There are 14 ways to get from Cardiff to Istria by train, plane, bus, night train, shuttle, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Pula Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Pula Airport (PUY)plane BRS - PUY
6h 20m€98–313Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich Hbf to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljanabus
- Take the bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus
28h 45m€781–1,921Train, night train via Wörgl
- 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 Wörgl Hbftrain
- Take the night train from Woergl Hbf to Ljubljananighttrain En
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Pulatrain
36h 20m€362–960Train, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Salzburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the night train from Salzburg Hbf to Ljubljananighttrain En
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Pulatrain
33h 47m€300–820Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BRS - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Novigrad
9h 28m€106–673Fly Cardiff Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane CWL - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Novigrad
10h 51m€139–785Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane LHR - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Novigrad
10h 39m€191–865Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Pula Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Pula Airport (PUY)plane BHX - PUY
7h 19m€150–363Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Pula Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Pula Airport (PUY)plane LGW - PUY
8h 39m€180–480Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane STN - TRS
- Take the bus from Trieste Airport to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
9h 52m€172–707Bus
- 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 bus from Munich Hbf to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljanabus
- Take the bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus
35h 51m€697–1,676Bus via Paris
- 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 Triestebus
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus
36h 25m€179–371Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Pulacar
20h 15mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Pulacar
21h 29m€280–457
Cardiff to Istria by train, subway, and night train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Istria is to train and fly which costs €95 - €320 and takes 6h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Istria is to train and fly which takes 6h 20m and costs €95 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Istria. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor via London Victoria, Munich Hbf and Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 51m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Istria. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Pula via Paddington, London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal, Woergl Hbf and Ljubljana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 20m.
The distance between Cardiff and Istria is 1513 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Istria without a car is to train and bus which takes 28h 45m and costs €750 - €2000.
It takes approximately 6h 20m to get from Cardiff to Istria, including transfers.
Cardiff to Istria bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Istria train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
Cardiff to Istria bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Istria, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Park Place to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Munich Hbf, and Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana in around 35h 51m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Pula Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Pula Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–460
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Pula Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Pula Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- 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
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- 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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Wörgl Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Night train from Woergl Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–350
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from Woergl Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Ljubljana to Pula
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–100
- Seating Carriage
- €55–65
- 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
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Munich Hbf to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €360–900
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €220–550
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Novigrad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €33–440
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €33
- Private
- €182
Bus from Trieste Airport to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €36–300
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €36
- Private
- €122
- 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
- €30–80
- 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
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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 Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- + 385 (0)52 383 000
- fils@fils.hr
- Website
- fils.hr
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Schedules at
- fils.hr
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- 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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Istria is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 2:50 AM in Cardiff and 3:50 AM in Istria.
Cardiff to Istria train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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