There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Zagreb by train, plane, night train, bus, shuttle, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BRS - ZAG
8h 22m€86–224Train, night train via Amsterdam
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Salzburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train 319
30h 3m€270–606Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Wilsonova Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Zagrebbus 903 / ...
33h 7m€182–317Train, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the night train from Salzburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.nighttrain En
28h 24m€338–696Fly Cardiff Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane CWL - ZAG
8h 25m€99–452Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane LHR - ZAG
7h 25m€190–438Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane STN - ZAG
8h 16m€151–453Train, train to Exeter, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davidstrain
- Fly from Exeter (EXT) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane EXT - ZAG
10h 19m€148–426Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane LHR - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
9h 1m€227–1,016Bus
- 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 Zagreb - Bus Stationbus
37h 7m€202–402Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Zagrebcar
17h 49m€429–566Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Zagrebcar
18h 58m€305–488
Cardiff to Zagreb by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Zagreb is to train and fly which costs €85 - €230 and takes 8h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Zagreb is to train and fly which takes 7h 25m and costs €190 - €440.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Zagreb via London Victoria Green Line Station and Praha, Hlavní Nádraží. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 7m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Paddington, London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal, Salzburg Hbf and Villach Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 3m.
The distance between Cardiff and Zagreb is 1601 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Zagreb without a car is to train and night train via Amsterdam which takes 30h 3m and costs €270 - €650.
It takes approximately 8h 22m to get from Cardiff to Zagreb, including transfers.
Cardiff to Zagreb bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Zagreb train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Zagreb is to bus via Prague which takes 33h 7m and costs €180 - €320. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €95 - €460 and takes 8h 25m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Zagreb, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Park Place to Zagreb via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria Green Line Station, Prague Wilsonova Bus Station, and Praha, Hlavní Nádraží in around 33h 7m. Alternatively, KLM, TUI Airways, and Croatia Airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) twice daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–410
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Exeter to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–440
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–110
Flights from Exeter to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Exeter to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–290
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–100
- Seating Carriage
- €55–65
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €20–24
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–60
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- 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
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €29–45
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Wilsonova Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–550
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €28–75
- Private
- €140–180
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Zagreb - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–250
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–55
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Cardiff to Zagreb bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Zagreb is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 7:43 AM in Cardiff and 8:43 AM in Zagreb.
Cardiff to Zagreb train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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