There are 10 ways to get from Cardiff to Tallinn by plane, train, bus, car, car train, ferry, 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.
Fly Cardiff Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane CWL - TLL
10h 41m€119–462Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane BRS - TLL
8h 39m€116–323Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg-Harburgtrain Ice
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn Harbourbus
42h 8m€328–711Train, bus via Warsaw
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Eil
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Centraal Station to Warszawa Centralna Stationbus
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the train from Vilnius to Tallinntrain 889
44h 23m€411–637Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Tallinncar
31h 47m€547–774Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane LGW - TLL
8h 15m€165–527Fly Cardiff Airport to Helsinki Airport, ferry
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane CWL - HEL
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
12h 5m€222–439Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAObus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Stationbus
44h 7m€273–571Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warszawa, Dworzec Zachodni to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal Dbus
2d€209–401Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Tallinncar
32h 56m€423–698
Cardiff to Tallinn by train, subway, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Tallinn is to train and fly which costs €110 - €330 and takes 8h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Tallinn is to train and fly which takes 8h 15m and costs €160 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Tallinn. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D via London Victoria and Warszawa, Dworzec Zachodni. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Cardiff and Tallinn is 1992 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Tallinn without a car is to train and bus which takes 42h 8m and costs €320 - €750.
It takes approximately 10h 41m to get from Cardiff to Tallinn, including transfers.
Cardiff to Tallinn bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Tallinn is to fly which takes 10h 41m and costs €110 - €470. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €200 - €410 and takes 2 days 0h.
Cardiff to Tallinn bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Tallinn is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 11:37 AM in Cardiff and 1:37 PM in Tallinn.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Tallinn, Estonia?
KLM, Air Baltic, and Finnair fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Warszawa, Dworzec Zachodni in around 2d.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Bristol Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Bristol Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Helsinki Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Bristol Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Bristol Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Helsinki Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–480
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–30
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Vilnius to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €136
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €136
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Amsterdam Centraal Station to Warszawa Centralna Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €115–130
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- Lux Express
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Lux Express
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- TransTempo
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–34
- Website
- TransTempo
Bus from Warszawa, Dworzec Zachodni to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- TransTempo
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- €20–30
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–55
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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