There are 13 ways to get from Cardiff to L'Aquila by train, plane, bus, car ferry, car, car train, or night train
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 Fiumicino International Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane BRS - FCO
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquilabus
9h 40m€90–211Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Frattontrain
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Le Havrecarferry
- Take the train from Le Havre to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Tiburtinatrain
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquilabus
29h 6m€351–809Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquilabus
37h€211–395Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to L'Aquilacar
20h 45mFly Cardiff Airport to Fiumicino International Airport, bus
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane CWL - FCO
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquilabus
11h 35m€91–271Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Fiumicino International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane BHX - FCO
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquilabus
10h 37m€116–290Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Fiumicino International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane LHR - FCO
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquilabus
10h 26m€178–447Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Abruzzo Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Abruzzo Airport (PSR)plane STN - PSR
- Take the train from Pescara Porta Nuova to L'aquilatrain
11h 7m€159–392Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Roma Ciampino Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA)plane STN - CIA
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquilabus
11h 31m€137–409Bus
- 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 Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquilabus
37h 7m€162–326Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the night train from Brussels-Nord to Rosenheimnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Rosenheim to Bologna Centraletrain 89
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Pescara Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Pescara Centrale to L'aquilatrain
37h 12m€278–580Bus, train
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Bolognabus
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Ternitrain Ic
- Take the train from Terni to L'aquilatrain Re
38h 21mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to L'Aquilacar
21h 52m€321–498
Bristol Airport (BRS) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to L'Aquila is to fly and bus which costs €90 - €280 and takes 11h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to L'Aquila is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 40m and costs €85 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to L'Aquila. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at L'Aquila via London Victoria, Dover, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 7m.
The distance between Cardiff and L'Aquila is 1778 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to L'Aquila without a car is to train and car ferry and bus which takes 29h 6m and costs €350 - €850.
It takes approximately 9h 40m to get from Cardiff to L'Aquila, including transfers.
Cardiff to L'Aquila bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to L'Aquila bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
L'Aquila is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 8:46 PM in Cardiff and 9:46 PM in L'Aquila.
There are 83+ hotels available in L'Aquila.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and L'Aquila, Italy?
You can take a bus from Park Place to L'Aquila via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina in around 37h 7m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Abruzzo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Abruzzo Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Abruzzo Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–200
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €30–200
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–460
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–400
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €35–320
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Fratton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- 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
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Le Havre to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@normandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Le Havre to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pescara Porta Nuova to L'aquila
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pescara Centrale to L'aquila
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Terni to L'aquila
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- 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
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Rosenheim to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pescara Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pescara Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Terni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 800.14.28.80
- segreteria@tuabruzzo.it
- Website
- tuabruzzo.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquila
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- tuabruzzo.it
- .
- €9–14
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Le Havre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–210
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €45–90
- Car Single Ticket
- €70–210
- 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
- €8–21
- 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
- €6–35
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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