There are 11 ways to get from Cardiff to Tarifa by train, plane, car ferry, car, or bus
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 to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, car ferry
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG)plane BRS - TNG
- Take the car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifacarferry
11h 18m€106–363Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Málaga Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane BRS - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
- Take the bus from Marbella to Tarifabus
9h 42m€52–150Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Plymouthcar
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Tarifacar
33h 17m€267–991Bus via Madrid
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris to Madridbus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Estación de Algeciras San Bernardobus
41h 56m€96–257Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Gibraltar International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB)plane LHR - GIB
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Tarifabus
9h 17m€156–502Fly Cardiff Airport to Málaga Airport, bus
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane CWL - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
- Take the bus from Marbella to Tarifabus
9h 27m€85–299Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, car ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG)plane LGW - TNG
- Take the car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifacarferry
10h 34m€161–484Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Seville Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Seville Airport (SVQ)plane LGW - SVQ
- Take the bus from Sevilla Estación del Prado to Tarifabus
12h 51m€127–367Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Seville Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Seville Airport (SVQ)plane STN - SVQ
- Take the bus from Sevilla Estación del Prado to Tarifabus
12h 42m€133–323Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Sevilla Plaza de Armasbus
- Take the bus from Sevilla, Estación de Autobuses (Plaza de Armas) to Tarifabus
44h 26m€146–246Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbourtrain
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Bilbaocarferry
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Tarifabus
2d 6h€202–424
Cardiff to Tarifa by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Tarifa is to train and fly and bus which costs €50 - €150 and takes 9h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Tarifa is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 17m and costs €150 - €500.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Tarifa. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Tarifa via London Victoria, Paris, Estación Sur de Autobuses and Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 56m.
The distance between Cardiff and Tarifa is 1879 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Tarifa without a car is to bus via Madrid which takes 41h 56m and costs €95 - €260.
It takes approximately 11h 18m to get from Cardiff to Tarifa, including transfers.
Cardiff to Tarifa bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Tarifa bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Tarifa is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 1:40 PM in Cardiff and 2:40 PM in Tarifa.
There are 1013+ hotels available in Tarifa.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain?
You can take a bus from Park Place to Tarifa via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Paris, Madrid, Estación Sur de Autobuses, and Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo in around 41h 56m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Bristol Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Bristol Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Bristol Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–370
Flights from Bristol Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–90
Flights from Bristol Airport to Málaga Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €29–90
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Seville Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Gibraltar International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Seville Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Seville Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Bristol Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport via Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–230
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Málaga Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- 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
- €17–28
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- €9–28
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- info@interbus.es
- Website
- interbus.es
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–65
- Website
- https://www.interbus.es/
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Marbella to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +34 956 807 059
- informacion@tgcomes.es
- Website
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Sevilla Estación del Prado to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Sevilla Plaza de Armas
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Sevilla, Estación de Autobuses (Plaza de Armas) to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 915 304 417
- socibus@socibus.es
- Website
- socibusventas.es
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://socibusventas.es/en/
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–700
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- €75–100
- Car
- €230–330
- Single Ticket
- €100–220
- Car Single Ticket
- €280–700
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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