There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Chamonix by train, plane, bus, car, car train, train (Eurostar, TGV), or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BRS - GVA
- Take the bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeurbus
7h 18m€101–278Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Turin Caselle Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane BRS - TRN
- Take the bus from Turin to Aostabus
- Take the bus from Aosta to Chamonixbus
11h 15m€89–267Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain Tgv
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Genevetrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Geneva to Chamonixbus
13h 29m€299–573Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)bus
23h 52m€107–226Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Chamonixcar
12h 43mFly Cardiff Airport to Geneva International Airport, bus
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane CWL - GVA
- Take the bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeurbus
9h 11m€113–460Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BHX - GVA
- Take the bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeurbus
8h 17m€137–328Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane LHR - GVA
- Take the bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeurbus
8h 28m€191–479Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane BRS - MXP
- Take the bus from Milan to Chamonixbus
9h 58m€90–232Train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayettrain Tgv
13h 57m€334–599Bus via Lille
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Lillebus
- Take the bus from Lille to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)bus
24h 2m€111–220Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Chamonixcar
13h 51m€189–326
Cardiff to Chamonix by train, subway, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Chamonix is to bus which costs €100 - €230 and takes 23h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Chamonix is to train and fly and bus which takes 7h 18m and costs €100 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Chamonix. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) via London Victoria and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 52m.
The distance between Cardiff and Chamonix is 1022 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Chamonix without a car is to train and bus which takes 13h 29m and costs €290 - €600.
It takes approximately 7h 18m to get from Cardiff to Chamonix, including transfers.
Cardiff to Chamonix bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Chamonix is to bus which takes 23h 52m and costs €100 - €230. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €330 - €600 and takes 13h 57m.
Cardiff to Chamonix bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Chamonix is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 7:53 AM in Cardiff and 8:53 AM in Chamonix.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Chamonix, France?
You can take a bus from Park Place to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 23h 52m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Cardiff Central to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Gare de Lyon - Diderot, Paris Gare De Lyon, St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet, and Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains in around 13h 57m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Geneva International Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Bristol Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- +41 24 539 10 17
- info@alpytransfers.com
- Website
- alpytransfers.com
Bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.alpytransfers.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Geneva to Chamonix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milan to Chamonix
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Turin to Aosta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Aosta to Chamonix
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lille to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +41 22 781 04 04
- Website
- cham-transfers.com
Bus from Geneva to Chamonix
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–29
- Website
- https://www.cham-transfers.com/EN
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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
- €6–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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