There are 14 ways to get from Cardiff to Lago di Como by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)BRS - MXP
6h 47m€83–201Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Lugano
26h 7m€72–168Train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Zuerich HbTgv
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. GiovanniEc
14h 24m€254–764Train, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Rotterdam CentraalEil
- Take the night train from Rotterdam Centraal to Zuerich HbNj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. GiovanniEc
23h 9m€314–1,005Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)BRS - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Como S. Giovanni
7h 7m€76–219Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)LHR - LIN
7h 53m€144–469Train to London City Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)LCY - LIN
8h 8m€122–424Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)LHR - MXP
7h 48m€145–408Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)LGW - MXP
8h 40m€105–357Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)BHX - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Como S. Giovanni
8h 14m€106–286Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)LTN - MXP
8h 24m€98–353Bus via Ghent
- Take the bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Ghent Dampoort
- Take the bus from Gent to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
29h 55mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Como
14h 42mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Como
15h 44m€239–358
Cardiff to Lago di Como by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Lago di Como is to bus which costs €70 - €170 and takes 26h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Lago di Como is to train and fly which takes 6h 47m and costs €80 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Lago di Como. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Como P.le S. Gottardo via London Victoria, Brussels - Midi Train Station and Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Ciani. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 7m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Lago di Como. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Como S. Giovanni via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 24m.
The distance between Cardiff and Lago di Como is 1182 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Lago di Como without a car is to train which takes 14h 24m and costs €250 - €800.
It takes approximately 6h 47m to get from Cardiff to Lago di Como, including transfers.
Cardiff to Lago di Como bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Lago di Como train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Lago di Como is to train which takes 14h 24m and costs €250 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €170 and takes 26h 7m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Lago di Como, Italy?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Como S. Giovanni via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Zuerich Hb, and Zürich HB in around 14h 24m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Como P.le S. Gottardo via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Brussels - Midi Train Station, and Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Ciani in around 26h 7m.
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- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from Luton Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Luton Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Luton Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–340
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–440
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €18–120
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–300
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–650
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Night train from Rotterdam Centraal to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–430
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €120–180
- 1st Class
- €260–430
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- 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
- 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
- €9–30
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/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
- €18–28
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Gent to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- 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
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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More Questions & Answers
Cardiff to Lago di Como bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Lago di Como is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 4:11 AM in Cardiff and 5:11 AM in Lago di Como.
Cardiff to Lago di Como train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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