There are 11 ways to get from Ferrara to Cardiff by train, plane, bus, car, car train, shuttle, or car ferry
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Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Bristol Airport (BRS)BLQ - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
8h 19m£83–260Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Bristol Airport (BRS)VCE - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
7h 9m£74–244Train, bus
- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna CentraleFr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Frankfurt(Main)HbfEc
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Brussels-Nord79
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birmingham
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
27h 6m£223–471Bus via Calais
- Take the bus from Kennedy to Bologna Autostazione356
- Take the bus from Bologna - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Take the bus from Paris to Calais700
- Take the bus from Calais to London Victoria700 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
29h 16m£99–217Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Ferrara to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiff
18h 2mTrain to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)BLQ - CWL
8h 24m£89–311Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)BLQ - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
7h 37m£115–403Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to London Stansted Airport (STN)VCE - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
8h 55m£106–419Shuttle to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Rovigo to Verona - Airport
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Bristol Airport (BRS)VRN - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
8h 23m£107–378Bus
- Take the bus from Kennedy to Bologna Autostazione356
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University RE507 / ...
30h 52m£76–224Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Ferrara to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiff
19h£251–364
Ferrara to Cardiff by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ferrara to Cardiff is to train and fly which costs £70 - £250 and takes 7h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Ferrara to Cardiff is to train and fly which takes 7h 9m and costs £70 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Ferrara to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Kennedy and arriving at Kingsway GD via Bologna - Bus Station, Paris, Calais and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 16m.
The distance between Ferrara and Cardiff is 884 miles.
The best way to get from Ferrara to Cardiff without a car is to train and bus which takes 27h 6m and costs £220 - £480.
It takes approximately 8h 19m to get from Ferrara to Cardiff, including transfers.
Ferrara to Cardiff bus services, operated by TPER spa, depart from Kennedy station.
Ferrara to Cardiff bus services, operated by TPER spa, arrive at Bologna Autostazione station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Ferrara. It is currently 7:22 PM in Ferrara and 6:22 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1520+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Ferrara, Italy and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a bus from Kennedy to Kingsway GD via Bologna - Bus Station, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Paris, Calais, and London Victoria in around 29h 16m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–270
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bristol Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–200
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bristol Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £26–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–410
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–290
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–19
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–8
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- £5–8
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- £12–17
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–22
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–20
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £120–170
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- £120–170
- 2nd Class
- £120–160
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–22
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +39 051 290290
- Website
- tper.it
Bus from Kennedy to Bologna Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–7
- Schedules at
- tper.it
- 2nd Class
- £3–5
- 1st Class
- £4–7
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bologna - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–70
- 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
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–28
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Rovigo to Verona - Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £26–130
- Schedules at
- goopti.com
- Shared
- £26–28
- Private
- £65–130
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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