There are 10 ways to get from Cardiff to Santorini Island by train, plane, bus, car ferry, subway, 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 Manchester Airport, fly to Santorini
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Santorini (JTR)MAN - JTR
10h 6m€136–409Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Santorini
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Santorini (JTR)BRS - JTR
7h 14m€95–296Train, 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 London Stansted Airport, fly to Santorini
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Santorini (JTR)STN - JTR
8h 54m€165–499Fly Cardiff Airport to Santorini
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Santorini (JTR)CWL - JTR
11h 9m€115–365Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Santorini
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Santorini (JTR)BHX - JTR
8h 23m€127–262Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, subway, car ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)LHR - ATH
- Take the subway from Athens Airport to Peiraias
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
15h 20m€232–509Bus, 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€239–338Bus, 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
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Santorini (JTR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Santorini Island is to train and fly which costs €95 - €300 and takes 7h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Santorini Island is to train and fly which takes 7h 14m and costs €95 - €300.
The distance between Cardiff and Santorini Island is 3114 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 10h 6m to get from Cardiff to Santorini Island, including transfers.
Santorini Island is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 10:34 AM in Cardiff and 12:34 PM in Santorini Island.
There are 2180+ hotels available in Santorini Island.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Santorini Island, Greece?
Loganair, Jet2.com, and two other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Santorini (JTR) twice a week.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Santorini via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Bristol Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Santorini via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- 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
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- €30–45
- 1st Class
- €40–60
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +30 210 8202900
- oasa@oasa.gr
- Website
- oasa.gr
Subway from Athens Airport to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.oasa.gr/en/
- 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
- €85–330
- 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 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- 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 50m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–27
- 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
- facebook.com
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- 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
- €89–90
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €92–94
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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