There are 8 ways to get from Cologne to Sardinia by plane, train, ferry, bus, car ferry, or car
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB)plane CGN - OLB
4h 47m€64–303Train, 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 14m€315–716Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Cologne to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Cagliaricarferry
2d 4hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Port of Livornocar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Livorno to Port of Olbiacarferry
- Drive from Port of Olbia to Cagliaricar
21h 40m€240–414Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB)plane DUS - OLB
5h 22m€65–226Train to Frankfurt, fly to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB)plane FRA - OLB
5h 17m€97–420Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane DUS - CAG
6h 12m€85–247Train to Weeze Airport, fly to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Krefeld Hbftrain
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane NRN - CAG
7h 34m
Cologne to Sardinia by train, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Sardinia is to fly which costs €60 - €310 and takes 4h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Sardinia is to fly which takes 4h 47m and costs €60 - €310.
The distance between Cologne and Sardinia is 1144 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Sardinia without a car is to train and ferry which takes 33h 14m and costs €310 - €750.
It takes approximately 4h 47m to get from Cologne to Sardinia, including transfers.
There are 3284+ hotels available in Sardinia.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Sardinia, Italy?
Eurowings and Ryanair fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) once daily.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Weeze Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Weeze Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Frankfurt to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Toulon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €180–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Cologne to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- Phone
- +33(0)495329595
- Website
- corsica-ferries.it
Ferry from Port of Toulon to Port of Porto Torres
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.corsica-ferries.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- [email protected]
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
Car ferry from Port of Livorno to Port of Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–100
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Only Passenger
- €70
- with added vehicle
- €100
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