There are 9 ways to get from Cardiff to Kos by train, plane, bus, ferry, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Kos
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Kos (KGS)plane BRS - KGS
8h 55m€118–330Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Brightontrain
- Take the bus from Brighton to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kosferry Bsf / ...
2d 12hFly Cardiff Airport to Kos
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Kos (KGS)plane CWL - KGS
11h 44m€140–413Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Kos
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Kos (KGS)plane BHX - KGS
9h 48m€148–371Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Rhodes International Airport, car ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane BRS - RHO
- Take the car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Koscarferry
11h 47m€147–360Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Kos
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Kos (KGS)plane LGW - KGS
11h 16m€194–568Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Kos
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Kos (KGS)plane STN - KGS
10h 51m€180–389Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Kos
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kos (KGS)plane MAN - KGS
11h 36m€203–386Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kosferry Bsf / ...
2d 22h€270–479
Cardiff to Kos by bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Kos is to train and fly and car ferry which costs €140 - €360 and takes 11h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Kos is to train and fly which takes 8h 55m and costs €110 - €330.
The distance between Cardiff and Kos is 2950 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Kos without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 12h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 55m to get from Cardiff to Kos, including transfers.
Kos is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 8:52 AM in Cardiff and 10:52 AM in Kos.
There are 1559+ hotels available in Kos.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Kos, Greece?
Ryanair, KLM, and two other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Kos (KGS) 6 times a week.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–260
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kos via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kos via Alicante–Elche, Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kos via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Kos via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kos via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180–550
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kos via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €190–850
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–420
- 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
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- 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 London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- 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 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 22410 70590
- info@12ne.gr
- Website
- 12ne.gr
Car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 21 0620 6427
- info@saos.gr
- Website
- saos.gr
Car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://saos.gr/en/
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