There are 13 ways to get from Cardiff to Grindelwald by train, plane, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken Osttrain
9h 11mCHF 158–423Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken Osttrain Ice
23h 38mCHF 100–330Train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken Osttrain Ice
22h 40mCHF 218–605Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Grindelwaldcar
13h 44mTrain to Bristol Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- 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 train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken Osttrain
10h 24mCHF 143–453Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BHX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken Osttrain
10h 10mCHF 185–478Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Basel (BSL)plane LHR - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken Osttrain
10h 22mCHF 164–597Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LHR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken Osttrain
10h 19mCHF 209–542Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- 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 train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Spieztrain
11h 4mCHF 107–320Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Basel (BSL)plane LGW - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken Osttrain
11h 35mCHF 146–521Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane BRS - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Spieztrain
11h 51mCHF 127–309Bus
- 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 Antwerp Rooseveltplaatsbus
- Take the bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Zurich Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Zürich HB Schweizerhof to Interlaken Bahnhof Ostbus
28h 53mCHF 126–226Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Grindelwaldcar
14h 51mCHF 185–315
Cardiff to Grindelwald by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Grindelwald is to bus which costs SFr 120 - SFr 230 and takes 28h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Grindelwald is to train and fly which takes 9h 11m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 430.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Grindelwald. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Grindelwald, Bahnhof via London Victoria, Dover, Antwerp Rooseveltplaats, Zürich HB Schweizerhof and Interlaken Ost, Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 53m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Grindelwald. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Grindelwald via Paddington, London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal, Basel SBB and Interlaken Ost. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 40m.
The distance between Cardiff and Grindelwald is 1203 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Grindelwald without a car is to train which takes 22h 40m and costs SFr 210 - SFr 650.
It takes approximately 9h 11m to get from Cardiff to Grindelwald, including transfers.
Cardiff to Grindelwald bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Grindelwald train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Grindelwald is to train which takes 22h 40m and costs SFr 210 - SFr 650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 120 - SFr 230 and takes 28h 53m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Grindelwald, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Grindelwald via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal, Basel SBB, and Interlaken Ost in around 22h 40m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Grindelwald, Bahnhof via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Dover, Antwerp Rooseveltplaats, Zurich Bus Station, Zürich HB Schweizerhof, and Interlaken Ost, Bahnhof in around 28h 53m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Basel via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–350
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–140
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–360
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–360
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–350
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–95
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–330
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–80
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Interlaken Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Interlaken Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Domodossola to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–180
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Interlaken Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–16
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- 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
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- bls.ch
Train from Domodossola to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–24
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 45–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 26–35
Train from Milano Centrale to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 60–90
- 2nd Class
- CHF 45–65
- 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
- CHF 29–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Antwerp Rooseveltplaats
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +41 44 552 0807
- contact@shuttler.ch
- Website
- shuttler.ch
Bus from Zürich HB Schweizerhof to Interlaken Bahnhof Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–26
- Website
- https://shuttler.ch/
- 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
- CHF 21–29
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Cardiff to Grindelwald bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Grindelwald is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 10:14 AM in Cardiff and 11:14 AM in Grindelwald.
Cardiff to Grindelwald train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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