There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Parthenay by train, bus, car ferry, car, car train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus
best- 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 Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Poitierstrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Gare SNCF to Gare Routierebus 100
10h 19m€257–499Bus
cheapest- 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 Poitiers - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Gare Routière Ter Quai B1 to Gare Routierebus 7 / ...
20h 55m€86–185Train, car ferry, bus via Bournemouth
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Pooletrain
- Take the car ferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Portcarferry
- Take the bus from Saint-Malo to Nantesbus
- Take the bus from Gare routière to Gare routièrebus 07
19h 12m€139–434Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Poolecar
- Take the car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Parthenaycar
12h 52m€109–505Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Portsmouth & Southseatrain
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to St Malo Ferry Portcarferry
- Take the bus from Saint-Malo to Nantesbus
- Take the bus from Gare routière to Gare routièrebus 07
19h 53m€126–287Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Parthenaycar
10h 37mTrain to Bristol Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane BRS - NTE
- Take the bus from Gare routière to Gare routièrebus
10h 54m€90–277Fly Cardiff Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, bus
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane CWL - NTE
- Take the bus from Gare routière to Gare routièrebus
11h 19m€107–317Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane LGW - NTE
- Take the bus from Gare routière to Gare routièrebus
10h 43m€121–330Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane BRS - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Poitierstrain
- Take the bus from Gare Routière Ter Quai B1 to Gare Routierebus
10h 37m€105–350Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane BRS - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Poitierstrain
- Take the bus from Gare Routière Ter Quai B1 to Gare Routierebus
9h 50m€118–373Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Poitiers–Biard Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Poitiers–Biard Airport (PIS)plane STN - PIS
- Take the bus from Gare Routière Ter Quai B1 to Gare Routierebus
9h 26m€139–517
Cardiff to Parthenay by train, subway, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Parthenay is to bus which costs €85 - €190 and takes 20h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Parthenay is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 26m and costs €130 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Parthenay. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Gare Routiere via London Victoria, Dover, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Gare Routière Ter Quai B1. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 55m.
The distance between Cardiff and Parthenay is 1062 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Parthenay without a car is to train and bus which takes 10h 19m and costs €250 - €500.
It takes approximately 10h 19m to get from Cardiff to Parthenay, including transfers.
Cardiff to Parthenay bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Parthenay bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Parthenay is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 12:30 PM in Cardiff and 1:30 PM in Parthenay.
There are 92+ hotels available in Parthenay.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Parthenay, France?
You can take a bus from Park Place to Gare Routiere via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Poitiers - Bus Station, and Gare Routière Ter Quai B1 in around 20h 55m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–240
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–240
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–450
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Bristol Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Poitiers–Biard Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Poitiers–Biard Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €24–200
- 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
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Portsmouth & Southsea
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.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 Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- 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/
- 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
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- 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
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Bus from Gare SNCF to Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- transports.nouvelle-aquitaine.fr
Bus from Gare routière to Gare routière
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- transports.nouvelle-aquitaine.fr
Bus from Gare Routière Ter Quai B1 to Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- transports.nouvelle-aquitaine.fr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Saint-Malo to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- 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
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Poitiers - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +33 09 69 39 14 14
- Website
- aleop.paysdelaloire.fr
Bus from Gare routière to Gare routière
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Schedules at
- aleop.paysdelaloire.fr
Bus from Gare Routière Ter Quai B1 to Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- aleop.paysdelaloire.fr
- 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
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Poitiers - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +44 3456 091 024
- contactcentre@brittanyferries.gg
- Website
- condorferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Port
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- https://www.condorferries.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–370
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €55–95
- Car Single Ticket
- €140–370
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to St Malo Ferry Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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