There are 13 ways to get from Cardiff to Valencia by train, plane, car, car ferry, bus, or car train
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 London Heathrow Airport, fly to Valencia Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane LHR - VLC
7h 5m€135–370Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane BRS - ALC
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
9h 26m€42–159Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Plymouthcar
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Valenciacar
30h 8m€217–921Train, bus via León
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille to Leonbus
- Take the train from Leon to Madrid Chamartíntrain Alv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Valencia Joaquin Sorollatrain Ave
32h 2m€222–649Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Valenciacar
20h 46mTrain, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Valencia Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane LGW - VLC
8h 8m€110–333Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Valencia Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane LTN - VLC
7h 40m€116–274Fly Cardiff Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane CWL - ALC
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
9h 6m€62–198Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane BRS - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Valencia Joaquin Sorollatrain
8h 34m€58–225Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane BRS - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Estació del Nordtrain
10h 3m€66–248Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Valencia Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane BRS - VLC
6h 7m€65–202Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris to Valenciabus
33h 49m€122–335Bus
- 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 Valenciabus
34h 35m€90–278
Cardiff to Valencia by train, subway, bus, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Valencia is to train and fly which costs €40 - €160 and takes 9h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Valencia is to train and fly which takes 6h 7m and costs €65 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Valencia. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Valencia via London Victoria and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 35m.
The distance between Cardiff and Valencia is 1597 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Valencia without a car is to train and bus via León which takes 32h 2m and costs €220 - €650.
It takes approximately 7h 5m to get from Cardiff to Valencia, including transfers.
Cardiff to Valencia bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Valencia bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Valencia is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 2:03 PM in Cardiff and 3:03 PM in Valencia.
Book your Cardiff to Valencia bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Valencia, Spain?
You can take a bus from Park Place to Valencia via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Paris in around 34h 35m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €21–85
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Bristol Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–60
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–140
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €25–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Bristol Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–130
Flights from Bristol Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Valencia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–420
Flights from Luton Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- 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 Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Leon to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Valencia Joaquin Sorolla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Leon to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Valencia Joaquin Sorolla
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Valencia Joaquin Sorolla
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Valencia Joaquin Sorolla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- 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
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
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lille to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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
- 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 to Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- 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
- 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
- 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
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