There are 8 ways to get from Cologne to Cagliari by train, plane, 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.
Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Cagliari Elmas Airport
best- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane DUS - CAG
6h 21m€92–246Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane CGN - CAG
7h 23m€54–244Train, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Toulontrain Tgv
- Take the ferry from Port of Toulon to Port of Porto Torresferry
- Take the train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliaritrain Re
33h 11m€320–558Bus, car ferry via Genoa
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Genoabus
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Olbia Porto Isola Biancacarferry
- Take the bus from Fermata di OLBIA PORTO ISOLA BIANCA to Fermata di CAGLIARI PIAZZA MATTEOTTI-ESTERNObus
35h 8m€151–245Bus, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Genoabus
- Take the ferry from Genoa to Porto Torresferry
- Take the train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliaritrain Re
36h 26m€173–277Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB)plane DUS - OLB
- Take the train from Olbia Terranova to Cagliaritrain
9h 52m€102–280Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Cologne to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Cagliaricarferry
2d 3h€343–495Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Port of Livornocar
- Take the carferry from Port of Livorno to Port of Olbiacarferry
- Drive from Port of Olbia to Cagliaricar
21h 40m€251–392
Cologne to Cagliari by train, foot, and ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Cagliari is to fly which costs €50 - €250 and takes 7h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Cagliari is to train and fly which takes 6h 21m and costs €90 - €250.
The distance between Cologne and Cagliari is 1411 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Cagliari without a car is to train and ferry which takes 33h 11m and costs €320 - €600.
It takes approximately 6h 21m to get from Cologne to Cagliari, including transfers.
There are 2824+ hotels available in Cagliari.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Cagliari, Italy?
Ryanair, Lufthansa, and Eurowings fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) once daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Toulon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €170–270
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Olbia Terranova to Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0789 21487
- [email protected]
- Website
- Gruppo Turmo Travel
Bus from Fermata di OLBIA PORTO ISOLA BIANCA to Fermata di CAGLIARI PIAZZA MATTEOTTI-ESTERNO
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Gruppo Turmo Travel
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Cologne to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €300–410
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +33(0)495329595
- Website
- Corsica Ferries/Sardinia Ferries
Ferry from Port of Toulon to Port of Porto Torres
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once 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 Port of Genoa to Olbia Porto Isola Bianca
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Ferry from Genoa to Porto Torres
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
Car ferry from Port of Livorno to Port of Olbia
- 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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