There are 6 ways to get from Cardiff to Rabat by train, plane, bus, 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
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Rabat-Salé (RBA)plane BRS - RBA
8h 26mMAD 1,745–6,462Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Rabat-Salé (RBA)plane STN - RBA
9h 18mMAD 1,405–4,151Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Sibiubus
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Motrilbus
- Take the car ferry from Motril to Nadorcarferry
- Take the train from Nador to Rabat Villetrain
4d 11hFly from Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Rabat-Salé (RBA)plane CWL - RBA
10h 20mMAD 2,085–8,130Train, train to Bournemouth Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bournemouthtrain
- Fly from Bournemouth Airport (BOH) to Rabat-Salé (RBA)plane BOH - RBA
14h 34mMAD 2,206–7,583Train, bus, car ferry via Cluj-Napoca
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Motrilbus
- Take the car ferry from Motril to Nadorcarferry
- Take the train from Nador to Rabat Villetrain
4d 13hMAD 3,318–6,256
Bristol Airport (BRS) to Rabat-Salé (RBA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Rabat is to train and fly which costs MAD 1,400 - MAD 4,200 and takes 9h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Rabat is to train and fly which takes 8h 26m and costs MAD 1,700 - MAD 6,500.
The distance between Cardiff and Rabat is 2043 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Rabat without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 4 days 11h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 26m to get from Cardiff to Rabat, including transfers.
There are 1726+ hotels available in Rabat.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Rabat, Morocco?
Ryanair, KLM, and two other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Rabat-Salé (RBA) 4 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rabat-Salé via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,500–8,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rabat-Salé via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,500–8,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Rabat-Salé via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 2,000–8,500
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Rabat-Salé via Faro, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 3,000–10,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Rabat-Salé via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,600–6,500
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Rabat-Salé via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,600–6,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Rabat-Salé via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,700–6,500
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Rabat-Salé via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,500–6,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Rabat-Salé via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,600–6,000
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Rabat-Salé via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,400–6,000
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Rabat-Salé via Alicante–Elche, Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,700–6,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Rabat-Salé via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 2,800–12,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Rabat-Salé
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 320–2,200
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- MAD 200–400
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- MAD 800–1,600
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- MAD 600–1,200
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 230–340
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- MAD 180–260
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 2255
- communication.digitale@oncf.ma
- Website
- oncf.ma
Train from Nador to Rabat Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- MAD 230–470
- Schedules at
- oncf-voyages.ma
- Book at
- oncf.ma
- 2nd Class
- MAD 230–320
- 1st Class
- MAD 340–470
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- MAD 140–330
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from London Stonebridge to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Motril
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,700–2,200
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Motril
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,700–2,100
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 120–650
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +34 (0) 902 456 500
- Website
- armastrasmediterranea.com
Car ferry from Motril to Nador
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 360–1,300
- Website
- https://armastrasmediterranea.com/en
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