There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Cagliari by train, plane, ferry, bus, or car ferry
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 Glasgow Airport, fly to Cagliari Elmas Airport
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane GLA - CAG
9h 16m€134–203Fly Edinburgh Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane EDI - CAG
9h 31m€82–223Train, ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Setetrain Tgv
- Take the ferry from Port of Sete to Port of Porto Torresferry
- Take the train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliaritrain Re
39h 45m€549–852Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon 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
2d 4h€231–362Train to Newcastle, fly to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane NCL - CAG
9h 47m€103–363Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane MAN - CAG
12h 20m€137–343Fly Edinburgh Airport to Alghero, bus, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Alghero (AHO)plane EDI - AHO
- Take the bus from Fermata di AEROPORTO FERTILIA to Fermata di MACOMER AUTOSTAZIONEbus
- Take the train from Macomer to Cagliaritrain
16h 37m€122–302Train, ferry via Manduel
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Nimes Pont Du Gardtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Nimes Pont Du Gard to Villeneuve Les Maguelonnetrain Ter
- Take the ferry from Port of Sete to Port of Porto Torresferry
- Take the train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliaritrain Re
39h 49m€589–920
Edinburgh to Cagliari by train, bus, foot, and ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Cagliari is to fly which costs €80 - €230 and takes 9h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Cagliari is to train and fly which takes 9h 16m and costs €130 - €210.
The distance between Edinburgh and Cagliari is 2193 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Cagliari without a car is to train and ferry which takes 39h 45m and costs €550 - €850.
It takes approximately 9h 16m to get from Edinburgh to Cagliari, including transfers.
Cagliari is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 4:18 PM in Edinburgh and 5:18 PM in Cagliari.
There are 2829+ hotels available in Cagliari.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Cagliari, Italy?
easyJet and Aeroitalia fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Newcastle to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Carcassonne
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alghero via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alghero via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alghero via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Newcastle to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Sete
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €190–300
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Nimes Pont Du Gard
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €180–270
- 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 Macomer to Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Nimes Pont Du Gard
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nimes Pont Du Gard to Villeneuve Les Maguelonne
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Nimes Pont Du Gard to Villeneuve Les Maguelonne
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- RegioJet
- 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
- +39078430325
- [email protected]
- Website
- Reden tours
Bus from Fermata di AEROPORTO FERTILIA to Fermata di MACOMER AUTOSTAZIONE
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Schedules at
- Reden tours
- Phone
- +33(0)495329595
- Website
- Corsica Ferries/Sardinia Ferries
Ferry from Port of Sete to Port of Porto Torres
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Corsica Ferries/Sardinia Ferries
Ferry from Port of Sete to Port of Porto Torres
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- 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
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