There are 8 ways to get from Cagliari to Essen by plane, train, ferry, bus, car ferry, or car
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Fly Cagliari Elmas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CAG - DUS
5h 3m€84–242Fly Cagliari Elmas Airport to Weeze Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) to Weeze Airport (NRN)plane CAG - NRN
6h 48m€80–318Train, ferry
- Take the train from Cagliari to Porto Torres M.Matrain Re
- Take the ferry from Port of Porto Torres to Port of Toulonferry
- Take the train from Toulon to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain 47 / ...
33h 41m€329–784Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Fermata di CAGLIARI PIAZZA MATTEOTTI-ESTERNO to Fermata di OLBIA PORTO ISOLA BIANCAbus
- Take the carferry from Olbia Porto Isola Bianca to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the bus from Genoa to Düsseldorf central bus stationbus
36h 25m€145–238Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Cagliari to Porto Torres M.Matrain Re
- Take the ferry from Porto Torres to Genoaferry
- Take the bus from Genoa to Düsseldorf central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Essen Hbftrain 10 / ...
36h 43m€176–314Train to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Cagliari to Olbia Terranovatrain
- Fly from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane OLB - DUS
8h 32m€98–277Fly Cagliari Elmas Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CAG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
6h 26m€136–541Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cagliari to Port of Olbiacar
- Take the carferry from Port of Olbia to Port of Livornocarferry
- Drive from Port of Livorno to Essencar
22h 14m€248–427
Cagliari to Essen by train, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cagliari to Essen is to fly which costs €80 - €250 and takes 5h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Cagliari to Essen is to fly which takes 5h 3m and costs €80 - €250.
The distance between Cagliari and Essen is 1392 km.
The best way to get from Cagliari to Essen without a car is to train and ferry which takes 33h 41m and costs €320 - €800.
It takes approximately 5h 3m to get from Cagliari to Essen, including transfers.
There are 2584+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Cagliari, Italy and Essen, Germany?
Eurowings and Lufthansa fly from Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) once daily.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Weeze Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Cagliari to Porto Torres M.Ma
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Cagliari to Porto Torres M.Ma
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Cagliari to Olbia Terranova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Toulon to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +39 0789 21487
- [email protected]
- Website
- Gruppo Turmo Travel
Bus from Fermata di CAGLIARI PIAZZA MATTEOTTI-ESTERNO to Fermata di OLBIA PORTO ISOLA BIANCA
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Gruppo Turmo Travel
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Genoa to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Genoa to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +33(0)495329595
- Website
- Corsica Ferries/Sardinia Ferries
Ferry from Port of Porto Torres to Port of Toulon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Corsica Ferries/Sardinia Ferries
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Olbia Porto Isola Bianca to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Ferry from Porto Torres to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
Car ferry from Port of Olbia to Port of Livorno
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–100
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
- Only Passenger
- €70
- with added vehicle
- €100
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