There are 12 ways to get from Bretagne to Cardiff by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, train, car ferry, car, car train, plane, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Auray to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 47m£266–514Drive, car ferry
cheapest- Drive from Bretagne to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poolecarferry
- Drive from Poole to Cardiffcar
11h 6m£89–427Bus, train, car ferry
- Take the bus from Gare SNCF to Gare Routièrebus 620
- Take the train from Rennes to St Malotrain Ter
- Take the car ferry from St Malo Ferry Port to Portsmouth International Portcarferry
- Take the train from Portsmouth & Southsea to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 36m£137–352Bus
- Take the bus from Gare SNCF to Gare Routièrebus 620
- Take the bus from Rennes to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 792
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
22h 9m£94–162Bus, train
- Take the bus from Giratoire de Kerroux to Gare Routièrebus 603
- Take the train from Vannes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 59m£256–503Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bretagne to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
10h 31mBus to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the bus from Gare SNCF to Républiquebus
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane RNS - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 7m£160–395Bus to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the bus from Gare SNCF to Républiquebus
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane RNS - CWL
11h 19m£191–430Bus to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the bus from Gare SNCF to Républiquebus
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane RNS - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 42m£157–460Bus, train, ferry to Jersey Airport, fly to Bristol Airport
- Take the bus from Gare SNCF to Gare Routièrebus
- Take the train from Rennes to Granvilletrain
- Take the ferry from Granville to Jersey St Helierferry
- Fly from Jersey Airport (JER) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane JER - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
11h 53m£158–407Bus, bus to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the bus from Giratoire de Kerroux to Gare Routièrebus
- Take the bus from Vannes to Nantes - Airport - Arrivals Zone 1bus
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane NTE - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 41m£161–368Bus, train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the bus from Giratoire de Kerroux to Gare Routièrebus
- Take the train from Vannes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane CDG - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 48m£156–390
Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Bristol Airport (BRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bretagne to Cardiff is to bus which costs £90 - £170 and takes 22h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Bretagne to Cardiff is to bus and fly and train which takes 9h 42m and costs £150 - £460.
The distance between Bretagne and Cardiff is 771 miles.
The best way to get from Bretagne to Cardiff without a car is to train which takes 10h 47m and costs £260 - £550.
It takes approximately 10h 47m to get from Bretagne to Cardiff, including transfers.
The best way to get from Bretagne to Cardiff is to train which takes 10h 47m and costs £260 - £550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £90 - £170 and takes 22h 9m.
Cardiff is 1h behind Bretagne. It is currently 10:34 PM in Bretagne and 9:34 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1636+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Bretagne, France and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a vehicle from Bretagne to Cardiff Central via Champ de foire, Gare Routière, Auray, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 10h 47m. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Bretagne to University RE via Gare SNCF, Rennes, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and London Victoria in around 22h 9m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Bristol Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–260
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–260
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Bristol Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–500
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Cardiff Airport via London Gatwick Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–400
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–400
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Cardiff Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–650
Flights from Jersey Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–170
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–230
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Cardiff Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–700
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Jersey Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Auray to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- £70–95
- 1st Class
- £95–130
Train from Rennes to St Malo
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- £18–25
- 1st Class
- £35–45
Train from Vannes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- £70–90
- 1st Class
- £95–120
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Auray to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £70–110
- Rail 1st Class
- £110–160
Train from Rennes to St Malo
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–26
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £11–17
- Rail 1st Class
- £18–26
Train from Vannes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £70–110
- Rail 1st Class
- £110–160
Train from Rennes to Granville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £19–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £19–29
- Rail 1st Class
- £30–45
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £85–120
- Comfort
- £100–140
- Premium
- £130–170
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £75–95
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £100–140
Train from Portsmouth & Southsea to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £70–90
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £95–140
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £22–27
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £29–45
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £29–35
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £35–55
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £55–70
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £75–110
- 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
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £26–40
- 1st Class
- £35–50
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Rennes to Granville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- 02 99 300 300
- communication@bretagne.bzh
- Website
- breizhgo.bzh
Bus from Gare SNCF to Gare Routière
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Schedules at
- breizhgo.bzh
Bus from Giratoire de Kerroux to Gare Routière
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–6
- Schedules at
- breizhgo.bzh
Bus from Gare SNCF to République
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Schedules at
- breizhgo.bzh
- Phone
- 3635
- Website
- groupe-sncf.com
Bus from Gare SNCF to Gare Routière
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £18–25
- Website
- https://www.groupe-sncf.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rennes to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Vannes to Nantes - Airport - Arrivals Zone 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £15–21
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from St Malo Ferry Port to Portsmouth International Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–120
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- £30–45
- Car
- £80–120
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–330
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- £23–29
- Car
- £40–60
- Single Ticket
- £45–85
- Car Single Ticket
- £120–330
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