There are 10 ways to get from Cardiff to Skiathos by train, plane, bus, car ferry, 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 Bristol Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane BRS - JSI
7h 58m€151–468Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathoscarferry
39h 38m€208–394Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane STN - JSI
10h 6m€163–458Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane LGW - JSI
10h 15m€183–525Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane BHX - JSI
8h 54m€157–397Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane MAN - JSI
10h 41m€170–411Train to East Midlands Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Long Eatontrain
- Fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane EMA - JSI
10h 6m€206–495Bus, Hydrofoil
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Volosbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Volos to Skiathosferry
2d 1hTrain, bus and ferry, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the busferry from London Barking to Timisoarabusferry
- Take the bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessalonikibus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathoscarferry
2d 13h€279–670Train, bus, car ferry via Munich
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from München to Thessalonikibus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathoscarferry
2d 18h€424–772
Bristol Airport (BRS) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Skiathos is to train and fly which costs €160 - €460 and takes 10h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Skiathos is to train and fly which takes 7h 58m and costs €150 - €470.
The distance between Cardiff and Skiathos is 2515 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Skiathos without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 39h 38m and costs €200 - €400.
It takes approximately 7h 58m to get from Cardiff to Skiathos, including transfers.
Skiathos is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 8:59 PM in Cardiff and 10:59 PM in Skiathos.
There are 1683+ hotels available in Skiathos.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Skiathos, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Cardiff to Skiathos. However, you can take the train to Bristol Temple Meads, walk to Bristol Temple Meads, take the shuttle to Bristol Airport, walk to Bristol Airport (BRS) airport, fly to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI), walk to Skiathos Airport, then take the bus to Skiathos. Alternatively, you can take a train from Cardiff Central to Skiathos via Birmingham New Street, Birmingham, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, and Port of Thessaloniki in around 39h 38m.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Long Eaton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–40
- 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
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
Bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Volos
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from London Barking to Timisoara
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from München to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €190–280
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Phone
- +30 210 4121654
- info@aegeanflyingdolphins.gr
- Website
- aegeanflyingdolphins.gr
Ferry from Port of Volos to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Schedules at
- aegeanflyingdolphins.gr
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