There are 11 ways to get from Cardiff to Monaco by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, 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 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 36m€88–247Train 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 42m€67–278Train
- 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 Marseille St Charlestrain Tgv
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Villetrain Tgv
13h 39m€414–677Bus
- 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 Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1bus
28h 11m€152–251Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Monacocar
17h 5m€413–551Fly 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 17m€98–458Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane BHX - NCE
7h 24m€140–310Train 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 25m€177–478Train, 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 24m€147–366Bus via Nice Riquier
- 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 bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Nicebus
28h 32m€156–242Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Monacocar
18h 33m€307–506
Cardiff to Monaco by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Monaco is to train and fly which costs €85 - €250 and takes 6h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Monaco is to train and fly which takes 6h 36m and costs €85 - €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, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Aéroport Terminal 1. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 11m.
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, Marseille St Charles and Nice-Ville. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 39m.
The distance between Cardiff and Monaco is 1234 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Monaco without a car is to train which takes 13h 39m and costs €410 - €700.
It takes approximately 6h 36m 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 which takes 13h 39m and costs €410 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €150 - €260 and takes 28h 11m, you could also fly, which costs €95 - €460 and takes 8h 17m.
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, Marseille St Charles, and Nice-Ville in around 13h 39m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Villa Paloma via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and Aéroport Terminal 1 in around 28h 11m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- 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 Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Geneva, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Zurich, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Toulouse, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Bordeaux, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- helisecurite.fr
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Geneva, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Zurich, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Toulouse, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Bristol Airport to Monaco via Bordeaux, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–440
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €190–290
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Marseille St Charles to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
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 3:03 PM in Cardiff and 4:03 PM in Monaco.
Cardiff to Monaco train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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