There are 13 ways to get from Cardiff to Garmisch-Partenkirchen by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BRS - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
7h 57m€106–304Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Innsbruck Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane BRS - INN
- Take the train from Allerheiligenhoefe to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
8h 19m€99–360Train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain Rb6
14h 37m€317–654Bus, train
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain Rb6
28h 20m€120–203Train, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Muenchen Ostnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Tutzingtrain S6
- Take the train from Tutzing to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain Rb6
19h 47m€262–648Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BHX - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
8h 55m€176–496Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane LHR - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
8h 46m€194–468Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Innsbruck Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane BHX - INN
- Take the train from Allerheiligenhoefe to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
9h 17m€144–502Fly Cardiff Airport to Innsbruck Airport, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane CWL - INN
- Take the train from Allerheiligenhoefe to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
11h 20m€133–719Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Innsbruck Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane LHR - INN
- Take the train from Allerheiligenhoefe to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
9h 13m€202–484Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Innsbruck Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane LGW - INN
- Take the train from Allerheiligenhoefe to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
10h 16m€166–471Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Garmisch-Partenkirchencar
14h 21mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Garmisch-Partenkirchencar
15h 34m€239–358
Cardiff to Garmisch-Partenkirchen by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Garmisch-Partenkirchen is to bus and train which costs €120 - €210 and takes 28h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Garmisch-Partenkirchen is to train and fly which takes 7h 57m and costs €100 - €310.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Garmisch-Partenkirchen. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Garmisch-Partenkirchen via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt and München Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 37m.
The distance between Cardiff and Garmisch-Partenkirchen is 1302 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Garmisch-Partenkirchen without a car is to train which takes 14h 37m and costs €310 - €700.
It takes approximately 7h 57m to get from Cardiff to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, including transfers.
Cardiff to Garmisch-Partenkirchen train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 12:35 PM in Cardiff and 1:35 PM in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Cardiff to Garmisch-Partenkirchen train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
There are 2671+ hotels available in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Garmisch-Partenkirchen via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt, and München Hbf in around 14h 37m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–330
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Bristol Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–440
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–450
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–480
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Bristol Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €25–31
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €30–50
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €85–110
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €110–160
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €65–80
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €85–130
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €30–40
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €40–65
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- €30–45
- 1st Class
- €40–60
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- €60–90
- 1st Class
- €110–160
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ostbahnhof to Tutzing
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Tutzing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €85–120
- Comfort
- €100–140
- Premium
- €130–170
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €65–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Tutzing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €60–95
- 1st Class
- €130–220
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–270
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €65–80
Train from Allerheiligenhoefe to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- 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
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €50–70
- 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
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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