There are 6 ways to get from Cardiff to Alta by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Alta (ALF)CWL - ALF
20h 50mkr 1,804–6,624Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Alta (ALF)LGW - ALF
13h 10mkr 1,798–6,502Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Warsaw Bus Station West
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Take the bus from Rovaniemi Rautatieasema piha to Enontekiö I
- Drive from Enontekiö I to Stornes
- Take the bus from Stornes to Granshagen
3d 2hkr 2,770–6,154Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Alta
39h 35mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Alta (ALF)LHR - ALF
10h 29mkr 1,982–5,759Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Alta
40h 43mkr 8,174–12,589
Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Alta (ALF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Alta is to train and fly which costs kr 1800 - kr 6500 and takes 13h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Alta is to train and fly which takes 10h 29m and costs kr 1900 - kr 6000.
The distance between Cardiff and Alta is 2509 km.
It takes approximately 20h 50m to get from Cardiff to Alta, including transfers.
Alta is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 5:42 AM in Cardiff and 6:42 AM in Alta.
There are 49+ hotels available in Alta.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Alta, Norway?
KLM, Scandinavian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Alta (ALF) twice daily.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Alta via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–6,500
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Alta via Dublin, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–6,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alta via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alta via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alta via Stavanger, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alta via Bergen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Alta via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Alta via Oslo, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alta via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,700
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Alta via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–7,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Alta via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Alta via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–7,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Alta via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,100
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,000
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,200
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 450–1,300
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 350–480
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Warsaw Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,800
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Rovaniemi Rautatieasema piha to Enontekiö I
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 200–280
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- post@snelandia.no
- Website
- snelandia.no
Bus from Stornes to Granshagen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 160–240
- Website
- Snelandia
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 420–500
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- kr 900–2,200
- On Foot
- kr 420–500
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