There are 11 ways to get from Cardiff to Trieste by train, plane, shuttle, bus, night train, car, car train, 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.
Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)BRS - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
7h 54m€111–470Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Trieste
32h 39m€83–253Train, bus via Modane
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Gent-Dampoort
- Take the train from Gand-Dampoort to Lille FlandresIc
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to ModaneTgv
- Take the train from Modane to Torino Porta SusaTgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Trieste CentraleFr
29h 21m€238–550Train, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to RosenheimNj
- Take the night train from Rosenheim to UdineNj
- Take the train from Udine to Trieste CentraleRe
26h 30m€235–1,026Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Ljubljana (LJU)BRS - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
9h 6m€171–490Fly Cardiff Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)CWL - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
9h 30m€135–585Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)LHR - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
8h 58m€169–650Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Salzburg HbfNj
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach HbfIc
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Trieste CentraleRjx
32h 22m€158–359Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Dover700 / ...
- Take the bus from Dover to Munich central bus station
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Trieste127 / ...
33h 25m€129–225Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Trieste
18h 39mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Trieste
19h 48m€298–436
Cardiff to Trieste by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Trieste is to bus which costs €80 - €260 and takes 32h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Trieste is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 7h 54m and costs €110 - €470.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Trieste via London Victoria and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 39m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Trieste Centrale via Paddington station, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Rosenheim and Udine. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 30m.
The distance between Cardiff and Trieste is 1532 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Trieste without a car is to train and bus via Modane which takes 29h 21m and costs €230 - €550.
It takes approximately 7h 54m to get from Cardiff to Trieste, including transfers.
Cardiff to Trieste bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Trieste train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
Cardiff to Trieste bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Trieste, Italy?
You can take a bus from Park Place to Trieste via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Paris, and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 32h 39m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ljubljana via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–490
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–440
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ljubljana via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ljubljana via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ljubljana via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–22
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Gand-Dampoort to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €8–13
- 1st Class
- €13–19
Train from Brussels-Nord to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
- 1st Class
- €110–170
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Flandres to Modane
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Modane to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Modane to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Udine to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €65–85
Night train from Rosenheim to Udine
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–261
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–261
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–160
- Seating Carriage
- €40–55
Train from Udine to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €17–26
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €29–45
Train from Villach Hbf to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–45
Train from Udine to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €34–250
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €34–38
- Private
- €140–250
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Gent-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–23
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–25
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/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
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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Trieste is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 1:03 PM in Cardiff and 2:03 PM in Trieste.
Cardiff to Trieste train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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