Cagliari to Genoa ferry
Ferries from Cagliari to Genoa start at €41.59 and take 18h 4m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Cagliari to Genoa starts at €41.59 and takes 18h 4m door to door, run by 2 operators over 576 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 18h 4mDoor to door
- 16h 34mMoving
- €41.59From
- 66.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 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 |
|---|---|---|
 Grandi Navi Veloci | €33.89 | 18h 4m |
 Grimaldi | €34.44 | 18h 2m |
Genoa sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.
Rooms within reach of Genova Piazza Principe
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Cagliari to Genoa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €35.9390 days
- €20.5360 days
- €23.8345 days
- €27.6830 days
- €31.5321 days
- €38.1314 days
- €52.437 days
- €55.733 days
- €79.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 289 percent. The most expensive point is €79.93, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €38.13Sun
- €32.08Mon
- €36.48Tue
- €33.18Wed
- €46.93Thu
- €38.13Fri
- €38.68Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Cagliari
- Cagliari Stazione Marittima
Genoa
- Genova Stazione Marittima
- GNV Genova
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 92% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 8% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 576 km against 576 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Olbia, Porto Torres. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Cagliari at 06:07 and the last at 18:39, across 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 20m | 1h 10m | 3h 10m | €66.22 | 145.9 kg | 6 |
| Train | 4h 40m | 3h 56m | 44m | €71.84 | 19.0 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 8h 53m | 8h 9m | 44m | €32.08 | 15.6 kg | 4 |
| Ferry | 18h 4m | 16h 34m | 1h 30m | €41.59 | 66.2 kg | 10 |
Questions about Cagliari to Genoa
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Genoa take?
The Ferry from Cagliari to Genoa takes 18h 4m door to door, of which 16h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 576 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 Genoa cost?
The Ferry from Cagliari to Genoa starts at €41.59 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €44.34. 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 Genoa?
2 operators run the Ferry from Cagliari to Genoa: Grandi Navi Veloci, Grimaldi. Between them they file around 10 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 Genoa use?
The Ferry from Cagliari to Genoa leaves from Cagliari Stazione Marittima and arrives at Genova 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 Cagliari to Genoa?
Traveling from Cagliari to Genoa by Coach costs €32.08 and takes 8h 53m door to door, against 18h 4m 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 Genoa?
Fares for the Ferry from Cagliari to Genoa bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.53. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 289 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Cagliari to Genoa produce?
The Ferry from Cagliari to Genoa produces about 66.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 576 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Cagliari to Genoa?
Operators on the Ferry from Cagliari to Genoa publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 18h 4m 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 modeled 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 Genoa on September 11, 2026: 576 km of route against 576 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €41.59, and 18h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
The ferry is the simple part. What you do once you are in Genoa is somebody else's catalog.
What to book in Genoa before you go
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Genoa, with free cancellation on most of it.
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