Your day, step by step
08:30
Take the free shuttle to the port gate near Piazza Matteotti. Buy a CTM 24-hour ticket at the CTM Point or a tobacconist.
08:45
Walk along the arcades of Via Roma and Viale Regina Margherita to Piazza Costituzione.
09:00
Climb the Bastione di Saint Remy staircase to the Terrazza Umberto I for the view over the port and towards Poetto.
09:30
Walk through Castello to Piazza Palazzo and the cathedral, then on past the medieval towers.
10:30
National Archaeological Museum at the north end of Castello.
12:00
Walk down to the Marina district for lunch.
13:15
CTM bus PF or PQ from Piazza Matteotti to Poetto.
13:45
Beach time on Poetto, with the Sella del Diavolo headland at the Cagliari end.
15:15
Bus back to Piazza Matteotti.
16:00
Shuttle back to the ship; on board by 16:30, an hour before all-aboard.
- Latest you can leave Marina / Via Roma (Piazza Matteotti)16:00
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Marina / Via Roma (Piazza Matteotti)Free port shuttle; queues on busy days16:00
- CastelloWalk down 20 min, then port shuttle15:40
- Poetto beachCTM bus PF or PQ, then port shuttle15:15
- Nora (Pula)Taxi about 40 min to the port gate15:20
Where people get Cagliari wrong
Leaving Poetto too late: board a bus back by 15:15 for a 17:30 all-aboard and allow for the shuttle queue.
Built from our Cagliari guide, checked against 20 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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