There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Cagliari by train, plane, car, car ferry, ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Seregnotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane LIN - CAG
8h 47m€140–450Fly from Basel
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane BSL - CAG
5h 6m€64–196Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Olbiacarferry
- Drive from Port of Olbia to Cagliaricar
21h 47m€227–358Train, ferry via Lugano
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Seregnotrain
- Take the train from Seregno to Genova Piazza Principetrain
- Take the ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Porto Torresferry
- Take the train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliaritrain Re
24h 40m€181–456Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the bus from Bern to Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1bus
- Take the ferry from Port of Nice Lympia to Port of Porto Torresferry
- Take the train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliaritrain Re
32h 42m€159–335Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane MXP - CAG
8h 50m€122–357Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane ZRH - CAG
6h 15m€114–308Train to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, fly
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain
- Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane FKB - CAG
8h 13m€86–222Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane TRN - CAG
10h 30m€175–538Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Genoabus 798 / ...
- Take the ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Olbiaferry
- Take the bus from Fermata di OLBIA PORTO ISOLA BIANCA to Fermata di CAGLIARI PIAZZA MATTEOTTI-ESTERNObus
24h 54m€95–158Train, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Como S. Giovannitrain Ec
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Genova Piazza Principetrain
- Take the ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Porto Torresferry
- Take the train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliaritrain Re
24h 59m€190–432
Basel to Cagliari by train, bus, tram, ferry, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Cagliari is to fly which costs €60 - €200 and takes 5h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Cagliari is to fly which takes 5h 6m and costs €60 - €200.
The distance between Basel and Cagliari is 1031 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Cagliari without a car is to train and ferry via Lugano which takes 24h 40m and costs €180 - €460.
It takes approximately 8h 47m to get from Basel to Cagliari, including transfers.
There are 1159+ hotels available in Cagliari.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Cagliari, Italy?
easyJet flies from Basel (BSL) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) once a week.
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €25–85
Flights from Basel to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–480
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–280
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Seregno to Genova Piazza Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €11–14
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Genova Piazza Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €12–16
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bern to Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0789 21487
- request@gruppoturmotravel.com
- Website
- gruppoturmotravel.com
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
- https://gruppoturmotravel.com/en
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Porto Torres
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Phone
- 02 76028132
- helpdesk@tirrenia.it
- Website
- tirrenia.it
Ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Porto Torres
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.tirrenia.it/
- Phone
- +33(0)495329595
- Website
- corsica-ferries.it
Ferry from Port of Nice Lympia to Port of Porto Torres
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.corsica-ferries.co.uk/
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