There are 14 ways to get from Ancona to Cardiff by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
best- Fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)AOI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
10h£109–345Fly Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to Bristol Airport (BRS)AOI - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
10h 39m£70–259Train, bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna CentraleFr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Frankfurt(Main)HbfEc
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Brussels-Nord79
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birmingham
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
28h 26m£235–489Train, bus
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna CentraleFr
- Take the bus from Bologna - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Take the bus from Paris to London Victoria700
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
30h 55m£123–367Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Ancona to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiff
19h 7mFly Raffaello Sanzio Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to London Stansted Airport (STN)AOI - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
8h 15m£102–357Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)BLQ - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
9h£122–416Train, train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Bristol Airport
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Bristol Airport (BRS)FLR - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
10h 45m£115–325Train to Fiumicino International Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Ancona to Roma Termini
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Bristol Airport (BRS)FCO - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
10h 54m£83–289Train, train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to London City Airport
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to London City Airport (LCY)FLR - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
10h 9m£150–446Train, train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Bristol Airport
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Bristol Airport (BRS)VCE - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
10h 25m£92–287Bus via Calais
- Take the bus from Ancona to Bologna Centrale421 / ...
- Take the bus from Bologna - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Take the bus from Paris to Calais700
- Take the bus from Calais to London Victoria700 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University RE507 / ...
31h 11m£106–225Bus
- Take the bus from Ancona to Bologna Centrale421 / ...
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University RE507 / ...
32h 28m£87–239Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Ancona to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiff
20h 5m£279–405
Ancona to Cardiff by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ancona to Cardiff is to bus which costs £85 - £240 and takes 32h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Ancona to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 8h 15m and costs £100 - £360.
No, there is no direct bus from Ancona to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Ancona and arriving at University RE via Bologna - Bus Station, Paris, Calais and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 11m.
The distance between Ancona and Cardiff is 1054 miles.
The best way to get from Ancona to Cardiff without a car is to train and bus via Frankfurt am Main which takes 28h 26m and costs £230 - £490.
It takes approximately 10h to get from Ancona to Cardiff, including transfers.
Ancona to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Ancona station.
Ancona to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Ancona. It is currently 8:24 PM in Ancona and 7:24 PM in Cardiff.
Book your Ancona to Cardiff bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Ancona, Italy and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a bus from Ancona to University RE via Bologna Centrale, Bologna - Bus Station, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Paris, Calais, and London Victoria in around 31h 11m.
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- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–300
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Bristol Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–270
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Bristol Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Bristol Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Bristol Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bristol Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–180
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–300
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–380
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–370
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Birmingham Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–260
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Birmingham Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–250
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–320
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–480
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Birmingham Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to London City Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–650
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–550
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £8–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ancona to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £13–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- £23–35
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £4–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- £10–15
Train from Ancona to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £120–170
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- £120–170
- 2nd Class
- £120–160
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- £12–18
- 2nd Class
- £15–20
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–22
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bologna - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £18–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–28
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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