There are 10 ways to get from Cardiff to Lefkáda by train, plane, bus, taxi, 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
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Preveza Airport (PVK)BRS - PVK
8h 6m€185–359Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Sophia Gardens to Birmingham Coach Station111 / ...
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Lefkáda
43h 13m€120–199Train, bus, taxi
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille EuropeEil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to StrasbourgTgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Arta
- Take the taxi from Arta to Lefkáda
35h 40mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lefkáda
35h 12mTrain to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Preveza Airport (PVK)BHX - PVK
9h 13m€149–475Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Preveza Airport (PVK)STN - PVK
9h 46m€138–596Fly from Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Preveza Airport (PVK)CWL - PVK
18h 15m€187–712Train, Bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Igoumenitsa
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Lefkáda
2d€402–892Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Central
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Brighton
- Take the bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Véroia
- Take the bus from Veria to Igoumenitsa
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Lefkáda
2d 6hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Lefkáda
36h 20m€569–838
Cardiff to Lefkáda by train, subway, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Lefkáda is to bus which costs €120 - €200 and takes 43h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Lefkáda is to train and fly which takes 8h 6m and costs €180 - €360.
The distance between Cardiff and Lefkáda is 2383 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Lefkáda without a car is to train and bus and taxi which takes 35h 40m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 6m to get from Cardiff to Lefkáda, including transfers.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Lefkáda is to fly which takes 18h 15m and costs €180 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €200 and takes 43h 13m.
Lefkáda is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 1:39 AM in Cardiff and 3:39 AM in Lefkáda.
There are 2005+ hotels available in Lefkáda.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Lefkáda, Ionian Islands, Greece?
KLM and Transavia Holland fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Preveza Airport (PVK) once a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sophia Gardens to Lefkáda via Birmingham, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, and Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station in around 43h 13m.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Preveza Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Preveza Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–700
- 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
- €17–27
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Arta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Sophia Gardens to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +3026450 22364
- info@ktel-lefkadas.gr
- Website
- ktel-lefkadas.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Lefkáda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Schedules at
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Lefkáda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €12–14
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Schedules at
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €200–310
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- info@ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Lefkáda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Book at
- ktelbus.gr
Bus from Veria to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Book at
- ktelbus.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Véroia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- 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
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Estimated price
- €220–260
Taxi & Go
- Phone
- +30 2681 200250
- Website
- taxiandgo.gr
Raditaxi Artas
- Phone
- +30 2681 078333
- Website
- taxiartas.gr
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