There are 6 ways to get from Cardiff to Rabat by train, plane, car ferry, or bus
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Rabat-Salé
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Rabat-Salé (RBA)plane BRS - RBA
9h 39mMAD 1,024–3,729Train, car ferry
- 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 Agdetrain Tgv
- Take the car ferry from Port of Sete to Nadorcarferry
- Take the train from Nador to Rabat Villetrain
2d 17hMAD 4,010–10,539Train, bus, car ferry
- 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 12hMAD 2,110–4,749Fly Cardiff Airport to Rabat-Salé
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Rabat-Salé (RBA)plane CWL - RBA
13h 25mMAD 1,266–5,585Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Rabat-Salé
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Rabat-Salé (RBA)plane STN - RBA
9hMAD 1,243–3,937Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Mohammed V International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Mohammed V International Airport (CMN)plane LHR - CMN
- Take the train from Casablanca to Rabat Villetrain
10h 16mMAD 1,693–4,533
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 1,200 - MAD 4,000 and takes 9h.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Rabat is to train and fly which takes 9h and costs MAD 1,200 - MAD 4,000.
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 car ferry which takes 2 days 17h and costs MAD 4,000 - MAD 11,000.
It takes approximately 9h 39m to get from Cardiff to Rabat, including transfers.
Rabat is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 12:06 AM in Cardiff and 1:06 AM in Rabat.
There are 1598+ hotels available in Rabat.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Rabat, Morocco?
Ryanair, KLM, and Transavia Holland fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Rabat-Salé (RBA) 5 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rabat-Salé via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- MAD 800–4,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rabat-Salé via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- MAD 800–3,300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rabat-Salé via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- MAD 850–3,500
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rabat-Salé via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- MAD 800–3,300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Rabat-Salé via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 850–3,500
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Rabat-Salé via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,200–5,500
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Rabat-Salé via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,500–6,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Rabat-Salé via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 600–2,400
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Rabat-Salé via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- MAD 600–2,400
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Rabat-Salé via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 600–2,400
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mohammed V International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,000–3,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mohammed V International Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,200–3,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mohammed V International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,200–5,500
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mohammed V International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,100–5,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Rabat-Salé via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,600–8,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Rabat-Salé
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 300–850
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Mohammed V International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- MAD 950–1,900
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- MAD 190–300
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- MAD 500–1,100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 100–140
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- MAD 800–2,600
- 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 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- MAD 440–1,500
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- MAD 440–650
- 1st Class
- MAD 900–1,500
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Agde
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 1,300–2,500
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 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
Train from Casablanca to Rabat Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- MAD 35–75
- Schedules at
- oncf-voyages.ma
- Book at
- oncf.ma
- 2nd Class
- MAD 35–50
- 1st Class
- MAD 50–75
- 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
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Motril
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 700–1,800
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Sete to Nador
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- MAD 950–3,100
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- 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 400–550
- Website
- https://armastrasmediterranea.com/en
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