Rome to Cagliari ferry
Ferries from Rome to Cagliari start at €31.69 and take 13h 26m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Rome to Cagliari 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.
- 13h 26mDoor to door
- 11h 56mMoving
- €31.69From
- 47.4 kgCO2
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.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €25.09 | 13h 24m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Cagliari is not something we sell.
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When to book Rome to Cagliari
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €22.7390 days
- €17.2360 days
- €16.6845 days
- €17.2330 days
- €22.7321 days
- €28.2314 days
- €36.487 days
- €33.733 days
- €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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €27.13Sun
- €23.28Mon
- €24.38Tue
- €24.93Wed
- €30.43Thu
- €27.68Fri
- €28.23Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Rome
- Roma Civitavecchia Terminal
- Sant'Angelo
Cagliari
- Cagliari Stazione Marittima
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 Rome 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.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 37m | 2h 53m | 44m | €52.59 | 13.6 kg | 12 |
| Flight | 4h 7m | 57m | 3h 10m | €47.34 | 104.3 kg | 32 |
| Coach | 6h 9m | 5h 25m | 44m | €23.28 | 11.1 kg | 12 |
| Ferry | 13h 26m | 11h 56m | 1h 30m | €31.69 | 47.4 kg | 12 |
Questions about Rome to Cagliari
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 Rome to Cagliari take?
The Ferry from Rome to Cagliari 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 Rome to Cagliari cost?
The Ferry from Rome to Cagliari 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 Rome to Cagliari?
1 operators run the Ferry from Rome to Cagliari: 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 Rome to Cagliari use?
The Ferry from Rome to Cagliari leaves from Roma Civitavecchia Terminal and arrives at Cagliari Stazione Marittima. 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 Rome to Cagliari?
Travelling from Rome to Cagliari by Coach costs €23.28 and takes 6h 9m 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 Rome to Cagliari?
Fares for the Ferry from Rome to Cagliari 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 Rome to Cagliari produce?
The Ferry from Rome to Cagliari 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 Rome to Cagliari?
Operators on the Ferry from Rome to Cagliari 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 Rome to Cagliari 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.
Related journeys
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