rab, Croatia?
There is no direct connection from Nice to Rab. However, you can take the train to Ventimiglia, take the train to Genova P.Za Principe, take the train to Venezia Mestre, take the train to Trieste Centrale, walk to Trieste, take the bus to Rijeka bus station, walk to Rijeka, then take the ferry to Rab. Alternatively, you can take a train from Nice-Ville to Rab via Ventimiglia, Ventimiglia, San Remo - Autostazione, Piazza Colombo - Sanremo, Bologna - Piazza Xx Settembre, Bologna Centrale, Rijeka, and Rijeka in around 18h 39m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Pula Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–460
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–190
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Pula Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Pula Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €370–800
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ventimiglia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- 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
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ventimiglia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Nice Ville to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Nice Ville to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Trieste to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nice to Sanremo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sanremo to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0871 344976
- satam@gruppolapanoramica.it
- Website
- satambus.it
Bus from Piazza Colombo - Sanremo to Bologna - Piazza Xx Settembre
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- satambus.it
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Bologna Centrale to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €380–900
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €96–550
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €96
- Private
- €223
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Labin, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €1–9
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Labin, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- Phone
- +385 01/6331-933
- plesoprijevoz@plesoprijevoz.hr
- Website
- plesoprijevoz.hr
Shuttle from Zadar Airport to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Rijeka to Rab
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
Ferry from Novalja to Rab
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
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