Cagliari to Rome ferry

Ferries from Cagliari to Rome start at €31.69 and take 13h 26m at their fastest.

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Roma / Rome - Lazio - Italia / Italy

The Ferries from Cagliari to Rome starts at €31.69 and takes 13h 26m door to door, run by 1 operator over 412 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 12 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 13h 26mDoor to door
  • 11h 56mMoving
  • €31.69From
  • 47.4 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.

Carriers

Ferry operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Grimaldi€25.0913h 24m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets
  • Grimaldi

The journey ends at Roma Termini. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

Where to sleep in Rome

Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Cagliari to Rome

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €22.7390 days
  2. €17.2360 days
  3. €16.6845 days
  4. €17.2330 days
  5. €22.7321 days
  6. €28.2314 days
  7. €36.487 days
  8. €33.733 days
  9. €44.731 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €16.68.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 168 percent. The dearest point is €44.73, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €27.13Sun
  2. €23.28Mon
  3. €24.38Tue
  4. €24.93Wed
  5. €30.43Thu
  6. €27.68Fri
  7. €28.23Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Cagliari

Ferry
  • Cagliari Stazione Marittima

Rome

Ferry
  • Roma Civitavecchia Terminal
  • Sant'Angelo
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 412 km against 412 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Cagliari at 06:07 and the last at 20:41, across 12 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Ferries against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 37m2h 53m44m€52.5913.6 kg12
Flight4h 7m57m3h 10m€47.34104.3 kg32
Coach6h 8m5h 24m44m€23.2811.1 kg12
Ferry13h 26m11h 56m1h 30m€31.6947.4 kg12

Questions about Cagliari to Rome

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Ferry from Cagliari to Rome take?

The Ferry from Cagliari to Rome takes 13h 26m door to door, of which 11h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 412 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Ferry from Cagliari to Rome cost?

The Ferry from Cagliari to Rome starts at €31.69 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €30.87. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Ferry from Cagliari to Rome?

1 operators run the Ferry from Cagliari to Rome: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 12 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Ferry from Cagliari to Rome use?

The Ferry from Cagliari to Rome leaves from Cagliari Stazione Marittima and arrives at Roma Civitavecchia Terminal. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Ferry the best way from Cagliari to Rome?

Travelling from Cagliari to Rome by Coach costs €23.28 and takes 6h 8m door to door, against 13h 26m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Ferry from Cagliari to Rome?

Fares for the Ferry from Cagliari to Rome bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €16.68. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 168 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Cagliari to Rome produce?

The Ferry from Cagliari to Rome produces about 47.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 412 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Ferry from Cagliari to Rome?

Operators on the Ferry from Cagliari to Rome publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 13h 26m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Cagliari to Rome on 12 September 2026: 412 km of route against 412 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €31.69, and 13h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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