There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Nîmes by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, train, plane, 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
best- 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 Gare De Lyon to NimesTgv
9h 35m€190–671Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris to Nîmes
23h 42m€57–242Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Nîmes
13h 33mTrain to Bristol Airport, fly to Fréjorgues Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL)BRS - MPL
- Take the train from Montpellier Sud De France to Nimes Pont Du Gard
10h 6m€147–361Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Portsmouth International Port
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Caen
- Drive from Caen to Nîmes
19h 9m€178–524Fly Cardiff Airport to Fréjorgues Airport, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL)CWL - MPL
- Take the train from Montpellier Sud De France to Nimes Pont Du Gard
10h 32m€173–880Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)BRS - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Nimes
7h 22m€107–255Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)LHR - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Nimes
8h 16m€157–429Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)LGW - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Nimes
9h 4m€139–382Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Fréjorgues Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Fréjorgues Airport (MPL)LGW - MPL
- Take the train from Montpellier Sud De France to Nimes Pont Du Gard
9h 50m€127–387Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Alpes–Isère Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Alpes–Isère Airport (GNB)BRS - GNB
- Take the train from Grenoble to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Take the train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Nimes
9h 29m€177–411Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)BRS - GVA
- Take the train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Nimes
10h 53m€110–400
Cardiff to Nîmes by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Nîmes is to bus which costs €55 - €250 and takes 23h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Nîmes is to train and fly which takes 7h 22m and costs €100 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Nîmes. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Nîmes via London Victoria and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 42m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Nîmes. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Nimes via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 35m.
The distance between Cardiff and Nîmes is 1378 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Nîmes without a car is to train which takes 9h 35m and costs €190 - €700.
It takes approximately 9h 35m to get from Cardiff to Nîmes, including transfers.
Cardiff to Nîmes bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Nîmes train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Nîmes is to train which takes 9h 35m and costs €190 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €250 and takes 23h 42m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Nîmes, France?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Nimes via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 9h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Nîmes via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Paris in around 23h 42m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Bristol Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Bristol Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fréjorgues Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alpes–Isère Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–490
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–850
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–850
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Bristol Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–490
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–850
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Fréjorgues Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–850
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Fréjorgues Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–82
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alpes–Isère Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €20–140
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–420
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- 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
- €80–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Montpellier Sud De France to Nimes Pont Du Gard
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Montpellier Sud De France to Nimes Pont Du Gard
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- Rail 1st Class
- €14–20
Train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
- Rail 1st Class
- €60–90
Train from Grenoble to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €14–22
- Rail 1st Class
- €22–35
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Rail 1st Class
- €40–60
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Rail 1st Class
- €40–60
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- Rail 1st Class
- €65–100
- 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
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- €30–45
- 1st Class
- €40–60
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- €35–60
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- €60–100
- 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
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Nîmes
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris to Nîmes
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–280
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
- Adult
- €30–40
- Car
- €65–95
- Single Ticket
- €21–80
- Car Single Ticket
- €70–280
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Cardiff to Nîmes bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Nîmes is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 5:19 PM in Cardiff and 6:19 PM in Nîmes.
Cardiff to Nîmes train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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