There are 9 ways to get from Faro to Cardiff by plane, train, car, car ferry, 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.
Fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane FAO - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 34m£32–179Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Faro to Santandercar
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Cardiffcar
32h 41m£232–846Train, bus
- Take the train from Faro to Lisboa Orientetrain Ic
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Lille - Europe Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
38h 20m£133–576Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane FAO - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 50m£77–300Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane FAO - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 17m£65–231Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane FAO - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 45m£100–320Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane FAO - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 36m£91–312Bus, train
- Take the bus from Faro to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
39h 56m£157–346Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Faro to Estação Rodoviária de Sete Riosbus
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Paris, Quai de Bercybus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GDbus
44h£73–302
Faro to Cardiff by bus, foot, subway, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Faro to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £30 - £180 and takes 6h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Faro to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 6h 34m and costs £30 - £180.
No, there is no direct bus from Faro to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Terminal Rodoviário de Faro and arriving at Kingsway GD via Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h.
The distance between Faro and Cardiff is 1086 miles.
The best way to get from Faro to Cardiff without a car is to train and bus which takes 38h 20m and costs £130 - £600.
It takes approximately 6h 34m to get from Faro to Cardiff, including transfers.
Faro to Cardiff bus services, operated by Rede Expressos, depart from Terminal Rodoviário de Faro station.
Faro to Cardiff bus services, operated by Rede Expressos, arrive at Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios station.
Book your Faro to Cardiff bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 237+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Faro, Portugal and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Faro to Kingsway GD via Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and London Victoria in around 44h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Faro Airport to Bristol Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Faro Airport to Bristol Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Faro Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–100
Flights from Faro Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–140
Flights from Faro Airport to London Stansted Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29–140
Flights from Faro Airport to London Stansted Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £29–140
Flights from Faro Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Faro Airport to Luton Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Faro Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–100
Flights from Faro Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Faro Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £25–70
Flights from Faro Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Faro Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Faro Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–170
Flights from Faro Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Faro Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–250
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Faro Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £19–65
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Faro Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Faro to Lisboa Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–23
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Faro to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Faro to Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–18
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- £65–85
- Car
- £200–290
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
Want to know more about travelling around United Kingdom
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the UK: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide
Want to know more about Flixbus?
Read the travel guide
5 delightfully under-the-radar French towns you need to visit
Read the travel guide































































