There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Monaco by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane BRS - NCE
6h 39m€83–245Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Monaco
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Monaco (MCM)plane BRS - MCM
6h 46m€65–256Train via Lille
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Marne La Vallee Chessytrain Tgv
- Take the train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Nice Villetrain Tgv
13h 43m€317–667Bus, train
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Nice Villetrain Tgv
21h 31m€207–492Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Monacocar
17h 38mFly Cardiff Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane CWL - NCE
8h 49m€77–285Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane LHR - NCE
7h 30m€164–427Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane LGW - NCE
8h 33m€126–333Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane LTN - NCE
8h 10m€153–354Train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Nice Villetrain Tgv
14h€350–746Bus
- 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 Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1bus
27h 45m€117–242Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Monacocar
19h 11m€271–414
Cardiff to Monaco by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Monaco is to train and fly which costs €80 - €250 and takes 6h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Monaco is to train and fly which takes 6h 39m and costs €80 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Monaco. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Villa paloma via London Victoria, Dover, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Aéroport Terminal 1. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Monaco. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Monaco-Monte-Carlo via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Marne La Vallee Chessy and Nice-Ville. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 43m.
The distance between Cardiff and Monaco is 1234 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Monaco without a car is to train via Lille which takes 13h 43m and costs €310 - €700.
It takes approximately 6h 39m to get from Cardiff to Monaco, including transfers.
Cardiff to Monaco bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Monaco train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Monaco is to train via Lille which takes 13h 43m and costs €310 - €700. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €75 - €290 and takes 8h 49m, you could also bus, which costs €110 - €250 and takes 27h 45m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Monaco?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Monaco-Monte-Carlo via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Marne La Vallee Chessy, and Nice-Ville in around 13h 43m. Alternatively, KLM and Ryanair fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) twice daily.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Luton Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Luton Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Luton Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Geneva, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Toulouse, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- 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 London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- 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
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- 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
- €28–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €180–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €180–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lille Europe to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–350
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- €29–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- 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
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- €7–20
- 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
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Cardiff to Monaco bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Monaco is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 12:45 PM in Cardiff and 1:45 PM in Monaco.
Cardiff to Monaco train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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