There are 8 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 to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane ZRH - CAG
6h 15m€116–323Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- 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 45m€57–410Drive, 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 46m€161–248Train, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Arth-Goldautrain Ec
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to Chiassotrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Chiasso to Genova P. Principetrain Ec
- Take the ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Porto Torresferry
- Take the train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliaritrain Re
24h 6m€157–622Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Genoabus
- 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
26h 9m€98–160Train, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly
- 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 46m€73–468Train to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Badentrain
- Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane FKB - CAG
7h 30m€111–332Bus, ferry via Naples
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano to Napolibus
- Take the ferry from Porto di Napoli to Port of Cagliariferry
30h 45m€104–195
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Cagliari is to bus and ferry which costs €95 - €160 and takes 26h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Cagliari is to train and fly which takes 6h 15m and costs €110 - €330.
The distance between Basel and Cagliari is 1016 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Cagliari without a car is to train and ferry which takes 24h 6m and costs €150 - €650.
It takes approximately 6h 15m to get from Basel to Cagliari, including transfers.
There are 1164+ hotels available in Cagliari.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Cagliari, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Basel to Cagliari. However, you can take the train to Zürich HB, take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG), walk to Aeroporto Elmas Partenze, then take the bus to Cagliari Piazza San Michele-Lato Via Abruzzi. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Basel to Cagliari via Port of Genoa and Port of Olbia in around 21h 46m.
- 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
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €26–140
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–430
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–550
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Arth-Goldau to Chiasso
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Chiasso to Genova P. Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Arth-Goldau to Chiasso
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–14
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- 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
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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 Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel SBB to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- 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 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Milano to Napoli
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- 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
- €45–70
- 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
- €45–75
- 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
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.tirrenia.it/
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Porto di Napoli to Port of Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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