There are 8 ways to get from Essen to Sardinia 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 Düsseldorf International Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB)plane DUS - OLB
5h 5m€64–220Train, ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82 / ...
- 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 58m€330–767Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Wuppertal Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Wuppertal Hbf to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Cagliaricarferry
2d 7hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Essen to Port of Livornocar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Livorno to Port of Olbiacarferry
- Drive from Port of Olbia to Cagliaricar
22h 9m€254–428Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB)plane CGN - OLB
5h 42m€79–359Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane DUS - CAG
5h 55m€84–241Train to Frankfurt, fly to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB)plane FRA - OLB
6h 11m€112–481Fly Weeze Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane NRN - CAG
7h 22m€120–233
Essen to Sardinia by train, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Sardinia is to fly which costs €60 - €220 and takes 5h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Sardinia is to fly which takes 5h 5m and costs €60 - €220.
The distance between Essen and Sardinia is 1214 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Sardinia without a car is to train and ferry which takes 33h 58m and costs €330 - €800.
It takes approximately 5h 5m to get from Essen to Sardinia, including transfers.
There are 3284+ hotels available in Sardinia.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Sardinia, Italy?
Condor Flugdienst and Eurowings fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) twice daily.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
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 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 Essen Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- 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
- €180–290
- 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 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Wuppertal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Wuppertal Hbf to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 8m
- 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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