There are 11 ways to get from Tarifa to Nice by car ferry, plane, bus, train, train (Renfe, TGV), 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.
Car ferry to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
best- Take the car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Villecarferry
- Fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane TNG - NCE
8h 12m€78–545Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Marseille St Charlestrain Ter
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Villetrain Tgv
19h 52m€244–595Bus
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Meridabus Alsa
- Take the bus from Merida to Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1bus BlaBlaCar Bus
32h 47m€155–330Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Algeciras to Port de Tanger Medcarferry
- Take the car ferry from Port de Tanger Med to Vieux Portcarferry
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Villetrain Tgv
2d€150–503Bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal Fuengirolabus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane AGP - NCE
7h 42m€85–238Bus, train to Jerez Airport, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádizbus
- Take the train from Cadiz to La Parratrain
- Fly from Jerez Airport (XRY) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane XRY - NCE
10h 19m€105–393Car ferry to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Take the car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Villecarferry
- Fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)plane TNG - MRS
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Villetrain
9h 35m€123–744Bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal Fuengirolabus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)plane AGP - MRS
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Villetrain
10h 55m€110–297Train
- Take the train from Algeciras to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Alv
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Perpignantrain Ave
- Take the train from Perpignan to Narbonnetrain Ter
- Take the train from Narbonne to Marseille St Charlestrain Ter
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Villetrain Tgv
22h 10m€290–529Ferry, car ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Tarifa to Tanger Villeferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Port of Setecarferry
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Nicebus 482
2d 11h€172–303Drive 1,727.8 km
- Drive from Tarifa to Nicecar 1,727.8 km
17h 38m€272–392
Tarifa to Nice by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tarifa to Nice is to bus and fly which costs €85 - €240 and takes 7h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Tarifa to Nice is to bus and fly which takes 7h 42m and costs €85 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Tarifa to Nice. However, there are services departing from Tarifa and arriving at Congrès / Promenade via Merida and Aéroport / Promenade. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 47m.
The distance between Tarifa and Nice is 1479 km. The road distance is 1727.8 km.
The best way to get from Tarifa to Nice without a car is to bus and train which takes 19h 52m and costs €240 - €600.
It takes approximately 8h 12m to get from Tarifa to Nice, including transfers.
Tarifa to Nice bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Tarifa station.
The best way to get from Tarifa to Nice is to bus which takes 32h 47m and costs €150 - €330. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €290 - €550 and takes 22h 10m.
Tarifa to Nice bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Merida station.
Yes, the driving distance between Tarifa to Nice is 1728 km. It takes approximately 17h 38m to drive from Tarifa to Nice.
What companies run services between Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain and Nice, France?
You can take a bus from Tarifa to Congrès / Promenade via Merida, Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1, and Aéroport / Promenade in around 32h 47m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Tarifa to Nice Ville via Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo, Algeciras, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Perpignan, Narbonne, and Marseille St Charles in around 22h 10m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Málaga Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Thursday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Málaga Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Jerez Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Jerez Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Málaga Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Málaga Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Málaga Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Thursday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Málaga Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Jerez Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Jerez Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Málaga Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Málaga Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Málaga Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Málaga Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Jerez Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–460
Flights from Jerez Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–460
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Jerez Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Cadiz to La Parra
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Algeciras to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Perpignan to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Perpignan to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Perpignan to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–23
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Narbonne to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal Fuengirola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Tarifa to Merida
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Merida to Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Merida to Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Montpellier to Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–221
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
- Sirena Seat No Car
- €40
- Neptuno Seat No Car
- €50
- Sirena Seat Car
- €211
- Neptuno Seat Car
- €221
Car ferry from Port of Algeciras to Port de Tanger Med
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–194
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
- Seating
- €29–40
- Seat + Car
- €194
- Phone
- +34 956 68 18 30
- info@frs.es
- Website
- frs.es
Car ferry from Port of Algeciras to Port de Tanger Med
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- https://www.frs.es/en/
- Phone
- +34 (0) 917369957
- Website
- armastrasmediterranea.com
Car ferry from Port of Algeciras to Port de Tanger Med
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–23
- Website
- https://armastrasmediterranea.com/en
- Phone
- 00 33 810 20 13 20
- service-clients@cmn.fr
- Website
- lameridionale.fr
Car ferry from Port de Tanger Med to Vieux Port
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–210
- Website
- https://www.lameridionale.fr/en
- Phone
- +34-956 63 63 63
- aml@aml.ma
- Website
- aml.ma
Ferry from Tarifa to Tanger Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–50
- Schedules at
- aml.ma
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Port of Sete
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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