There are 10 ways to get from Cardiff to Ivalo by plane, bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Cardiff Airport to Ivalo
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Ivalo (IVL)plane CWL - IVL
13h 40m€250–750Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, SantaClaus Village Napapiiribus
- Take the bus from Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I to Petsamontie 7bus
2d 22hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Ivalocar
38h 42mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Ivalo
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Ivalo (IVL)plane LHR - IVL
11h 48mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly to Ivalo
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Ivalo (IVL)plane MAN - IVL
13h 31mTrain to Bristol Airport, fly to Rovaniemi, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Rovaniemi (RVN)plane BRS - RVN
- Take the bus from Lentoasema to Petsamontie 7bus
11h 55mTrain to Bristol Airport, fly to Ivalo
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Ivalo (IVL)plane BRS - IVL
19h 30mTrain, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Ivalo
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Ivalo (IVL)plane LGW - IVL
10h 22mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAObus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, SantaClaus Village Napapiiribus
- Take the bus from Rovaniemi to Ivalobus
2d 23hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Ivalocar
39h 56m€620–987
Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Ivalo (IVL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Ivalo is to fly which costs €250 - €750 and takes 13h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Ivalo is to fly which takes 13h 40m and costs €250 - €750.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Ivalo. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Petsamontie 7 via London Victoria, Warsaw, Bus Station West and Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 22h.
The distance between Cardiff and Ivalo is 2544 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Ivalo without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 22h and costs .
It takes approximately 13h 40m to get from Cardiff to Ivalo, including transfers.
Cardiff to Ivalo bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Ivalo is to fly which takes 13h 40m and costs €250 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 2 days 22h.
Cardiff to Ivalo bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Ivalo is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 9:41 AM in Cardiff and 11:41 AM in Ivalo.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Ivalo, Finland?
KLM, TUI Airlines Netherlands, and two other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Ivalo (IVL) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Petsamontie 7 via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Warsaw, Bus Station West, Rovaniemi, SantaClaus Village Napapiiri, and Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I in around 2d 22h.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Ivalo via Dublin, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–750
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Ivalo via Amsterdam Schiphol, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ivalo via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–550
Flights from Manchester Airport to Ivalo via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 38m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ivalo via Copenhagen, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ivalo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Manchester Airport to Ivalo via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Ivalo via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–750
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ivalo via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–480
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rovaniemi via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–480
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ivalo via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rovaniemi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ivalo via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- 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
- Website
- firstgreatwestern.co.uk
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- firstgreatwestern.co.uk
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- firstgreatwestern.co.uk
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- firstgreatwestern.co.uk
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- firstgreatwestern.co.uk
- Website
- arrivatrainswales.co.uk
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- arrivatrainswales.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- nsinternational.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- eurostar.com
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- traveline.info
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from London Victoria to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, SantaClaus Village Napapiiri
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Rovaniemi, SantaClaus Village Napapiiri
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Website
- eskelisen.fi
Bus from Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I to Petsamontie 7
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- eskelisen.fi
Bus from Lentoasema to Petsamontie 7
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- eskelisen.fi
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Napapiiri Sodankyläntie I to Petsamontie 7
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- onnibus.com
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Rovaniemi to Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- 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
- €9–22
- 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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