There are 14 ways to get from Cardiff to Turkey by train, plane, bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Antalya Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Antalya Airport (AYT)plane BRS - AYT
9h 18m₺5,363–10,525Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Park Place to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 111
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Constantabus
- Take the bus from Constanța Autogara Sud Herli-So to Istanbul Emniyet Otogarbus
41h 38m₺4,383–7,638Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
35h 59m₺5,797–8,422Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Istanbulcar
29h 39mTrain to Birmingham Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Istanbul (IST)plane BHX - IST
9h 23m₺8,518–20,066Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Istanbul (IST)plane LHR - IST
8h 57m₺9,370–22,956Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane BHX - SAW
9h 31m₺8,131–27,087Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane STN - ADB
9h 19m₺7,845–22,271Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Antalya Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Antalya Airport (AYT)plane BHX - AYT
10h 15m₺6,940–16,088Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane STN - SAW
10h 15m₺7,213–19,247Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane BRS - SAW
8h 29m₺5,654–10,524Train, bus, night train via London
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
44h 11m₺11,976–16,309Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
2d 5h₺10,174–17,449Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Istanbulcar
30h 53m₺25,646–39,489
Bristol Airport (BRS) to Antalya Airport (AYT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Turkey is to bus which costs 4.300 ₺ - 8.000 ₺ and takes 41h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Turkey is to train and fly which takes 8h 29m and costs 5.500 ₺ - 11.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Turkey. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Istanbul Emniyet Otogar via Birmingham, Bucharest and Constanța Autogara Sud Herli-So. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 38m.
The distance between Cardiff and Turkey is 3172 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Turkey without a car is to train and bus and night train which takes 35h 59m and costs 5.500 ₺ - 8.500 ₺.
It takes approximately 9h 18m to get from Cardiff to Turkey, including transfers.
Cardiff to Turkey bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Turkey bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Birmingham Coach Station.
Turkey is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 8:22 AM in Cardiff and 10:22 AM in Turkey.
There are 4190+ hotels available in Turkey.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Turkey?
You can take a bus from Park Place to Istanbul Emniyet Otogar via Birmingham, Bucharest, and Constanța Autogara Sud Herli-So in around 41h 38m.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Antalya Airport via Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–22,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–22,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–23,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Antalya Airport via Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–23,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–21,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–21,000
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–19,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–18,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–18,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–15,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–12,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,700–13,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–16,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–17,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–16,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Antalya Airport via İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–11,000
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Bristol Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–22,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–22,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–14,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–14,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–20,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–19,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–20,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,200–10,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–14,000
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Istanbul via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–27,000
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–16,000
- 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
- ₺1,000–1,900
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–7,000
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–1,700
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺3,300–4,700
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺900–1,700
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺900–1,300
- 1st Class
- ₺1,200–1,700
- 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
- +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
- ₺1,500–2,000
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Park Place to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–2,900
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,600–4,000
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +4-0765-408.848
- horasmu@yahoo.com
- Website
- horas.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Constanta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺480–700
- Schedules at
- horas.ro
- Phone
- 0743 333 738
- office@simpatrans.ro
- Website
- simpatrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Constanța Autogara Sud Herli-So to Istanbul Emniyet Otogar
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–2,100
- Schedules at
- simpatrans.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺7,058
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–7,500
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–6,000
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺420–1,100
- Website
- https://www.poferries.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
- ₺330–1,700
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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