There are 7 ways to get from Cagliari to Essen by plane, train, ferry, bus, car 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 Cagliari Elmas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CAG - DUS
5h 8m€88–251Fly Cagliari Elmas Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane CAG - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
9h 11m€54–338Train, 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 Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain 82 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain 41 / ...
34h 5m€332–594Bus, 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 36m€155–238Train, 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 41 / ...
36h 43m€184–299Train 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 35m€101–285Drive, 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 13m€261–409
Cagliari to Essen by train, foot, and ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cagliari to Essen is to fly which costs €85 - €260 and takes 5h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Cagliari to Essen is to fly which takes 5h 8m and costs €85 - €260.
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 34h 5m and costs €330 - €600.
It takes approximately 5h 8m to get from Cagliari to Essen, including transfers.
There are 2578+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Cagliari, Italy and Essen, Germany?
Eurowings flies from Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 3 times a week.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Cagliari to Porto Torres M.Ma
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Cagliari to Porto Torres M.Ma
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Cagliari to Olbia Terranova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Toulon to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €170–270
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–17
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- 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 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- 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
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Genoa to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- 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
- €55–95
- 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
- €50–75
- 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
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
- Only Passenger
- €30
- with added vehicle
- €70
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