There are 9 ways to get from Cardiff to Kos by train, plane, bus, ferry, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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 53m€118–351Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London 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 10hFly Cardiff Airport to Kos
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Kos (KGS)plane CWL - KGS
11h 41m€140–423Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Milas–Bodrum Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Milas–Bodrum Airport (BJV)plane BRS - BJV
- Take the ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kosferry
10h 47m€191–523Train 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 52m€154–381Train 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 45m€147–371Train, 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 17m€194–508Train 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 52m€220–379Train, bus, ferry via Prague
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham 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
3d€281–492
Bristol Airport (BRS) to Kos (KGS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Kos is to train and fly and car ferry which costs €140 - €380 and takes 11h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Kos is to train and fly which takes 8h 53m and costs €110 - €360.
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 10h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 53m to get from Cardiff to Kos, including transfers.
Kos is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 8:22 PM in Cardiff and 10:22 PM in Kos.
There are 1494+ 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
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milas–Bodrum Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–430
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milas–Bodrum Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–490
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kos via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kos via Alicante–Elche, Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €150–440
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kos via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–190
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Kos via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–190
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Kos via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milas–Bodrum Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kos via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–650
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Kos via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €180–800
- 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
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–460
- 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
- €75–140
- 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
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- 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
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- 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
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25
- Website
- https://www.yesilmarmarislines.com/
- Phone
- +90 252 612 99 19
- info@skymarineferries.com.tr
- Website
- skymarineferries.com.tr
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://www.skymarineferries.com.tr/en
- Phone
- +90 533 739 00 00
- info@bodrumexpresslines.com
- Website
- bodrumexpresslines.com
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.bodrumexpresslines.com/en
- 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
- €35–80
- 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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