Marseille to Cagliari ferry

Ferries from Marseille to Cagliari start at €39.94 and take 18h 36m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Marseille to Cagliari starts at €39.94 and takes 18h 36m door to door, run by 1 operator over 549 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

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

  • 18h 36mDoor to door
  • 17h 6mMoving
  • €39.94From
  • 63.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€32.24
  1. SNCM SN226906:2017h 29m23:49Marseille Gare MaritimeCagliari Stazione Marittima

Door to door 18h 59mCO2 63.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

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
SNCM€32.2417h 17m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • SNCM

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Booking window

When to book Marseille to Cagliari

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

  1. €44.3490 days
  2. €28.9460 days
  3. €28.9445 days
  4. €27.8430 days
  5. €39.3921 days
  6. €48.1914 days
  7. €48.747 days
  8. €59.193 days
  9. €67.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €27.84.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 142 percent. The most expensive point is €67.44, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €44.89Sun
  2. €46.54Mon
  3. €39.94Tue
  4. €52.59Wed
  5. €50.39Thu
  6. €55.89Fri
  7. €48.19Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Marseille

Ferry
  • Marseille Gare Maritime
  • L'Estaque

Cagliari

Ferry
  • Cagliari Stazione Marittima
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.

Direct or connecting
64% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 36% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 549 km against 549 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at La Seyne-sur-Mer, Hyères, Six-Fours-les-Plages, Toulon. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Marseille at 06:20 and the last at 17:29, across 6 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
Flight4h 18m1h 8m3h 10m€59.73139.2 kg4
Ferry18h 36m17h 6m1h 30m€39.9463.1 kg6

Questions about Marseille to Cagliari

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 Marseille to Cagliari take?

The Ferry from Marseille to Cagliari takes 18h 36m door to door, of which 17h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 549 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 Marseille to Cagliari cost?

The Ferry from Marseille to Cagliari starts at €39.94 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €47.09. 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 Marseille to Cagliari?

1 operators run the Ferry from Marseille to Cagliari: SNCM. Between them they file around 6 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 Marseille to Cagliari use?

The Ferry from Marseille to Cagliari leaves from Marseille Gare Maritime 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 Marseille to Cagliari?

Traveling from Marseille to Cagliari by Flight costs €59.73 and takes 4h 18m door to door, against 18h 36m 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 Marseille to Cagliari?

Fares for the Ferry from Marseille to Cagliari bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €27.84. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 142 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Ferry from Marseille to Cagliari produces about 63.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 549 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 Marseille to Cagliari?

Operators on the Ferry from Marseille to Cagliari publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 18h 36m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Marseille to Cagliari on September 12, 2026: 549 km of route against 549 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €39.94, and 18h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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