There are 9 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 Aberdeen Airport, fly to Cagliari Elmas Airport
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane ABZ - CAG
13h 4m€151–658Fly Edinburgh Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane EDI - CAG
9h 21m€82–223Train, ferry via Lagny-sur-Marne
- 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 Marne La Vallee Chessytrain Tgv
- Take the train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Toulontrain
- Take the ferry from Port of Toulon to Port of Porto Torresferry
- Take the train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliaritrain Re
34h 5m€517–835Bus, 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€229–350Train 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
11h 15m€137–353Fly 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
15h 32m€132–302Fly Edinburgh Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB)plane EDI - OLB
- Take the train from Olbia Terranova to Cagliaritrain
10h 35m€117–257Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly to Cagliari Elmas Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Invernesstrain
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)plane INV - CAG
17h 4m€177–700Train, 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 Montpellier Sud De Francetrain 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 46m€591–894
Edinburgh to Cagliari by train, 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 21m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Cagliari is to fly which takes 9h 21m and costs €80 - €230.
The distance between Edinburgh and Cagliari is 2380 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Cagliari without a car is to train and ferry via Lagny-sur-Marne which takes 34h 5m and costs €500 - €850.
It takes approximately 13h 4m to get from Edinburgh to Cagliari, including transfers.
Cagliari is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 6:11 PM in Edinburgh and 7:11 PM in Cagliari.
There are 2875+ 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 Manchester Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Carcassonne
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alghero via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alghero via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cagliari Elmas Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- 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)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- 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)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Montpellier Sud De France
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €190–280
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Montpellier Sud De France
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Europe to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Toulon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Macomer to Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Olbia Terranova to Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Porto Torres M.Ma to Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- 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
- €80–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- 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
- request@gruppoturmotravel.com
- 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
- info@redentours.com
- 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 Toulon to Port of Porto Torres
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- 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
- booking@gnv.it
- 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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