Rome to Olbia runs about 32 times a day, with the first departure around 06:06 and the last around 20:50. One passenger pays between €15.74 and €31.41, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 56m over 280 km, on services run by 5 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€15.74 to €31.41
- 119%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Rome
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:06First departure
- 20:50Last departure
- 32Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Grimaldi runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €34.44Wed16
- about €41.04Thu17
- about €30.59Fri18
- about €34.44Sat19
- about €28.94Sun20
- about €26.74Mon21
- about €22.89Tue22
- about €22.89Wed23
- about €27.29Thu24
- about €25.64Fri25
- about €25.09Sat26
- about €23.44Sun27
- about €21.79Mon28
- about €17.39Tue29
- about €17.94Wed30
- about €20.69Thu1
- about €19.04Fri2
- about €19.59Sat3
- about €17.94Sun4
- about €16.29Mon5
- about €15.74Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Olbia. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Olbia for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Olbia and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Rome to Olbia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.2990 days
- €16.2960 days
- €16.8445 days
- €17.9430 days
- €15.7421 days
- €17.3914 days
- €22.897 days
- €30.593 days
- €34.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €15.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 119 percent. The dearest point is €34.44, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Rome to Olbia and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
280 km
273 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
2,318,895 → 60,345
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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 280 km against 273 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from OLB into Olbia is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Olbia
Settled in advance, so the ride into Olbia costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Olbia is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Olbia
Most of the points near Olbia open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Rome to Olbia
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 it take to get from Rome to Olbia?
The fastest journey from Rome to Olbia takes 3h 56m door to door, of which 46m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 32m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Rome to Olbia?
The cheapest fare from Rome to Olbia is €15.74, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €39.67. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Rome to Olbia?
The cheapest way from Rome to Olbia is by ferry, at €17.39 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 9h 31m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Rome to Olbia?
The fastest way from Rome to Olbia is by flight, at 3h 56m door to door. Only 46m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €31.41.
When should I book Rome to Olbia?
Fares from Rome to Olbia bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €15.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 119 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Rome to Olbia?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Rome to Olbia, at €17.39. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Rome to Olbia?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Rome to Olbia, at €14.09 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Rome to Olbia?
5 operators sell services from Rome to Olbia across 2 modes: AeroItalia, Grimaldi, ITA Airways, VOLOTEA Airways, Wizz Air Malta. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Rome to Olbia?
Every service we sell from Rome to Olbia is direct, with around 43 departures a day and a fastest journey of 3h 56m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Rome to Olbia produce?
Travelling from Rome to Olbia by ferry produces about 31.4 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 69.4 kg, roughly 2 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Rome to Olbia use?
Services from Rome to Olbia by flight leave from Rome FCO and arrive at Olbia OLB. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Rome to Olbia?
1 of the 5 operators we sell from Rome to Olbia allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Rome to Olbia on 15 September 2026: 280 km of route against 273 km in a straight line, 43 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €15.74, and 3h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Olbia a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Olbia and across Italy
Day trips that leave Olbia in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Rome reaches 310 places in 81 countries on services we hold, over distances from 50 to 11,152 km. Olbia reaches 92 places in 18 countries, from 92 to 4,560 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Rome
- 310Places you can leave for
- 81Countries
- 123Operators
Arriving in Olbia
Leaving Olbia
- 92Places you can leave for
- 18Countries
- 42Operators