Cagliari Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

The main ARST (800 86 50 42; www.arst.sardegna.it) intercity bus station is on Piazza Matteotti.

FdS buses to Oristano (€6.50, one hour 35 minutes), Nuoro (€12.50, 3½ hours) and Sassari (€14.50, 3¼ hours nonstop) leave from outside the Stazione Marittima. The ticket office for most bus journeys is inside the adjacent McDonald’s.

For Iglesias (€3.20, one to 1½ hours), Carbonia, Portovesme (€5, two hours) and the Sulcis area, buses leave from the Viale Colombo 24 bus stop. Buy tickets from Bar Mura, also located here.

Car & motorcycle

The SS131 Carlo Felice highway links the capital with Porto Torres via Oristano and Sassari. It is the island’s main dual-carriage artery. Another highway, the SS130, scoots east to Iglesias.

Train

The main Trenitalia station is on Piazza Matteotti. Trains service both Iglesias (€3.15, 1½ hours) and Carbonia (€3.50, 1¼ hours) in the southwest, while the main line proceeds northwards as far as Sassari (€12.70, 4¼ hours) and Porto Torres via the towns of Oristano (€13.60, 4¾ hours) and Macomer. A branch line from Chilivani heads out for Olbia (€13, four hours) and Golfo Aranci.

The FdS train station for trains travelling north to Dolianova, Mandas and Isili is on Piazza Repubblica. In the summer, the Trenino Verde scenic service operates several routes in this area.

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Boat

Boats run from Cagliari’s Stazione Marittima (ferry terminal) to various ports on the Italian mainland, as well as to Palermo and Tràpani in Sicily.

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