There are 9 ways to get from Cardiff to Santorini Island by train, plane, bus, car ferry, or busferry
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 Heathrow Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Santorini (JTR)LHR - JTR
8h 4m€185–433Fly from Cardiff Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Santorini (JTR)CWL - JTR
11h 15m€115–448Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
2d 2hTrain to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Santorini (JTR)MAN - JTR
10h 7m€148–403Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Santorini (JTR)STN - JTR
8h 51m€166–512Train to Bristol Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Santorini (JTR)BRS - JTR
7h 11m€143–305Bus, bus and ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Sophia Gardens to Birmingham Coach Station111 / ...
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
2d 7h€237–330Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Take the bus from Upminster to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
2d 20hTrain, bus, bus and ferry, car ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
2d 21h
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Santorini (JTR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Santorini Island is to train and fly which costs €140 - €310 and takes 7h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Santorini Island is to train and fly which takes 7h 11m and costs €140 - €310.
The distance between Cardiff and Santorini Island is 2899 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Santorini Island without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 2 days 2h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 4m to get from Cardiff to Santorini Island, including transfers.
Santorini Island is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 1:20 AM in Cardiff and 3:20 AM in Santorini Island.
There are 2055+ hotels available in Santorini Island.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Santorini Island, Greece?
Loganair, Jet2.com, and five other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Santorini (JTR) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santorini via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Santorini via Amsterdam Schiphol, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–650
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Santorini via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–460
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Bristol Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Santorini via Amsterdam Schiphol, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–420
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Santorini via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Santorini via Amsterdam Schiphol, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–650
- 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 Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
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/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Sophia Gardens to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Upminster to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 39h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- albtrans.net
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.autobus.al/en/operator/alb___trans_sh.p.k-22
- Phone
- +30 210 4121001
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €1–90
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €92–93
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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