There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Lake Bled by train, plane, bus, night train, car, car train, 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 Ljubljana
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane BRS - LJU
9h 13m€164–501Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BRS - VCE
- Take the bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Bled, Glavna Avtobusna Postajaliscebus
9h 43m€121–717Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Augsburg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Augsburg Hbf to München Hbftrain 42 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Bled bus stationbus 943
22h 30m€255–550Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Bled bus stationbus 943
32h 53m€144–272Train, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the night train from Salzburg Hbf to Lesce Blednighttrain En
25h 14m€303–766Fly Cardiff Airport to Ljubljana
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane CWL - LJU
8h 58m€201–464Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Ljubljana
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane LHR - LJU
8h 20m€210–473Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Ljubljana
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane LGW - LJU
9h 34m€165–439Train, night train via Neu-Ulm
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Ulm Hbftrain Ice
- Take the night train from Ulm Hbf to Jesenicenighttrain En
26h 6m€315–621Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Ljubljanabus
- Take the bus from Ljubljana AP to Bled Unionbus
36h 28m€173–358Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bledcar
17h 4mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Bledcar
18h 18m€261–418
Cardiff to Lake Bled by train, subway, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Lake Bled is to bus which costs €140 - €280 and takes 32h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Lake Bled is to train and fly which takes 8h 20m and costs €210 - €480.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Lake Bled station. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Bled bus station via London Victoria and Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 53m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Lake Bled. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Bled Jezero via Paddington, London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal, Ulm Hbf and Jesenice. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 6m.
The distance between Cardiff and Lake Bled is 1485 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Lake Bled without a car is to train and bus which takes 22h 30m and costs €250 - €550.
It takes approximately 9h 13m to get from Cardiff to Lake Bled, including transfers.
Cardiff to Lake Bled bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Lake Bled train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Lake Bled is to bus which takes 32h 53m and costs €140 - €280. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €200 - €470 and takes 8h 58m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Lake Bled, Slovenia?
You can take a bus from Park Place to Bled bus station via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Munich central bus station in around 32h 53m. Alternatively, KLM flies from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Ljubljana (LJU) once daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–440
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €160–490
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–270
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- 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
- €70–140
- 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/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–190
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Augsburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Ulm Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Augsburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Augsburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Augsburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Augsburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Augsburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–60
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Lesce Bled
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Night train from Ulm Hbf to Jesenice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Lesce Bled
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Lesce Bled
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to Bled bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- 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
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Bled, Glavna Avtobusna Postajalisce
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €56–500
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €56
- Private
- €216
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +386 090 74 11
- info@arriva.si
- Website
- arriva.si
Bus from Ljubljana AP to Bled Union
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–6
- Website
- https://arriva.si/en/
- 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
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Cardiff to Lake Bled bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Lake Bled is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 10:44 AM in Cardiff and 11:44 AM in Lake Bled.
Cardiff to Lake Bled train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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