There are 14 ways to get from Cardiff to Potes by train, plane, bus, car, car ferry, taxi, or car train
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 London Stansted Airport, fly to Santander Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Santander Airport (SDR)STN - SDR
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
11h 6m€141–436Bus
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 Santander
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
30h 41m€77–229Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Plymouth
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Drive from Santander to Potes
24h 15m€134–787Train, bus, taxi
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille EuropeEil
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Take the train from Ametzola to Vado-CerveraC4
- Take the taxi from Vado-Cervera to Potes
28h 8m€248–628Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Potes
17h 35mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)LHR - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
12h 49m€135–387Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)LGW - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
13h 42m€112–377Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)BRS - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
11h 35m€103–259Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Asturias Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Asturias Airport (OVD)LGW - OVD
- Take the bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]
- Take the bus from Oviedo to Unquera
- Take the bus from Unquera to Potes
12h 55m€134–427Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Santander Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Santander Airport (SDR)BRS - SDR
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
13h 16m€113–359Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)BRS - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Santander
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
14h 45m€107–313Train, car ferry, bus via Plymouth
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Plymouth
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
28h 44m€120–838Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Sophia Gardens to Plymouth Coach StationCp5
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
28h 53m€114–768Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santander
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
41h 2m€108–324
Cardiff to Potes by train, bus, foot, and car ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Potes is to bus which costs €75 - €230 and takes 30h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Potes is to train and fly and bus which takes 11h 6m and costs €140 - €440.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Potes. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Potes via London Victoria, Paris and Santander. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 41m.
The distance between Cardiff and Potes is 1412 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Potes without a car is to train and bus and taxi which takes 28h 8m and costs €240 - €650.
It takes approximately 11h 6m to get from Cardiff to Potes, including transfers.
Cardiff to Potes bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Potes bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Potes is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 8:35 AM in Cardiff and 9:35 AM in Potes.
There are 414+ hotels available in Potes.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Potes, Spain?
You can take a bus from Park Place to Potes via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Paris, and Santander in around 30h 41m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Asturias Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Asturias Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Bristol Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to Santander Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Asturias Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Asturias Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Bristol Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to Santander Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Bristol Airport to Santander Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Bristol Airport to Santander Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- 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 Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- 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
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.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 Bristol Temple Meads to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–90
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- 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
- 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
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Ametzola to Vado-Cervera
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en/suburban
- 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
- €12–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Bus from Santander to Potes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://jimenezmovilidad.es/
Bus from Unquera to Potes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://jimenezmovilidad.es/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–22
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Oviedo to Unquera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Sophia Gardens to Plymouth Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–30
- 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 35m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–700
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
- Adult
- €75–95
- Car
- €230–330
- Single Ticket
- €100–220
- Car Single Ticket
- €280–700
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Estimated price
- €120–150
Taxi Autos Avelino
- Phone
- +34 979 87 01 31
González Martín Manuel
- Phone
- +34 979 87 01 31
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